Armée Indienne / Indian Armed Forces

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Euh........ Typhoon pour moi .

Gémini a écrit:

Il me semble qu'il y a quelque composant Americains dans le Rafale........
Il y a eu des bisbilles entre eux et nous il y a quelques années a ce sujet a cause de vente eventuelle(non non ce n'est pas une blague..... ).
Une histoire de chips electronique............
Si quelqu'un a des infos

c´etait a cause du L16(avant de sortir la LX16) et si je dis pas de betises a cause des Gallium arsenide(GaAs) pour modules AESA

Merci Yakuza.

INS Sindhurakshak ( S63 ) à Portsmouth le 22-02-13. Le Kilo est en route vers l'Inde après une période d'upgrade en Russie

Iron Fist 2013

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HAL Signs Rs. 418 Crore Defence Contract for Cheetal Helicopters


(Source: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited; issued February 22, 2013)



BANGALORE --- HAL has signed contract worth Rs. 418 crore with the Ministry of Defence for supply of 20 Cheetal helicopters and associated equipment to the Indian Army over the next four years. HAL will also provide training to the pilots and technical crew. This is the first contract for supply of Cheetal helicopters to the Indian Army. HAL had the initial order for 10 Cheetal helicopters from Indian Air Force.

Cheetal is the re-engined variant (developed as company funded programme) of the proven Cheetah helicopter being manufactured by HAL for over four decades. Cheetal helicopter is equipped with a Turbomeca TM 333-2M2 free turbine turboshaft engine which is more fuel efficient and provides higher payload capability of 90 kgs at an altitude of 6 kms. Cheetal helicopter can operate up to seven kms altitude and has a range of 640 kms with an endurance of 3.50 hrs.

The Cheetal is fitted with a full authority digital engine control (FADEC) system for engine control and an Electronic Backup Control Box (EBCB) system which automatically takes over engine control in the event of FADEC failure.

Cheetal incorporates features of modern cockpit instruments like electrically driven artificial horizon, directional gyro, Flight monitoring system, Cockpit Voice Recorder and Master Flasher Warning System.

The Cheetal helicopter is a multirole helicopter and is best suited for the missions such as personnel transport, casualty evacuation, reconnaissance and aerial survey, logistic air support, rescue operations and under slung loads (cargo).

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/142947/indian-army-orders-20-cheetal-helos.html

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Budget 2013: Priorities of the Indian armed forces

New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the Union Budget on Thursday. Given the likelihood of no major increase in defence spending, here is a look at what the priorities of the armed forces are.
After the Rs 14,000 crore cut in defence spending in the last financial year, the buzz is that no major increase is likely in the defence budget for the coming year given that the armed forces have pruned their procurement lists focusing on priority equipment to be acquired.
The Army's priority list includes:
Replacement of the Bofors artillery with the OFB upgraded 155 mm gun of longer range
- Modern artillery ammunition (bi-modular charges, fuzes etc)
- Assault rifles for Infantry (trials underway)
- Also bullet proof jackets/helmets for CI operations
- Tank ammunition (INVARS missile for T-90 tanks)
The Army also wants to replace its 1960s vintage Cheetah and Chetak helicopters, 60 per cent of which are nearly at the end of their service life.
The Air Force is going the whole hog putting its weight behind every procurement, big or small, insisting that everything is driven by operational necessity. Fighter, transport and helicopter procurement appears to be on track, the gap in air defence and the Avro replacement is probably the focus could be.
For the Navy, the priority list includes acquiring 16 multi-role maritime helicopters and 56 utility helicopters. It also includes minesweepers from South Korea and crucially the new line of conventional submarines under Project 75I.
Defence cuts if any are not expected to hit equipment already contracted for as payment for these will have to be made. In that sense the Air Force and Navy have done well in terms of speeding up procurement of big ticket items. The Army is the laggard here and is paying the price in terms of operational deficiencies.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news

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India conducts development tests of advanced Pinaka rocket system
1 March 2013
The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted development trials of an advanced variant of the domestically manufactured Pinaka rocket system from firing point-II of the Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) at Chandipur in Orrisa, India.

Carried out by DRDO's Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) personnel, three rounds of Pinaka rockets were test-fired from a multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) during the testing to evaluate the rockets' stability in flight, accuracy and consistency.

An unidentified defence official was quoted by The New Indian Express as saying that the Pinaka rocket was capable of acting as a force-multiplier, and all the rounds have yielded desired results.

"The tests were made after some developmental changes in the system," the official said. "We would carry out a few more tests on Friday."

Carried out with logistics support from the PXE, the trials confirmed Pinaka's ability to fire rockets to a range of 30km, even though the system is capable of launching projectile weapons to a range of 39 to 40km.

The MBRL used for testing has been designed to launch 12 rockets with 1t of high explosives within 40 seconds.

Another defence scientist told the newspaper that the launcher's quick reaction time and high-rate of fire provides the army with an edge during low-intensity combat situations.

"The unguided rocket system put under trial here could be used to destroy a higher geographical area with its salvo of rockets," the scientist added.

Designed to replace the Indian Army's ageing Russian-built BM-21 Grad launchers, the Pinaka is capable of destroying the enemy communication centres, air terminal complexes and gun/rocket locations, as well as solid structures and bunkers.

The system features six launcher vehicles of 12 rockets each, as well as two command post vehicles including a fire control computer, Digicora MET radar and six loader/replenishment vehicles with a payload of 100kg.

http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsindia-conducts-development-trials-advanced-pinaka-rocket-system

Tejas




Training version

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Mirage planes upgraded at Rs 167 cr per aircraft in 2011: Govt

NEW DELHI, MAR 4:
India bought Mirage-2000 warplanes for Rs 133 crore each in year 2000, while the cost of upgrading the aircraft came to Rs 167 crore per unit in 2011, Defence Minister A K Antony said today.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha, he said, “The last contracted price for each Mirage-2000 aircraft in the year 2000 was Rs 133 crore. The contract for upgrade was signed in 2011 wherein the cost of upgrading one aircraft was Rs 167 crore.”

Antony said, “Applying an escalation of 3.5 per cent per annum as per the Pricing Policy Review Committee, to the contacted cost of the year 2000, it works out to be Rs 195 crore at 2011 levels. Thus, the upgrade has been undertaken at 85 per cent of the escalated cost of the aircraft.”

The upgrade program also includes fitments of advanced multimode-multi target radar, reconfigured glass cockpit and advanced avionics, state-of-the-art electronic warfare system and capability to launch advance missiles, the Minister said.

To a separate question on deployment of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), he said these are force multipliers for specific area cover and not for surveillance of the entire air space.

“Three AWACS aircraft are presently operationalised in the IAF. AWACS are meant as force multipliers for specific area cover and not for surveillance of the entire space of our country,” he said.

All three AWACS are part of Network Centric Operations and are able to provide adequate coverage of specified areas in such perations, Antony said.

On steps taken by Government to procure more long-range surveillance aircraft, Antony said, “Enhancement of airborne surveillance and command and control capabilities of the IAF is sought to be achieved through procurement of additional AWACS.”

He also said that the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) had on February 12, this year approved a proposal of indigenous development of AWACS by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

“The development of AWACS is envisaged to be completed in 84 months from the date of formal sanction of the programme,” he said.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com

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Indian naval helicopter crashes near Vishakhapatnam | The News ...
www.thenewstribe.com/.../indian-naval-helicopter-crashes-near-vishakhapatnam/

By Jitender Singh Mar 5th

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India to develop AEW&C aircraft

India's cabinet has approved a plan to develop an indigenous airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft.
In a written response to a cabinet query, defence minister AK Antony said the Cabinet Committee on Security had approved a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) plan to develop the system.
"The development of AWACS (India) is envisaged to be completed in 84 months (seven years) from the date of formal sanction of the programme," says Antony.
He adds that the programme will build upon New Delhi's previous efforts to develop AEW&C systems.
An Indian media report in February quoted an anonymous source as saying that New Delhi will require an aircraft roughly the size of the Ilyushin Il-76 for the new AEW&C programme.
One possible candidate for this could be the twin-engined multirole transport aircraft (MTA) being developed by United Aircraft Corporation and Hindustan Aeronautics.
At the Aero India show in Bangalore in early February, a brochure distribute by the MTA programme representatives listed AEW&C as among the MTA's future missions. The MTA's maiden flight is tentatively planned for 2017.
The February media report also suggested that the new aircraft will have an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar with 360˚ coverage.
India operates six AEW&C aircraft, of which only half are operational. The three operational aircraft are Il-76s equipped with the IAI EL/W-2090 AEW&C radar system.
It has also taken delivery of three Embraer EMB-145, which will carry an AESA radar developed by the DRDO in a fairing above the fuselage. Following the DRDO's installation of a mission system, the aircraft will be handed over to the Indian air force.

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Indian naval helicopter crashes near Vishakhapatnam | The News ...
www.thenewstribe.com/.../indian-naval-helicopter-crashes-near-vishakhapatnam/

By Jitender Singh Mar 5th

plus de DETAILS

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Mar. 5, 2013 - 10:10AM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
NEW DELHI — Two crew members were missing Tuesday after an Indian naval helicopter crashed into the sea off the country’s southeastern coast, sparking an air-sea rescue search, a navy spokesman said.

The military helicopter took off from the city of Visakhapatnam and lost contact with air controllers after flying 18 kilometers (11 miles) from its base, Commander D.K. Sharma told AFP in New Delhi.

“We have rescued two of the crew and are looking for the remaining two in the sea,” Sharma said.

The helicopter lost contact with military air controllers in mid-afternoon.

“Ships and aircraft have joined the search,” an official said.

Naval officials initially said the helicopter was of Russian design but later said the Chetak helicopter was produced in India by state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. The navy said it would continue the search operation even though darkness had fallen over the area.

“The search will continue until we find the wreckage of the helicopter and the two remaining crew members,” the officer said.

He said the two rescued crew members were unhurt.

Another Indian Navy official said a court of enquiry has been ordered into the crash, which occurred when the helicopter was on a “routine flying mission.”

India has witnessed at least two other military helicopter crashes in the past year. Last October, three naval personnel, including two pilots, died when their Chetak helicopter crashed while landing at Dabolim airport in Panaji, capital of the western Indian tourist state of Goa. In August, nine Indian air force personnel were killed when two Russian-designed military helicopters collided in mid-air over a firing range in the western state of Gujarat.

India plans to buy as many as 400 helicopters, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, to replace its aging aircraft fleet.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130305/DEFREG03/303050011/Indian-Navy-Chetak-Helicopter-Crashes-Sea?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

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INS Viraat


(From L to R)
P47 INS Karmuk (Kora class corvette), L41 INS Jalashwa (Austin class amphibious
transport dock), L58 INS Jyoti (Komandarm Fedko class oiler), INS
Viraat.

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Il n'y a donc pas eu d'annonce sur le contrat Rafale en Inde au premier jour d'Aero India 2013. Le chasseur de Dassault est pourtant sur toutes les lèvres au salon de Bangalore.

La matinée du 6 février a ainsi été rythmée par la visite du ministre de la Défense indien, A.K. Antony. Si celui-ci est passé devant le stand du GIE Rafale International, il n'y est resté que le temps d'adresser une poignée de main furtive à Eric Trappier, pdg de Dassault Aviation.

Lors de la conférence de presse qui a suivi, « l'honorable ministre » a néanmoins précisé que les coupes budgétaires qui frappent les forces indiennes n'affecteraient pas le contrat Rafale : ni report, ni réduction.

Si « les discussions progressent toujours », le contrat ne sera vraisemblablement pas signé avant quelques mois. La rumeur d'une signature la semaine prochaine, lors de la venue du président de la République François Hollande, a par ailleurs été démentie par Paris.

La conclusion du marché du siècle devait intervenir avant le 31 mars, mais elle pourrait glisser jusqu'à cet été, confirmant ainsi nos informations du 18 janvier.

Parmi les points de blocage, on évoque en coulisses les doutes de Dassault concernant la capacité de HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) à remplir pleinement son rôle de maître d’œuvre pour les appareils produits en Inde.

Eric Trappier a par ailleurs confirmé des discussions sur la vente de 63 appareils supplémentaires à l'Inde. Une information « lâchée » le mois dernier par Salman Khurshid, ministre indien des Affaires étrangères, lors de sa visite à Paris.

Il a précisé qu'aucune décision n'avait été prise quant à la nature de ce nouveau contrat : des appareils intégrés directement au sein la première commande ferme de 126 Rafale, des options ajoutées à cette même commande, ou encore un contrat entièrement séparé.

En attendant, la démonstration en vol du Rafale de l'armée de l'Air, avec le capitaine Cédric « Rut » Ruet aux commandes, a attiré les foules sur le tarmac de la base de l'armée de l'Air indienne de Yelahanka, près de Bangalore, où se déroule le salon Aero India.

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Avec la chine qui annonce 10% de plus pour son budget militaire,il serait suicidaire de perdre encore du temps pour la fourniture
des 126 Rafale.

Indian Spyder system


Python 5


Derby


unité de commande

Est ce que quelqu'un est au courant de la vente de CAESAR pour un peu moins de 200 pieces car dans le RAIDS numero 322 il est ecrit :
La société RDT (renault trucks defence) devrait aussi bénéficier,sous une forme ou une autre, du contrat indien du caesar: un peu moins de 200 pieces dans l'immediat, mais peut etre 700 sur le moyen terme. le camion porteur sera vraisemblablement réalisé en Inde, du fait de la valeur du marché en place. des possibilités existent avec le constructeur no1 en iNde TATA ou le 3eme national:Eischer.

jamais entendu parlé de ce deal. 200 pièces c'est énorme.

PGM

On a déjà évoqué l'histoire de ce deals à plusieurs reprises dans ce topic.

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India's cruise missile Nirbhay's maiden test fails



New Delhi: India's trial of its first cruise missileNirbhay had to be terminated halfway today, when the missile deviated from its course after launch. The missile had to be blown up.

The test failed but the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO, which developed the missile, has said mission not unsuccessful. "The Nirbhay cruise missile launch was a mixed success. The lift-off was successful but the flight had to be terminated halfway. We have not been able to achieve complete range capability, but the mission objectives have been met," it said in a statement. The DRDO is still examining the flight details.

The cruise missile was fired from the Chandipur test range in Odisha at 11 am.

The Nirbhay (which means fearless) is highly manoeuvrable, can fly at tree-top level making it very difficult to detect on radar, and it strikes targets more than 700 km away carrying nuclear warheads, giving India the capability to strike deep into enemy territory.

India has had the capability to make ballistic missiles for some time now and has made tactical missiles of different capacity. Developing a cruise missile was the one thing remained and DRDO scientists had been working hard on the Nirbhay.

The missile is India's answer to America's Tomahawk and Pakistan's Babur. It is a sub-sonic cruise missile and gives India the capacity to launch different kinds of payloads at different ranges from various platforms at a very low cost. The US had deployed cruise missiles effectively during the Gulf War.

Unlike other ballistic missiles like the Agni, Nirbhay has a wing and pronounced tail fins. It launches like a missile and in early flight the small wings get deployed. It then flies like an aeroplane and can even hover near the target, striking at will from any direction.

The missile has a fire-and-forget system that cannot be jammed and can be launched from a mobile launcher.

"This is a sub-sonic cruise missile, which means it is basically an aircraft converted into a cruise missile. An aircraft has wings and this also has wings. We keep it folded, it lifts off like a missile using a rocket motor, and after the rocket motor finishes its job, it falls down and then the wings get deployed and the gas turbine engine gets kicked in and it becomes like a full aircraft," explained P S Krishnan, Director, Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore.

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Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya is yet to be delivered
http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=922

A la suite d’accusations de corruption à l’encontre de la compagnie italienne Finmeccanica, le ministère indien de la défense a décidé de suspendre la décision sur l’achat de 100 torpilles Black Shark qui devaient être achetées à une filiale de Finmeccanica destinées aux 6 sous-marins Scorpene.

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Scorpene submarine purchase put on hold

New Delhi, March 11, 2013

The VVIP helicopter scam has cast its shadow on yet another naval project as the defence ministry is withholding a decision on the procurement of 100 Black Shark torpedos from a Finmeccanica group company for six Scorpene submarines.

The government had not taken a decision on the procurement of these heavy-weight and long-range torpedoes, which may remain effective against all types of surface and under-sea targets for the next 20 years. The torpedoes are manufactured by Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei, which is a Finmeccanica group company.

Following the VVIP-helicopter scam in which former top executives of Finmeccanica and its UK-based helicopter-making subsidiary AgustaWestland are involved, all deals with Finmeccanica group companies are under scanner. Following the choppergate, the defence ministry has put on hold further delivery of nine VVIP choppers and all payments due to the company.

The first three copters arrived in December and Agusta received almost 45 per cent of the payment before the controversy broke. But still there is no clarity on how contracts being negotiated or concluded with other Finmeccanica group companies would be dealt with by the defence ministry.

Defence Minister A K Antony informed Lok Sabha that the ministry received representation (on the Black Shark deal) from one competing vendor and MPs. No names were given.A special technical oversight committee was constituted with approval from defence acquisition council to review the evaluation process and complaints.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/318192/scorpene-submarine-purchase-put-hold.html

C'est pas une joint venture avec les Français la BLACKSHARK ?
Ou chacun se demenent pour la vendre de son coté ?

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5 soldiers, 2 militants killed in Indian Kashmir


By By DAR YASIN, Associated Press – 1 hour ago
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Two militants carrying guns and grenades attacked a group of paramilitary soldiers Wednesday morning on the outskirts of the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, leaving five soldiers and both militants dead and 10 more people wounded, a police official said. It was the bloodiest militant attack in the capital in years.
The two militants, who had their weapons hidden in a sports bag, mixed with a group of local boys playing cricket near a school compound for the children of police officials before lobbing grenades at the paramilitary troops, said S.A Mujtaba, a senior police officer.
No students or teachers were at the school because of ongoing strikes in the wake of the February execution of a Kashmiri militant. Seven of those injured were members of the paramilitary force, the Central Reserve Police Force, and three were civilians, police said.
Officials said earlier that the attack had occurred at a paramilitary camp, which is next to the school. By midday, the entire area was inundated with heavily armed soldiers searching for any surviving militants.
Kashmir has been wracked by more than two decades of separatist violence. While militant attacks have decreased dramatically in recent years, Kashmir has faced weeks of strikes and protests after the hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who was executed for his involvement in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that killed 14 people, including five of the gunmen. Many Kashmiris do not believe Guru received a fair trial. Anger in a region where anti-India sentiment runs deep was further fueled by the execution's secrecy.
No one has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack, though suspicion immediately fell on Muslim separatists. Ashok Prasad, a top official with the Kashmir police, said the style of attack, with a small team of militants charging through the compound firing on soldiers, "had the signature" of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
India's federal home secretary R.K. Singh also said that the militants appeared to be from Pakistan. He gave no other details.
Indian officials accuse Pakistan's intelligence agency of working with Lashkar-e-Taiba to plan the bloody 2008 Mumbai siege — an allegation Islamabad denies.
Lashkar-e-Taiba was formed with the help of Pakistani intelligence over two decades ago to put pressure on India over Kashmir. Pakistan has since banned the group but has seemingly done little to crack down on the militants. Many analysts believe they still enjoy state support.
The Himalayan region is divided between India and Pakistan, but claimed in its entirety by both. The insurgents are demanding either a separate state or a merger with Muslim-majority Pakistan.