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Dec 19, 2021

HAL Bags ADE-DRDO Supply Order for 'ABHYAS' Target Platform

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited secured an order for manufacturing, assembly, integration, testing and supply of High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) System, known as 'ABHYAS', from Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO. Post successful completion of this initial order, HAL would be identified as Development-cum-Production Partner (DcPP) for supply of this target system along with a private firm (50 per cent of the volume).
The platform is estimated to have large requirement from the tri-services, and DRDO laboratories for evaluation trials of missile programmes.
ABHYAS was first successfully flight-tested in May 2019 and subsequent evaluation trials are being conducted by ADE, DRDO.

Ashok Leyland Signs Pact with DRDO Arms to Develop Combat Vehicles Engines

Ashok Leyland, the largest supplier of Mobility Solutions to the Indian Army, has partnered with Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), an establishment of DRDO, to develop and manufacture 600hp indigenous engine to power futuristic combat vehicles.
As the development-cum-production partner, Ashok Leyland has developed the engine in a record time despite the total lockdown due to Covid-19.
The 600-HP engine will undergo rigorous testing in lab and will be qualified for application in tanks. Ashok Leyland will undertake series production of the engine post induction into service.

Dec 18, 2021

Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers Gets New President

S. P. Shukla was elected as the president of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), which has been playing an active role in boosting indigenous production of military hardware.
He was elected to the post by the SIDM executive council for the term 2021–2023.
At present, Shukla is the chairman of the boards of several companies of the Mahindra Group in the defence and aerospace sector, including Mahindra Defence Systems, Mahindra Aerostructures and Mahindra Telephonics.
Shukla succeeded Jayant D. Patil as the SIDM president.

Dec 17, 2021

HAL Signs Rs. 2,400 crore Contract with BEL

In a major boost to indigenisation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited for development and supply of 20 types systems for the LCA Tejas Mk1A programme. The five-year contract spanning from 2023 to 2028 is valued at Rs. 2,400 crore and involves supplying critical avionics Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), flight control computers and night flying LRUs.
This is the biggest ever order that HAL has placed on any Indian company boosting 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' campaign.
The contract documents were handed over by General Manager LCA Tejas Division, HAL, E P Jayadeva to General Manager (EW&A) BEL, Manoj Jain.

Dec 16, 2021

Army Chief Gen M. M. Naravane Takes Charge as Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee

Army Chief Gen M. M. Naravane assumed the charge as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee that comprises the three service chiefs.
The post fell vacant after the death of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash. Gen Naravane was given the charge as the chairman of the committee as he is the senior-most among the three service chiefs.
Before the creation of the post of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the senior-most among the three service chiefs used to be the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.

PLA Conducts Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Warfare Drill in Tibet

A joint military brigade of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) carried out a real combat drill involving anti-nuclear, chemical and biological warfare in Tibet in the backdrop of the ongoing Sino-India border tension in eastern Ladakh.
The exercise, including commandos, armoured assault groups and soldiers trained for chemical warfare were drawn from various wings of the army.
It was organised by the Tibet military region under the Western theatre command (WTC), the largest of China's five commands that is responsible for the Sino-India disputed border, extending for 3,488 km from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh.

IAF-DRDO Flight-Tests Helicopter-launched SANT Missile

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully flight-tested the indigenously designed and developed Helicopter launched (air-launched) Stand-off Anti-tank (SANT) Missile from the Pokhran range in Rajasthan.
The missile is equipped with a state-of-the-art Millimetre Wave Seeker which provides high precision strike capability from a safe distance.
It can neutralise targets in a range up to 10 km. SANT missile has been designed and developed by Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad.

Dec 15, 2021

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Hands over DRDO-developed Products to Armed Forces

Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh handed over five products developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to the Armed Forces and other security agencies at an event at DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi. He also handed over six Transfer of Technology (ToT) agreements to seven public and private sector companies. The event was part of the government's Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
Rajnath Singh handed over the Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW), an air-launched, long-range, stand-off, air-to-surface smart bomb, to the Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari.
The variants of advanced chaff were handed over to the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar.
A structural fire-fighting suit developed by DRDO's Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) in Delhi was handed over to V. S. K. Kaumudi, Special Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Additionally, the Transfer of Technology documents of seven DRDO-developed systems were handed over. The seven systems include coastal surveillance radar, automatic chemical agent detection and alarm (ACADA) and chemical agent monitor (CAM), unit maintenance vehicle, unit repair vehicle, fused silica-based ceramic core technology and fire-suppressing gel.

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