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India developing indigenous second generation routers: Parrikar
The Defence Ministry is working on developing indigenous second generation routers in order to secure the armed forces communication networks, Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar said on Saturday.
Speaking at the golden jubilee celebrations of the Goa Engineering College here, he also offered the Goa-based institution opportunities to collaborate with Defence Ministry research bodies.
"Router is important in telecommunications. For our telecommunication not to leak, the router has to be made by us, because one does not know what router has what trapdoor or backdoor," he said.
The Defence Minister also said that even the US had realized that the routers they used had bugs and trapdoors, which can potentially act as facilitators for leakage of information.
"So information has become an important tool. We cannot have routers basically, which are functioning abroad where there might be bugs to sabotage or to ensure leakage of vital information or data. We should have routers of our own creation, for at least important networking," he said.
Parrikar also said that an agreement had been signed with ANURAG (Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group) for development of a second generation router.
The Defence Minister also said that he had secured admissions at the Goa Engineering College, but opted for the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai as he requested the institution to write to him if they wanted to collaborate on projects with the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
"Defence has wide scope. I am ready to offer a positive collaboration with various Defence institutes.
http://www.business-standard.com/ar...neration-routers-parrikar-116070900600_1.html
MC fails in upkeep, army takes away ’71 war Patton tank from park in Gurdaspur
The municipal council had decided to turn Nehru Park into a car parking over a year ago. The Patton tank had sunk into the ground and it was in a pathetic state. The municipal council withdrew the car parking move after opposition from various quarters.
Local MLA Gurbachan Singh Babbehali pushed for turning the park into a parking lot as it was close to the main markets of the town. Now, the park will be converted into a parking lot.
The Punjab government had decided to set up a ‘shaheedi samarak’ in memory of 1965 Indo-Pak war hero Abdul Hamid at his native village, Asal Uttar in Khemkaran. The authorities decided to take the said tank there.
PPCC general secretary Raman Bahl, who was president of Gurdaspur municipal council from 1992 to 97 and 2002 to 07, condemned the municipal council authorities for not taking proper care of the ‘victory trophy’.
When it was removed from Gurdaspur by the Indian Army on Wednesday, the tank was in a dilapidated condition. Most of its parts had been stolen and its tread (chain on wheels) came off.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/punja...-s-memorial/story-vJWG12GOwwKGc3ssq1EsOI.html
The Defence Ministry is working on developing indigenous second generation routers in order to secure the armed forces communication networks, Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar said on Saturday.
Speaking at the golden jubilee celebrations of the Goa Engineering College here, he also offered the Goa-based institution opportunities to collaborate with Defence Ministry research bodies.
"Router is important in telecommunications. For our telecommunication not to leak, the router has to be made by us, because one does not know what router has what trapdoor or backdoor," he said.
The Defence Minister also said that even the US had realized that the routers they used had bugs and trapdoors, which can potentially act as facilitators for leakage of information.
"So information has become an important tool. We cannot have routers basically, which are functioning abroad where there might be bugs to sabotage or to ensure leakage of vital information or data. We should have routers of our own creation, for at least important networking," he said.
Parrikar also said that an agreement had been signed with ANURAG (Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group) for development of a second generation router.
The Defence Minister also said that he had secured admissions at the Goa Engineering College, but opted for the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai as he requested the institution to write to him if they wanted to collaborate on projects with the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
"Defence has wide scope. I am ready to offer a positive collaboration with various Defence institutes.
http://www.business-standard.com/ar...neration-routers-parrikar-116070900600_1.html
MC fails in upkeep, army takes away ’71 war Patton tank from park in Gurdaspur
The municipal council had decided to turn Nehru Park into a car parking over a year ago. The Patton tank had sunk into the ground and it was in a pathetic state. The municipal council withdrew the car parking move after opposition from various quarters.
Local MLA Gurbachan Singh Babbehali pushed for turning the park into a parking lot as it was close to the main markets of the town. Now, the park will be converted into a parking lot.
The Punjab government had decided to set up a ‘shaheedi samarak’ in memory of 1965 Indo-Pak war hero Abdul Hamid at his native village, Asal Uttar in Khemkaran. The authorities decided to take the said tank there.
PPCC general secretary Raman Bahl, who was president of Gurdaspur municipal council from 1992 to 97 and 2002 to 07, condemned the municipal council authorities for not taking proper care of the ‘victory trophy’.
When it was removed from Gurdaspur by the Indian Army on Wednesday, the tank was in a dilapidated condition. Most of its parts had been stolen and its tread (chain on wheels) came off.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/punja...-s-memorial/story-vJWG12GOwwKGc3ssq1EsOI.html
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INDIA PREPARES TO KICK-START DELAYED TACTICAL COMMS PROJECT
NEW DELHI — India's ruling National Democratic Alliance government will award the first-ever "Make in India" category defense project for a tactical communication system (TCS) for the Army early next year, according to a senior Ministry of Defence (MoD) official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Under the program, two domestic development agency (DA) consortiums will be awarded contracts to build one TCS prototype each at a cost of $150 million in 18 months. The government will provide 80 percent of the funding for the prototype developments.
India has shortlisted state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), and private-sector firm Larsen & Toubro is set to team with Tata Power SED and HCL Technologies to build a TCS prototype.
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Once the two prototypes are handed over to the Indian Army, they will undergo technical evaluation, be tested on the ground and then shortlisted for production, said a senior Army official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The service plans to induct seven TCS systems for plains and desert areas at a cost of $4 billion in the next 10 years.
Each TCS prototype will include a transmission system; a field wireless system based on 4G Long Term Evaluation technology; routing and switching systems; multiple mobile-platform engineering systems; a network management system; and a security subsystem.
"The DAs will have to tie up with overseas defense companies to build Indian Army-specific 100 Mbps [megabits per second] transmission systems, in addition to other critical systems, and [the] rest of [the] systems they can build on their own," the senior Army official said.
The two DAs must be able to upgrade the fast-changing military communication technologies for the TCS, he added.
The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics — part of the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation — is developing a homemade security solution.
However, private-sector DAs have asked the MoD not to grant special favors to state-owned BEL in developing a TCS prototype.
"MoD has waived off the import duty in the case of BEL, but we have been asked to pay import duty on the products that we import from overseas, and this is simply unfair," said a private sector DA executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Additionally, the MoD wants to retain the intellectual property rights of the systems, but the private-sector DA is demanding that it should be vested.
An Army official noted that TCS will be a dedicated strategic project, and the service will eventually sanitize the technologies built into the prototype and the final system.
But there is confusion among the DAs regarding how the Army will sanitize each of the technologies, either homegrown or imported, that will be incorporated in the TCS prototypes.
"We fear that sanitization by [the] Army will lead to direct interference in the developed TCS prototype," the private-sector DA executive said.
DAs will also have to make undertakings from Overseas Equipment Manufacturers for unrestricted use of the imported technologies. Conceived in 2000, the TCS program was delayed by 15 years due to a lack of clarity on the project's procedures.
TCS will replace the Army's obsolete radio communication network, the Plan AREN system.
Once a plain and desert-friendly TCS is inducted, the Army will place an additional order of seven mountain-friendly TCS systems.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/de...tactical-communication-system-radio/87022002/
NEW DELHI — India's ruling National Democratic Alliance government will award the first-ever "Make in India" category defense project for a tactical communication system (TCS) for the Army early next year, according to a senior Ministry of Defence (MoD) official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Under the program, two domestic development agency (DA) consortiums will be awarded contracts to build one TCS prototype each at a cost of $150 million in 18 months. The government will provide 80 percent of the funding for the prototype developments.
India has shortlisted state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), and private-sector firm Larsen & Toubro is set to team with Tata Power SED and HCL Technologies to build a TCS prototype.
Interested in C2 & Communications? Check out C4ISRNET's dedicated page!
Once the two prototypes are handed over to the Indian Army, they will undergo technical evaluation, be tested on the ground and then shortlisted for production, said a senior Army official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The service plans to induct seven TCS systems for plains and desert areas at a cost of $4 billion in the next 10 years.
Each TCS prototype will include a transmission system; a field wireless system based on 4G Long Term Evaluation technology; routing and switching systems; multiple mobile-platform engineering systems; a network management system; and a security subsystem.
"The DAs will have to tie up with overseas defense companies to build Indian Army-specific 100 Mbps [megabits per second] transmission systems, in addition to other critical systems, and [the] rest of [the] systems they can build on their own," the senior Army official said.
The two DAs must be able to upgrade the fast-changing military communication technologies for the TCS, he added.
The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics — part of the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation — is developing a homemade security solution.
However, private-sector DAs have asked the MoD not to grant special favors to state-owned BEL in developing a TCS prototype.
"MoD has waived off the import duty in the case of BEL, but we have been asked to pay import duty on the products that we import from overseas, and this is simply unfair," said a private sector DA executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Additionally, the MoD wants to retain the intellectual property rights of the systems, but the private-sector DA is demanding that it should be vested.
An Army official noted that TCS will be a dedicated strategic project, and the service will eventually sanitize the technologies built into the prototype and the final system.
But there is confusion among the DAs regarding how the Army will sanitize each of the technologies, either homegrown or imported, that will be incorporated in the TCS prototypes.
"We fear that sanitization by [the] Army will lead to direct interference in the developed TCS prototype," the private-sector DA executive said.
DAs will also have to make undertakings from Overseas Equipment Manufacturers for unrestricted use of the imported technologies. Conceived in 2000, the TCS program was delayed by 15 years due to a lack of clarity on the project's procedures.
TCS will replace the Army's obsolete radio communication network, the Plan AREN system.
Once a plain and desert-friendly TCS is inducted, the Army will place an additional order of seven mountain-friendly TCS systems.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/de...tactical-communication-system-radio/87022002/
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Ex Megh Prahar to show capabilities of Mathura based Strike 1 to seamlessly cross rivers held on Yamuna River today.
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155mm x 52 Cal Advance Artillery Gun #ATAGS developed by @DRDO_India test fired successfully #MakeInIndia
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So this will have the same power unit ie self propelled as the 45 Cal yes?
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Gun Carriage Factory hands over three 'Dhanush' guns to army
BHOPAL: Three indigenously-developed 155 mm 'Dhanush' artillery guns have been handed over to the Indian Army by the Jabalpur-based Gun Carriage Factory (GCF).
"Three 155 mm howitzers (Dhanush) have been handed over to the army recently for user's trial," GCF's Joint General Manager and PRO Sanjay Shrivastava said.
GCF is an ordnance factory, which received its first order of 500 transport carts in 1905.
"Another consignment of three guns is being readied and these howitzers too will be delivered to the army shortly," Shrivastava said.
The gun, a towed howitzer with a strike range of 38 km, has been developed by Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata, after going through the design and voluminous documents running into over 12,000 pages which were delivered to India under the first phase of Transfer of Technology (ToT) as part of the Bofors gun deal in the late 80s, another official said.
The army had demanded the six howitzers following successful summer and winter trials of the artillery gun.
The trials saw some 2,000 rounds being successfully fired from the gun in different climatic conditions like in snowy, desert and hostile areas in the country, he said.
The army had been looking for a total of 114 Dhanush guns from GCF to augment its firepower, he further said.
According to the official, the army needs a huge number of howitzers of different types, and Indian firms, some with the help of foreign manufacturers, are in the race to fulfil the demand with the gun's variants.
Costing around Rs 14 crore a piece, Dhanush, (aka 'Desi Bofors') is comparable to most current generation weapon systems which are in use by different countries, he said.
Along with electronic gun-laying and sighting systems and other features, the indigenous gun has an enhanced 11-km range as against the 27-km range of the imported Bofors.
The Indian Army had stationed a special team of officers at the GCF to help monitor the progress, coordinate proof resources and provide guidance regarding the qualitative requirements vis-a-vis the gun system from the user's perspective, the official said.
"A team from the 506 Army Base Workshop, close to GCF, had constantly provided technical inputs which it acquired by repairing Bofors gun for over two decades," he said.
The Swedish Bofors company (now owned by Britain's BAE System) could not complete the ToT for the 155 mm howitzer with 39 calibre to India, as the deal got embroiled in a major political row over alleged kickbacks in 80s.
Subsequently, the OFB struggled for a long time to produce the howitzer indigenously despite the fact that it has manufactured and supplied several components or spare parts to keep the Bofors howitzers operational in India, especially during Kargil war.
The army had been desperately looking for 155 mm howitzers for more than a decade now. It had roped in an Israeli company Soltam to upgrade the imported, Russian-made 130 mm gun to 155 mm at GCF. But the project, after the upgraded gun's trial, ran into hot water, the official claimed.
Four years ago, the Defence Acquisition Council decided to look for artillery guns within the country and asked the OFB to start manufacturing howitzers.
Towards that end, former Defence Minister AK Antony flagged off a 155 mm gun manufacturing facility at GCF on September 22, 2012.
"The project has received support and active cooperation from other ordnance factories, PSUs such as SAIL, BEL, and many private sector companies. Their support has made the project a huge success," the official added.
The move had come after four international howitzer firms - Soltam, Denel, Singapore Technologies Kinetics and Rheinmetall - were blacklisted by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over allegations of graft.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...dhanush-guns-to-army/articleshow/53249747.cms
BHOPAL: Three indigenously-developed 155 mm 'Dhanush' artillery guns have been handed over to the Indian Army by the Jabalpur-based Gun Carriage Factory (GCF).
"Three 155 mm howitzers (Dhanush) have been handed over to the army recently for user's trial," GCF's Joint General Manager and PRO Sanjay Shrivastava said.
GCF is an ordnance factory, which received its first order of 500 transport carts in 1905.
"Another consignment of three guns is being readied and these howitzers too will be delivered to the army shortly," Shrivastava said.
The gun, a towed howitzer with a strike range of 38 km, has been developed by Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), Kolkata, after going through the design and voluminous documents running into over 12,000 pages which were delivered to India under the first phase of Transfer of Technology (ToT) as part of the Bofors gun deal in the late 80s, another official said.
The army had demanded the six howitzers following successful summer and winter trials of the artillery gun.
The trials saw some 2,000 rounds being successfully fired from the gun in different climatic conditions like in snowy, desert and hostile areas in the country, he said.
The army had been looking for a total of 114 Dhanush guns from GCF to augment its firepower, he further said.
According to the official, the army needs a huge number of howitzers of different types, and Indian firms, some with the help of foreign manufacturers, are in the race to fulfil the demand with the gun's variants.
Costing around Rs 14 crore a piece, Dhanush, (aka 'Desi Bofors') is comparable to most current generation weapon systems which are in use by different countries, he said.
Along with electronic gun-laying and sighting systems and other features, the indigenous gun has an enhanced 11-km range as against the 27-km range of the imported Bofors.
The Indian Army had stationed a special team of officers at the GCF to help monitor the progress, coordinate proof resources and provide guidance regarding the qualitative requirements vis-a-vis the gun system from the user's perspective, the official said.
"A team from the 506 Army Base Workshop, close to GCF, had constantly provided technical inputs which it acquired by repairing Bofors gun for over two decades," he said.
The Swedish Bofors company (now owned by Britain's BAE System) could not complete the ToT for the 155 mm howitzer with 39 calibre to India, as the deal got embroiled in a major political row over alleged kickbacks in 80s.
Subsequently, the OFB struggled for a long time to produce the howitzer indigenously despite the fact that it has manufactured and supplied several components or spare parts to keep the Bofors howitzers operational in India, especially during Kargil war.
The army had been desperately looking for 155 mm howitzers for more than a decade now. It had roped in an Israeli company Soltam to upgrade the imported, Russian-made 130 mm gun to 155 mm at GCF. But the project, after the upgraded gun's trial, ran into hot water, the official claimed.
Four years ago, the Defence Acquisition Council decided to look for artillery guns within the country and asked the OFB to start manufacturing howitzers.
Towards that end, former Defence Minister AK Antony flagged off a 155 mm gun manufacturing facility at GCF on September 22, 2012.
"The project has received support and active cooperation from other ordnance factories, PSUs such as SAIL, BEL, and many private sector companies. Their support has made the project a huge success," the official added.
The move had come after four international howitzer firms - Soltam, Denel, Singapore Technologies Kinetics and Rheinmetall - were blacklisted by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over allegations of graft.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...dhanush-guns-to-army/articleshow/53249747.cms
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The Indian Army Aviation Corps conducting operations during Kargil War.
The army Aviation Corps flew more than 2500 missions during the Kargil War , almost all missions flown at High Altitude areas. 240 troops and 200 tons of material were lifted by the helicopters to some old and majority of new locations.
All missions were flown close to and under enemy observation and at times under hostile, effective enemy fire . During the operations the aviators evacuated over 900 casualties from the battle front. The Cheetah helicopters lifted 734 casualties out of the battlefront alone out of the total of 900 casualties evacuated.
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The army Aviation Corps flew more than 2500 missions during the Kargil War , almost all missions flown at High Altitude areas. 240 troops and 200 tons of material were lifted by the helicopters to some old and majority of new locations.
All missions were flown close to and under enemy observation and at times under hostile, effective enemy fire . During the operations the aviators evacuated over 900 casualties from the battle front. The Cheetah helicopters lifted 734 casualties out of the battlefront alone out of the total of 900 casualties evacuated.
https://www.facebook.com/TejasMrca/posts/1196512040412244
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Recoveries from terrorists killed attempting infiltration proof of Pakistan's complicity
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Hope something similar is implemented here.
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1 MILLION PARAMILITARY JAWANS TO GET BULLETPROOF HEADGEAR
NEW DELHI: The 10-lakh strong paramilitary has a heavy burden of duties: defending the borders, ducking bullets from Maoists in steaming jungles or facing mobs of stone pelters like in Jammu and Kashmir. That requires a cool head and a light, tough helmet to protect it. Something more sophisticated than the 1.5-2 kg helmet or patka that these jawans are used to.
The paramilitary forces for the first time set are to be equipped with high-tech, bulletproof, combat helmets of the kind used by the US forces. Home minister Rajnath Singh has given approval to procure "light-weight bullet resistant helmets" which will not only protect against gun shots to the head, injuries from stone pelting and neck injuries, but will also increase the efficiency of the personnel. They are expected to ease the strain on jawans as these helmets can withstand 7.62 mm and 9 mm bullets, even when fired from a distance of just 20 meters. The shape of the helmet will allow troops to mount handsets of communication equipment like walkie-talkies, or night vision cameras, torches and other devices. For long, the jawans have been sent on combat duties without this basic safety requirement.
The 3.5 lakh strong Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has just 2,000 bulletproof headgears. BSF, which has 2.5 lakh men, has been making do with 500 protective helmets for the ground troops while performing duties on the sensitive Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh borders.
The government has admitted that there is a 98% shortage of bulletproof helmets in the paramilitary forces. Sources say Singh has discarded "financial" concerns voiced by bureaucrats. A senior government official told on condition of anonymity that "there would be huge financial burden on the exchequer in this purchase but home minister has made it clear that security of jawans comes first".
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...bulletproof-headgear/articleshow/53361678.cms
NEW DELHI: The 10-lakh strong paramilitary has a heavy burden of duties: defending the borders, ducking bullets from Maoists in steaming jungles or facing mobs of stone pelters like in Jammu and Kashmir. That requires a cool head and a light, tough helmet to protect it. Something more sophisticated than the 1.5-2 kg helmet or patka that these jawans are used to.
The paramilitary forces for the first time set are to be equipped with high-tech, bulletproof, combat helmets of the kind used by the US forces. Home minister Rajnath Singh has given approval to procure "light-weight bullet resistant helmets" which will not only protect against gun shots to the head, injuries from stone pelting and neck injuries, but will also increase the efficiency of the personnel. They are expected to ease the strain on jawans as these helmets can withstand 7.62 mm and 9 mm bullets, even when fired from a distance of just 20 meters. The shape of the helmet will allow troops to mount handsets of communication equipment like walkie-talkies, or night vision cameras, torches and other devices. For long, the jawans have been sent on combat duties without this basic safety requirement.
The 3.5 lakh strong Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has just 2,000 bulletproof headgears. BSF, which has 2.5 lakh men, has been making do with 500 protective helmets for the ground troops while performing duties on the sensitive Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh borders.
The government has admitted that there is a 98% shortage of bulletproof helmets in the paramilitary forces. Sources say Singh has discarded "financial" concerns voiced by bureaucrats. A senior government official told on condition of anonymity that "there would be huge financial burden on the exchequer in this purchase but home minister has made it clear that security of jawans comes first".
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...bulletproof-headgear/articleshow/53361678.cms
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This really gets me angry! - "financial" concerns voiced by bureaucrats
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This really gets me angry! - "financial" concerns voiced by bureaucrats
Last time , it was the Parliament attack which cleared the concerns of Babus and M.P.s . It literately made them p*** in their pants and dhothies . After that we saw some heavy modernization of gears at least for NSG SAG.
For God sake , it should not happen again . but only these kind of incidents make them re think about the value of a life under fire.
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