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DEFENCE - October 2019

Oct 2019

Dec 13, 2019

GRSE Hands Over Landing Craft Utility Amphibious Ship to Indian Navy

  •  Adding to the country's maritime security prowess, warship builder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) delivered a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) to the Indian Navy.
  • The amphibious ship, that can transport and deploy main battle tanks, armoured vehicles, troops and equipment from ship to the shore, is seventh of eight such vessels being built for the Navy by GRSE.
  • These ships can also be deployed for multi-role activities like beaching operations, search and rescue, disaster relief operations, supply and replenishment and evacuation from distant islands.
  • The LCU is 62.8 metres long, 11 metres wide and has a displacement of 830 tonnes, with a low draught of 1.7 metres.

The J-10 Fighter: China's Very Own F-16 That Is Now For Sale

  •  Like the F-16, the J-10 boasts a highly agile, aerodynamically unstable airframe which is stabilized by a computer in its fly-by-wire flight control system.
  • China has been showcasing its Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon single-engine fighters prominently since 2018. The latest J-10C model is comparable with modernised variants of the classic American F-16 Fighting Falcon tactical fighter with capabilities including beyond-visual-range engagement, precision air-to-ground strike, digital glass cockpit instruments, in-flight refueling and electronic warfare.
  • In November 2019, the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group hawked an export model at the Dubai air show dubbed the J-10CE. But while the 1980-era F-16 continues to be exported forty years after its introduction and remains widely operated in over two dozen air forces, Beijing is still looking for its first J-10 export customer.

Dec 12, 2019

Pakistan Working on Its Own Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter Jet Program

  • Pakistan is working on having its very own Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter Jet program, under the highly ambitious Project Azm that started back in 2017.
  • The aim of Pakistan is to keep up with the rapid advancements in the defense and avionics industry around the world. In the project, advanced weapon systems and MALE UAVs will be developed as well.
  • Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production's (MoDP) yearbook 2017-2018 revealed that the Aviation Research, Innovation, and Development (AvRID) Secretariat has completed the first of four cycles of the conceptual design phase.
  • The first configuration that was designed based on the challenging performance requirements of PAF will go through three more cycles within the conceptual design using higher fidelity analysis tools and codes.
  • Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said that he does not expect the stealth jet to be functional for another decade.

Indian Army Starts Inducting 1st Batch of Sig Sauer Assault Rifles

  • Indian Army started inducting the 1st batch of 10,000 Sig Sauer assault rifles for counter-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir. The Defence Ministry had signed a contract in February 2019 to procure 72,400 7.6mm Sig Sauer assault rifles under fast-track procedures to equip the armed forces with more capable guns.
  • The Sig Sauer assault rifles are already being used by armed forces in the US and several European countries.

Dec 10, 2019

France to Ramp up Joint Patrols with India

  • France will ramp up joint patrols and operations with India's armed forces in the Indian Ocean to protect the interests of both countries counter illegal activities and ensure an international rules-based order.
  • Vice Admiral Didier Maleterre, joint commander of French forces in the Indian Ocean and the United Arab Emirates, indicated that China's presence at a string of civilian and military facilities, including Hambantota in Sri Lanka, Gwadar in Pakistan and Djibouti, has security implications for the Indian Ocean region.
  • In 2020, a P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft of the Indian Navy will go to Reunion Island, a French possession in the Indian Ocean, to conduct joint patrols with French frigates in strategic areas such as the Mozambique Channel.
  • The two sides are also looking at joint patrols and operations in the north-western Indian Ocean, including the Gulf of Aden, and greater coordination in the Strait of Hormuz, which saw several attacks on tankers in 2019.

Arms Sales of Top Indian Firms Drop

  • According to the latest data released by a leading Stockholm-based think-tank that tracks the weapons industry, the combined sales of three Indian companies that figure among the world's 100 top arms suppliers stood at $5.9 billion in 2018, a drop of 6.9% compared to the previous year (2018).
  • The sales fell during the one-year period because of fewer orders from the Indian armed forces, showed the figures published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The three Indian companies on the list of top 100 global arms firms are Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the Indian Ordnance Factories and Bharat Electronics Limited; they accounted for 1.4% of the arms sales of the top 100 companies.

Dec 09, 2019

Rafale Jet Tail Numbers to Have Dhanoa's Initials

  • In recognition of Air Chief Marshal (retd) B. S. Dhanoa's unrelenting backing for the Rafale deal, the Indian Air Force has decided to put tail numbers in 30 Rafale jets with 'BS' initials.
  • Six Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal R. K. S. Bhadauria, the current Chief of Air Staff who was the lead negotiator for the mega deal.

Philippines Likely to Finalise BrahMos Deal by 2020

  • The Philippines is set to become the first country to buy the BrahMos cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia, with New Delhi and Manila focusing on price negotiations with the aim of concluding a deal in 2020.
  • India has been in talks with several countries, including Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, over the past few years to sell them land and sea-based versions of the supersonic cruise missile.
  • As far as the Philippines Army is concerned, the consensus on the BrahMos system is a done deal. Now, it's all about the price negotiations.

Rafale Jet Tail Numbers to Have Dhanoa's Initials

  • In recognition of Air Chief Marshal (retd) B. S. Dhanoa's unrelenting backing for the Rafale deal, the Indian Air Force has decided to put tail numbers in 30 Rafale jets with 'BS' initials.
  • Six Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal R. K. S. Bhadauria, the current Chief of Air Staff who was the lead negotiator for the mega deal.

Dec 07, 2019

Ordnance Factories Unable to Meet Army's Ammunition Demand: CAG

  •  The ordnance factories, which supply around 80 per cent of its total production items to Indian Army, are unable to meet significant quantity of army's demand for some principal ammunition thus adversely affecting their operational preparedness, exposes Comptroller And Auditor General (CAG) in its report on (Defence Services) Ordnance Factories presented in the Parliament.
  • The reports also point that factories achieved the production targets for only 49 per cent of items. They also highlight that the exports by ordinance factories have decreased by 39 per cent in 2017-18 over 2016-17.
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