HAL Signs Rs 2400 Crore Contract with BEL to supply systems for the LCA Tejas Mk1A program
In a major boost to indigenization, HAL signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited for development and supply of 20 types of systems for the LCA Tejas Mk1A program. The five year contract spanning from 2023 to 2028 is valued at Rs 2400 crores and involves supplying critical avionics Line Replaceable Units, flight control computers and night flying units. This is the biggest ever order that HALL has placed on any Indian company boosting ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ campaign.
The order for supply of these systems for 83 Tejas Mk1A
fighter fleet will be executed by two Divisions of Bharat Electronics Limited
at Bengaluru and Panchkula (Haryana). All the contracted items will be
delivered by Bharat Electronics to HAL in a ready to board condition.
The home grown fighter is slated to be equipped with
indigenous flight control computers, air data computers which would also be
supplied by Bharat Electronics under this contract.
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France Set To Offer Barracuda Nuclear Submarines To India
France is set to dramatically scale up defence cooperation
with India by putting the Barracuda nuclear attack submarine on the table.
French Defence Minister Florence Parley is expected to broach the offer for the
Barracudas with a Make in India element during her visit to India on December
17 to 18.
This is the most significant offer of military equipment to
India and could give the Indian Navy formidable sea denial capability in the
Indian Ocean Region and provide it the sea legs to exercise a credible military
presence in the Indo Pacific Region.
This reported French offer to provide India the knowhow to
make nuclear submarines has the potential to establish France as India’s
pre-eminent Defence partner, a position traditionally enjoyed by Russia.
The Barracuda class submarine is nuclear powered but not
nuclear armed. An SSN like the Barracuda is nonetheless the most formidable sea
denial weapon. This submarine, while remaining submerged for extended
durations, has a powerful land attack capability with the 1,000km range Scalp
Naval cruise missile. The time between refuelling is a reported 10 years.
China's Chengdu Aerospace Has Begun Full Scale Mass
Production of J-20 Stealth Fighters
The firm announced that it broke records in the quantities of
J-20s delivered due to high demand from the Air Force, with experts announcing
on December 12 that the fighter entered a mass production phase. The decision
was reportedly influenced by advances in the program including the development
of the indigenous WS-10B engine, which was integrated onto the new J-20A and
J-20B variants and replaced Russian engines which had powered earlier variants.
Estimates for the number of J-20 fighters in service have varied widely, from
around 50-60 to over 100.
The J-20 has evolved considerably since entering service in
March 2017, and integrates a range of ground-breaking technologies including
distributed aperture systems for greater situational awareness and AESA radar
guided air to air missiles which provide advantages over any foreign
heavyweight aircraft.
India Tests SFDR Technology Critical For Development Of Long
Range Air To Air Missiles
DRDO tested its Solid Fueled Ducted Ramjet SFDR technology
for the fourth time with a demonstration flight. The development of SFDR
technology will enable India to make its own long range air to air like MBDA’s
Meteor which the Indian Air Force uses on its Rafales.
During the test, air launch scenario was simulated using a
booster motor. Subsequently, the nozzle-less booster accelerated it to the
required Mash number for Ramjet operation.
India has been working on the Mark-too version of home grown Astra
air to air missile which will have a range of around 160 kilometer. The SFDR
propulsion system which was also tested in 2019 is critical for the missiles
performance in the terminal phase of its flight towards the target. The Meteor
missile also depends on its ramjet propulsion for more energy to manoeuver
during the endgame of the engagement.
The ramjet motor propulsion system provides the missile with
thrust all the way to target intercept, providing the largest ‘No-Escape Zone’
of any air to air missile.
No plans to make an attack helicopter in the Apache Class: HAL
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited plans to take up the design and
development of the 13 tons category medium lift helicopter named Indian
Multirole Helicopter suitable for tactical troop movement, combat search, and
rescue, combat logistics support, casualty evacuation etc but HAL has No plans
to make an attack helicopter in the Apache Class confirmed HAL’s Chairman and
Managing Director R. Madhavan.
The performance of the LCH at high altitudes has been
exceptional. Handling and take-off capability exceed that of even the Apache at
such high altitudes and the market for Apache Class helicopter in the armed
forces in India are limited as the bulk of attack helicopters will be made up
of light combat helicopters.
LCH already has entered Limited Series Production (LSP) and
the first helicopter was handed over to the Indian Air force by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari recently.
Madhavan said that level of indigenization will be higher in SP (Series
Production). Indian Army and Indian Air force have a total projected
requirement of 160 LCHs.
