Assets to be deployed in all terrains such as plains, deserts, high-altitude & mountainous areas of up to 5,000 m. Its chassis will act as common link for other air defence projects.
Ministry of Defence claims 60 percent rise in indigenous defence production in past 5 yrs, attributing it to policy reforms and soaring defence exports.
Ahead of Navy Day, Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar & Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh talk about capability of Indian shipyards & vessels and aircraft being procured.
Multi-role combat chopper is fitted with Shakti Engine, which is co-developed by HAL and France’s Safran. Army and Air Force looking to deploy helicopter along border with China.
Platforms such as INS Vikrant, LCH Prachand & ALH Dhruv aren't exclusively made in India and do rely on imports, which is a reality even for major defence producers such as US.
While govt has opened up the sector to private players & FM in budget speech said quarter of govt R&D spending would go to private sector, procurement system remains a stumbling block.
List consists of 101 items. Inclusion of naval choppers a boost to HAL, which wanted in on project. Rajnath Singh speaks about danger of importing systems with foreign codes.
Firms must build buffers, concerted indigenisation needed in strategic sectors like defence. At individual level, partial social safety net now exists, but more funding required.
India can’t break free of global supply chains & will stay import-dependent for energy, weapons parts. Selective integration may work better by creating mutual interdependence.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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