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DEFENCE - October 2019

Oct 2019

Mar 18, 2020

Indian Army Now World's Largest Ground Force

With approximately 1.4 million personnel, the Indian Army has become the world's largest ground force, pulling ahead of China, which cut down its strength by half and is instead focusing on its navy, air force and technology. According to the Defence of Japan 2019 report, released in 2019, China has the third largest ground force in the world following India and North Korea, with approximately 9,80,000 personnel.
The Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) was always regarded as the largest army in the world with an approximate strength of two million soldiers. India, which has been keenly watching the PLA's modernisation, is just in the initial stages of building a leaner and modern technology-enabled force as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015.

Advanced LCA Tejas Makes its Debut Flight

A more advanced version of the Tejas light combat aircraft made its debut flight from a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited facility in Bengaluru, bringing it closer to induction in the Indian Air Force.
The first LCA in final operational clearance (FOC) standard, piloted by Air Commodore KA Muthana (retd), took to the skies for its maiden flight and was airborne for 40 minutes.
The IAF has already inducted Tejas fighters in the initial operational clearance (IOC) standard and is now gearing up to operate fighters in the more advanced FOC configuration.
This (the maiden flight) would pave the way for production of remaining 15 fighters from the FOC block which are planned to be delivered (to the IAF) during the next financial year.

Mar 17, 2020

IAF Posts Open for All Officers Including Women

Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik informed Rajya Sabha that all posts in the Indian Air Force (IAF) are open to all officers including women.
"All officers in the IAF including women are combatants by definition, who may also hold administrative positions at various stages in their career," he added. Naik further said that the posts which are not yet open to women in the Indian Army are in the Armoured Corps, Infantry Mechanised Infantry and Artillery.
On the issue of recruitment of women in the Indian Navy, Naik said: "Women in Indian Navy are not being inducted in the sea-going avenues Executive Branch (General Service, Submarines Hydro and Information Technology), Engineering Branch (General Service and Submarines) and Electrical Branch."

India, Japan Developing Hypersonic Missiles to Counter Looming Chinese Threats

After the US and Russia first began developing hypersonic missiles, China too jumped on the bandwagon and the latest to enter this race are Japan and India. Experts, however, suggest that hypersonic missiles can have a severe impact on the global security with India and Japan also looking to acquire the technology.
Hypersonic weapons refer to weapons that can travel at a speed faster than Mach 5 or in other words systems that can travel five times the speed of sound. The reasons why hypersonic weapons are considered deadly are because they comprise the capacities of both, the ballistic as well as cruise missile wherein they have the speed of a ballistic missile and the manoeuvrability of a cruise missile.

Mar 14, 2020

Tata's New Defence Subsidiary Opened in Hyderabad

Tata Sons' subsidiary Tata Advanced System Limited (TASL) opened it's defence subsidiary NOVA Integrated Systems Limited in Hyderabad.
NISL will be bringing five new defence projects to Hyderabad which include mobile command and controls for Indian Army, mobile VSAT communication shelter, radar and microwave component manufacturing, electro optics and electronics manufacturing and R&D and prototyping facilities. This will create direct employment to 600 people and help the local defence supply chain to grow.
Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of NISL, IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao said, "I am glad to be here for the ground-breaking ceremony of NOVA Integrated Systems Limited (NISL), the Defence subsidiary of TASL. The growth of TATA group companies in Hyderabad during the past decade and in particular the past six years has been phenomenal. We are glad that you chose Hyderabad to host over 90 per cent of TASL Aerospace manufacturing and continue to further invest in our ecosystem."

Mar 13, 2020

Tata-Lockheed to Produce more Aircraft in India

With an aim to advance US-India strategic partnership, US Ambassador to India Kenneth I Juster arrived in Hyderabad and visited the Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures facility, currently in its 10th year.
The jointly-owned facility in Adibatla manufactures airframe components, including centre-wing boxes and tail sections for the C-130J military transport aircraft. Tata-Lockheed planto expand their partnership to produce further aircraft in India, which would advance the capabilities of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and accelerate US-India cooperation in sensitive high-end technologies.

Mar 12, 2020

India Ramps up Defence Exports to Africa

According to Narendra Modi, the country is setting high defence production goals. In a few decades, it plans to join the ranks of leading exporters of equipment. The latter will primarily be sold to African nations. The pace of economic development on the continent has attracted many companies to the region, including Alpari Forex Broker in South Africa.
The Indian defence industry is predicted to expand. There has already been a palpable rise in military export, which has been growing gradually for a decade. Last year, it stood at the mark of $1.5 billion. This is expected to be doubled, as Modi wants to see the defence business reach $5 billion by 2025 overall.

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