Indian Private Defence Sector (5 Viewers)

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View: https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1944721528635170987?t=wdJ_YpqaF0lGSaSbn0jyog&s=19

 

[Interested]

I don't think any government has funded that much on R&D tbh. Most of the project throughout history of DRDO end up becoming internal projects. Even AMCA was one..This has been the issue since a long time. Every successive governments promise to increase the R&D budget of DRDO yet they only do some minor 2-3% increament at best. Let us not get into that it boils my blood and brings a bit of frustration. All our governments have been chindi when it comes to indigenous product development. The only difference is approach towards foreign system.

When you provide free food to 900 million people to win elections then there is not much money left over .

 

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Next generation SDR.

 

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AESA jammer.

 

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UHF radar.

 

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Maritime patrol radars.

 

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Aesa radar for su30 & mig29.

 

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ADFCR.

 

[snakeeyes07]

Aesa radar for su30 & mig29.
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This radar has peak power of around 25KW compared to 5-6KW for Bars-M radar.
Not sure if SU30MKI with AL-31FP and current gearbox has enough reserve power. Maybe a new more efficient gearbox can provide the additional power but it will be challenging.

 

[ezsasa]

very good interview, this one is a crash course on entirety of evolution of defence industry of India, every sentence has years and decades of hardwork by thousands of people involved to get here.

it's always a pleasure to talk to and listen to people in that particular mindspace, it comes only when a person has seen so many cycles and genuine first hand experience in trouble shooting so many times that nothing surprises them anymore.
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How India Secretly Built Weapons That Crushed Pak | DRDO’s War Room | Founder L&T Defence J.D. Patil​

View: https://youtu.be/z5zAScQRrxo

 

[vin pahadi (kumauni)]

AESA jammer.
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hey bro some questions:-
1:- is it desi jamming pod?
2:- is it going to replace isreali elm 8222 jamming pods used in su 30 mki? which is consider itself a aesa radar jammer.
3:- DRDO also developed GAN based ASPJ (advanced self protected jammer), which looks like even more advance than these jamming pods. why we need this talon shield?

 

[Delta Squad]

Normally I don't quote IDRW, but here they are quoting some statement made by L&T Defence Founder in media.

India’s Indigenous Project-76 Submarine Design to be Ready Within a Year, Confirms L&T Defence Founder J.D. Patil - Indian Defence Research Wing

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG India is set to mark a major milestone in its quest for a self-reliant underwater warfare capability, with the design of the Project-76 conventional submarine program expected to be finalized within a year. Speaking to media, J.D. Patil, Founder of L&T...

idrw.org

 

[Yt2211]

View: https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1946185505420591433?s=19

 

[Doreamon]

Veera Dynamics, a Hyderabad-based defence tech startup that has developed a next-gen stealth material called RAMA . uses nanotechnology . blend of two different carbon materials that enables it to absorb radar waves, converting them into heat, which is then dissipated at a rate of 1.5 degrees centigrade per second. radar cross-section and thermal signatures both is reduced . it achieved a 97% IR signature reduction with RAMA, the project quickly evolved to address radar spectrum invisibility as well with an over 90% reduction in radar signature .

Now veera is teaming up with another startup called Binford which is making a drone which can operate in RF and gps denied environment to equip that drone with dual stealth paint called RAMA .
Cool

Hyd startups Veera Dynamics, Binford Labs co-develop India's first stealth drones for armed forces - Times of India

India Business News: HYDERABAD: Veera Dynamics, a Hyderabad-based defence tech startup that has developed a next-gen stealth material called RAMA (Radar Absorption & M.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

If this much stealth is achieved by the paint , if combined with structural stealth it ll be awesome.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Look who's talking.

Most importantly, procurement must transition from least-cost (L1) models to highest-performance (T1) evaluations. Emphasising metrics such as lifecycle cost, operational performance, and indigenisation will incentivise innovation and discourage a process-over-product mindset.

General Manoj Mukund Naravane PVSM AVSM SM VSM is a retired Indian Army General who served as the 28th Chief of the Army Staff. Views are personal.

What India can learn from Israel about atmanirbharta in defence

India’s fledgling defence industry has struggled to translate capacity into mass production or compete globally, resulting in continued reliance on imports.

theprint.in