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DEFENCE - October 2019

Oct 2019

Nov 15, 2019

Air Chief Bhadauria Flies Sortie In India-Made HTT-40 Trainer Aircraft

Showing strong support for indigenisation, IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria flew in the under development HTT-40 trainer aircraft.
ACM RKS Bhadauria, CAS flew HTT40, tested its flying capabilities for one hour. First serving Air Chief to fly in prototype as Chief of Air Forc.
The plane is still under development by the HAL. The IAF chief has been associated with the indigenous trainer aircraft project for a long period now as he had assured full support to it since he was the deputy chief of air staff.

Supreme Court Strikes Down All Rafale Review Petitions

The Supreme Court refused to go back on its December 14, 2018 order, rejecting a probe into the controversial Rafale deal.
It also closed a contempt case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had incurred the court's wrath over allegedly attributing his chowkidar chor hai remarks to the court.
Though Gandhi later claimed that the remarks were made in the thick of campaigning and apologised for it, the bench was yet to formally let him off on contempt charges.

Nov 14, 2019

LCA Tejas' Naval Variant Makes Successful Night-Time Arrested Landing

A night-time arrested landing of light combat aircraft (LCA) Navy was successfully carried out at Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) Goa.
The arrested landing of the naval variant of LCA Tejas was carried out at INS Hansa in Goa.

DRDO Organises Workshop to Leverage Academic Expertise

With an aim to leverage academic expertise from across the country and increase synergy with academia, a workshop titled 'DRDO-Academia Interaction for Achieving Leadership in Future Technologies' was held at DRDO Bhawan.
Defence R & D (research and development) has a huge potential to absorb innovation, which is not limited to R & D organisations alone but can sprout from any corner of the country.
This workshop is one of the multi-pronged approaches, where defence R & D should obtain a special status in the overall scheme of things.

Nov 13, 2019

DRDO Grants Free Patent Access To Boost Indigenous Production

To boost indigenous production and give a fillip to the 'Make in India' policy, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to grant the Indian industry free access to patents held for technologies developed by it.
A new policy formulated by the DRDO recently states that no licence fee or royalty will be applicable on the use of Indian patents held by the research agency. There are hundreds of such patents covering missile technology, aeronautics, naval systems, life sciences, armaments, combat engineering, electronics and communication material.

First Woman Officer Appointed as Defence Attache

The Navy has now selected its first woman officer for the post of a defence attaché abroad, which comes a month after the IAF posted Wing Commander Anjali Singh as the deputy air attaché at the Indian embassy in Moscow.
Lt-Commander (equivalent to an Army Major) Karabi Gogoi, a naval engineer currently posted at the Karwar base in coastal Karnataka, has been selected for the post of the assistant naval attaché, also at the Indian embassy in Russia.
The appointments of Wing Commander Singh and Lt-Commander Gogoi are the first for woman officers to have been selected for defence diplomacy in the maledominated environs of the armed forces. If the former as an aeronautical engineer specialises in handling fighter jets, the latter has experience in warship construction and maintenance.

First Indo-US Tri-Service Drill

The first Indo-US tri-service exercise with focus on amphibious humanitarian relief operations began in the Bay of Bengal. 'Tiger Triumph' was announced by US President Trump during the 'Howdy Modi' event.
The exercise will be held off Visakhapatnam and Kakinada till November 21, 2019.
India is fielding its amphibious warships, INS Jalashwa and INS Airavat, survey ship INS Sandhayak, Army troops from the 19 Madras and 7 Guards battalions, and MI-17 helicopters and rapid action medical teams (RAMT) from the IAF.
The US, in turn, has deployed its amphibious warship USS Germantown, along with troops from the 3rd Marine Division.

Nov 12, 2019

Indo-Russian Joint Tri-Service Exercise To Be Held

The first-ever joint tri-service exercise between India and Russia codenamed INDRA 2019 will be conducted from December 10-19, 2019.
Company-sized mechanised contingents, fighter and transport aircraft as well as ships of respective Armies, Air Forces and Navies will participate in this 10-days exercise.
In preparation of this exercise, a joint planning conference was held from November 7 to 10, in two phases.
Phase I of the conference was conducted at respective service locations of Babina, Pune and Goa to discuss service-specific modalities.
The second phase was held at New Delhi on November 9 and 10 to fine-tune joint service for smooth execution of the exercise.

IAF To Sign Contract To Procure 83 LCAs

The Light Combat Aircraft Tejas (LCA) Mark-1A and Mark-2 and 114 new fighter jets to be procured will be the mainstay of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the next decade, as other jets are phased out, and before the indigenous fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is ready.
The IAF is looking at speeding up the development and production of the LCA by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

Defence Innovations Conference Showcasing Accomplishments Of iDEX

Defence ministry is organising Def-Connect in New Delhi to showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative.
The conference aims to bring together all stakeholders of the iDEX ecosystem, Ministry of defence, iDEX selected startups, Partner Incubators, Defence Innovation Organisation, Nodal agencies (Indian Army, Navy, Airforce), Defence Research and Development Organisation and Defence Public Sector Undertakings and Indian Ordnance Factories.

Nov 11, 2019

Pentagon Gets a Fix for F-35 Bug in $400,000 Pilot Helmets

The US military may have finally found a way to fix a glitch with the world's most hi-tech helmet used by pilots flying the most expensive fighter jet in history. A bug in the $400,000 helmet display screen used by F-35 aviators caused a green glow when flying in very low-light conditions and is now expected to be overcome by using a different type of semiconductor illumination.
The distracting green glow was deemed so critical that restrictions were imposed on some night landings on aircraft carriers, and the fault was classified as a "Priority One" fix by the Pentagon's test office. Jittery lines were also visible to some pilots. Defence giant Lockheed Martin has been contracted by the F-35 Joint Program Office for the redesign, modifying headpieces by installing new organic light-emitting diodes to replace traditional liquid crystal displays.

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