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Russian new-class Black Sea submarine leaves for sea trials June 01, 2014 at 08:22PM
SOURCE: ITAR NASS A new generation diesel-electric submarine Friday left St. Petersburg’s Admiralty shipyard for Baltic Sea trials.The near-complete diesel-electric Novorossiysk will be at sea for less than a month and will return to base for final fitting ahead of joining the Black Sea naval fleet, a defence industry source told Itar-Tass on Friday. Three-month […]
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Govt gives tenure extensions to 3 top aerospace scientists linked to Tejas project June 01, 2014 at 07:50PM
SOURCE : EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE The tenure of three top scientists, closely associated with various ongoing aeronautical projects including the Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas) programme, have been extended beyond their service. Military sources confirmed to Express that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) gave the assent for the extension of services of two scientists late on […]
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IAF’s fighter fleet needs immediate replenishment June 01, 2014 at 07:01PM
SOURCE : TNN As soon as the euphoria subsides and the new government at the Centre settles down to business, it will have to take some expeditious decisions so far as acquisitions for the defence forces are concerned. One decision that has to be taken immediately is on how to replenish fighter aircraft squadrons. According […]
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Eyeing Pakistan and China, India's Modi bolsters security team
Eyeing Pakistan and China, India's Modi bolsters security team
India's new PM picks former spy as national security advisor
India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chosen a daring former spy with years of experience in dealing with Pakistan as his national security adviser, a move officials say signals a more muscular approach to New Delhi's traditional enemy.
The choice of Ajit Doval, alongside former Indian army chief General V.K. Singh as a federal minister for the northeast region, underscores plans to revamp national security that Modi says became weak under the outgoing government.
The two top-level appointments, reporting directly to Modi, point to a desire to address what are arguably India's two most pressing external security concerns - Pakistan and China, both of which, like India, have nuclear arms.
Doval, a highly decorated officer renowned for his role in dangerous counter-insurgency missions, has long advocated tough action against militant groups, although operations he has been involved in suggest a level of pragmatism.
In the 1980s, he smuggled himself into the Golden Temple in the city of Amritsar from where Sikh militants were later flushed out, and he infiltrated a powerful guerrilla group fighting for independence from India in the northeastern state of Mizoram. The group ultimately signed a peace accord.
Doval was also on the ground in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when an Indian Airlines plane from Kathmandu was hijacked by Pakistan-based militants on Christmas Eve, 1999. The crisis was resolved when top militants were freed in exchange for hostages.
"Doval is an out-of-the-box thinker," said an Intelligence Bureau officer with long years of service in Kashmir and other Indian hotspots. "Expect him to shake things up."
The official, who did not want to be named, said he expected the new security team to push for a rapid expansion of border infrastructure and a streamlining of intelligence services, which still function in isolation and often impede one other.
Singh has declared his priority is to develop the northeast in order to narrow the gap with Chinese investment in roads and railways on its side of the frontier.
India is also creating a new mountain corps and beefing up border defences, although that initiative has stalled.
Fear of Afghan spillover
A secure India is a long-standing goal of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the new prime minister himself wants strong borders so the country can focus fully on giving economic growth a much-needed boost.
He won the election in May in a landslide victory largely on economic pledges that India's 1.2 billion people hope will secure jobs and raise living standards.
But with most foreign troops withdrawing from Afghanistan by the end of this year, India is concerned that Islamist militants fighting there will turn their sights towards the disputed region of Kashmir, which is also claimed by Pakistan.
India and Pakistan have fought two of three wars since independence over the Himalayan territory, and their armed forces are separated there by a rugged, mountainous Line of Control which militants have the capability to cross.
Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, leader of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the country's newly elected prime minister, greets supporters after arriving at the airport in New Delhi on Saturday, May 17, 2014.
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Doval, 69, formerly head of the Intelligence Bureau domestic spy agency, will be National Security Adviser, only the second officer from the intelligence community to hold the post.
By contrast, predecessor Shiv Shankar Menon is a member of the elite Indian Foreign Service - an expert on China and nuclear security known for his formidable intellect.
Doval did not say what his priorities would be after his job was announced on Friday, but in conversations with Reuters previously as head of a right-wing think tank in New Delhi, he said the new government must lay down core security policies, one of which was "zero tolerance" for acts of violence.
He was referring to operations by militants who India says cross from Pakistan, like the gunmen who killed 166 people in Mumbai in 2008 in a brazen assault that brought tentative peace talks between the South Asian rivals to a juddering halt.
Carrot and stick approach
Modi invited his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, to his inauguration in a calculated sign of reconciliation. But he used stick as well as carrot.
During nearly an hour of talks, he told Sharif Pakistan must prevent militants on its territory from attacking India and act speedily against the men India blames for the Mumbai massacre.
Modi's assertive stance was in keeping with his Hindu nationalist agenda, which makes many of India's 175 million or so Muslims nervous, not to mention those in Pakistan next door.
The two nations did, however, agree to relaunch peace talks.
"Terrorism continues to be our main concern and we have to handle it in a holistic manner," said A.S. Dulat, a former head of the Research and Analysis Wing, which is charged with external intelligence gathering.
"At the end of the day, war is not an option."
While India will put diplomatic pressure on Pakistan, there is also an acceptance that the civilian government in Islamabad is not in a position to control all militant groups and that New Delhi needs to address weaknesses in its homeland security.
"The one thing the new government will focus on is internal security, that's what worries them most. You don't want another Mumbai, you don't have a lot of good options if it happens," said an official at the Home Ministry.
Pakistan said it remained committed to improving ties with India and that it had got off to a good start.
"Whoever is appointed by Modi in his national security team is his own prerogative, and we will certainly not interfere in that," said Tariq Azeem, a senior official in Sharif's team.
"Pakistan will carry on with the determination shown by Nawaz Sharif to build good relations with India. The meeting in Delhi was cordial and friendly and we hope to build on that," he told Reuters.
Chinese front
Modi's other key appointment, retired general Singh, may inject new urgency into India's plan to establish a corps of 80,000 troops along its border with China in the northeast.
A massive program to build roads and upgrade airfields in the remote area was also cleared by the ousted Congress party, but has lagged.
Singh, who won a parliamentary seat for the BJP in the election, is expected to accelerate the process through the defence bureaucracy, helped by a direct reporting line to the all-powerful prime minister.
"Development of the northeast will be my top priority," he told reporters after taking charge on Thursday.
China claims more than 90,000 square kilometres of land disputed by New Delhi in the eastern sector of the Himalayas, including most of Arunachal Pradesh state, which China calls South Tibet.
"As China continues to refuse to recognize Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, and builds military-grade highways that can rapidly move tanks and heavy artillery to India's border, it's absolutely the perfect stratagem to put a former army chief in charge of the region," wrote commentator Sandipan Deb in the Mint newspaper.
But in another sign that Modi is keen to defuse regional tensions, he spoke to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday and extended an invitation to President Xi Jinping to visit India.
Eyeing Pakistan and China, India's Modi bolsters security team - World - CBC News
India's new PM picks former spy as national security advisor
India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chosen a daring former spy with years of experience in dealing with Pakistan as his national security adviser, a move officials say signals a more muscular approach to New Delhi's traditional enemy.
The choice of Ajit Doval, alongside former Indian army chief General V.K. Singh as a federal minister for the northeast region, underscores plans to revamp national security that Modi says became weak under the outgoing government.
The two top-level appointments, reporting directly to Modi, point to a desire to address what are arguably India's two most pressing external security concerns - Pakistan and China, both of which, like India, have nuclear arms.
Doval, a highly decorated officer renowned for his role in dangerous counter-insurgency missions, has long advocated tough action against militant groups, although operations he has been involved in suggest a level of pragmatism.
In the 1980s, he smuggled himself into the Golden Temple in the city of Amritsar from where Sikh militants were later flushed out, and he infiltrated a powerful guerrilla group fighting for independence from India in the northeastern state of Mizoram. The group ultimately signed a peace accord.
Doval was also on the ground in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when an Indian Airlines plane from Kathmandu was hijacked by Pakistan-based militants on Christmas Eve, 1999. The crisis was resolved when top militants were freed in exchange for hostages.
"Doval is an out-of-the-box thinker," said an Intelligence Bureau officer with long years of service in Kashmir and other Indian hotspots. "Expect him to shake things up."
The official, who did not want to be named, said he expected the new security team to push for a rapid expansion of border infrastructure and a streamlining of intelligence services, which still function in isolation and often impede one other.
Singh has declared his priority is to develop the northeast in order to narrow the gap with Chinese investment in roads and railways on its side of the frontier.
India is also creating a new mountain corps and beefing up border defences, although that initiative has stalled.
Fear of Afghan spillover
A secure India is a long-standing goal of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the new prime minister himself wants strong borders so the country can focus fully on giving economic growth a much-needed boost.
He won the election in May in a landslide victory largely on economic pledges that India's 1.2 billion people hope will secure jobs and raise living standards.
But with most foreign troops withdrawing from Afghanistan by the end of this year, India is concerned that Islamist militants fighting there will turn their sights towards the disputed region of Kashmir, which is also claimed by Pakistan.
India and Pakistan have fought two of three wars since independence over the Himalayan territory, and their armed forces are separated there by a rugged, mountainous Line of Control which militants have the capability to cross.
Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, leader of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the country's newly elected prime minister, greets supporters after arriving at the airport in New Delhi on Saturday, May 17, 2014.
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Doval, 69, formerly head of the Intelligence Bureau domestic spy agency, will be National Security Adviser, only the second officer from the intelligence community to hold the post.
By contrast, predecessor Shiv Shankar Menon is a member of the elite Indian Foreign Service - an expert on China and nuclear security known for his formidable intellect.
Doval did not say what his priorities would be after his job was announced on Friday, but in conversations with Reuters previously as head of a right-wing think tank in New Delhi, he said the new government must lay down core security policies, one of which was "zero tolerance" for acts of violence.
He was referring to operations by militants who India says cross from Pakistan, like the gunmen who killed 166 people in Mumbai in 2008 in a brazen assault that brought tentative peace talks between the South Asian rivals to a juddering halt.
Carrot and stick approach
Modi invited his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, to his inauguration in a calculated sign of reconciliation. But he used stick as well as carrot.
During nearly an hour of talks, he told Sharif Pakistan must prevent militants on its territory from attacking India and act speedily against the men India blames for the Mumbai massacre.
Modi's assertive stance was in keeping with his Hindu nationalist agenda, which makes many of India's 175 million or so Muslims nervous, not to mention those in Pakistan next door.
The two nations did, however, agree to relaunch peace talks.
"Terrorism continues to be our main concern and we have to handle it in a holistic manner," said A.S. Dulat, a former head of the Research and Analysis Wing, which is charged with external intelligence gathering.
"At the end of the day, war is not an option."
While India will put diplomatic pressure on Pakistan, there is also an acceptance that the civilian government in Islamabad is not in a position to control all militant groups and that New Delhi needs to address weaknesses in its homeland security.
"The one thing the new government will focus on is internal security, that's what worries them most. You don't want another Mumbai, you don't have a lot of good options if it happens," said an official at the Home Ministry.
Pakistan said it remained committed to improving ties with India and that it had got off to a good start.
"Whoever is appointed by Modi in his national security team is his own prerogative, and we will certainly not interfere in that," said Tariq Azeem, a senior official in Sharif's team.
"Pakistan will carry on with the determination shown by Nawaz Sharif to build good relations with India. The meeting in Delhi was cordial and friendly and we hope to build on that," he told Reuters.
Chinese front
Modi's other key appointment, retired general Singh, may inject new urgency into India's plan to establish a corps of 80,000 troops along its border with China in the northeast.
A massive program to build roads and upgrade airfields in the remote area was also cleared by the ousted Congress party, but has lagged.
Singh, who won a parliamentary seat for the BJP in the election, is expected to accelerate the process through the defence bureaucracy, helped by a direct reporting line to the all-powerful prime minister.
"Development of the northeast will be my top priority," he told reporters after taking charge on Thursday.
China claims more than 90,000 square kilometres of land disputed by New Delhi in the eastern sector of the Himalayas, including most of Arunachal Pradesh state, which China calls South Tibet.
"As China continues to refuse to recognize Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, and builds military-grade highways that can rapidly move tanks and heavy artillery to India's border, it's absolutely the perfect stratagem to put a former army chief in charge of the region," wrote commentator Sandipan Deb in the Mint newspaper.
But in another sign that Modi is keen to defuse regional tensions, he spoke to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday and extended an invitation to President Xi Jinping to visit India.
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Saturday, 31 May 2014
Boost public-private partnerships in Indian industry to make the most
Last October India's flagship 'make' (high-tech systems) program under the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) -2011, the Tactical Communication System (TCS), finally got some momentum going when the Ministry of Defence (MOD) issued staff qualitative requirements to the previously down-selected competitors for this program. Though long overdue, forward movement on TCS marks the beginning of an era wherein synergistic public-private models will be pursued towards furthering indigenisation. For instance under the 'make' category, 80 percent of the cost of development and prototyping will be borne by the MOD while the remainder is to be put up by the developing agency (DA). Incidentally, over 150 new projects under the 'make' category are going be rolled out this year in order to both defray risks as well as augment capabilities. Other initiatives that include the sharing of government held intellectual property with private companies in order to raise their technological base and thereby free DRDO to focus more on cutting edge developments are also on the anvil. If these measures are pursued doggedly, a quantum jump in the size and quality of India's domestic military-industrial complex can be achieved before the end of the decade itself.
The two DA's in the fray for the TCS program are of course Bharat Electronics Limited and a special purpose vehicle set up jointly by private sector majors Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Tata Power SED and HCL Infosys. Either DA is currently expected to submit a detailed project report (DPR) by the end of January. Subsequent to which each of the contenders will have to build TCS prototypes for about Rs 300-350 crore that will then be trialed by the Indian Army's (IA's) Corps of Signals. TCS, readers would note is a critical modernization project for the IA's offensive posture given that it is intended to replace the existing Army Radio Engineering Network (AREN) used by advancing formations to communicate with each other. TCS prototypes will consist of a digitized communication network linking frontline troops to forward command and control (C&C) centres and will have the ability to leapfrog into enemy territory with advancing formations through both plain and mountainous terrain while continuing to channelize high quality and secure data. Obviously strike corps will depend in the future on a state of the art TCS to establish theatre supremacy.
Now, the strong private sector interest in a project of this nature is in itself a testament to the capabilities built up by them through partnering with DRDO on electronic warfare, missile and naval systems development. Indeed, the two key players in the private consortium competing for TCS i.e L&T and Tata have cut their teeth in the indigenous nuclear submarine and Samyukta electronic warfare projects respectively. Granted private firms are also on the lookout for international partners for TCS and other 'make' programs but there is no denying that their (i.e foreign collaborators) participation in many such projects will be limited to experience sharing and orchestrating certain component supply chains.
Today the top ranking private companies in the defence space in India are in a position to evaluate the actual operational performance of the wares supplied by foreign majors elsewhere with reference to a particular program. This aspect is obviously important because projects in the past have been known to get delayed due to inappropriate selection of international collaborators by domestic companies. Even more importantly Indian private companies today have the necessary clout to credibly effect such partnerships and that too can be attributed in no small measure to their own growing in-house capabilities.
Amidst all this talk of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence sector it is pertinent to remember what one gets from overseas is ultimately a function of their own strength. To find appropriate international adjuncts for domestic projects, Indian majors both private and public have no alternative to continue to create credible intellectual property of their own. Foreign collaborators are often known to create troubles mid-way within programmes alleging problems with technology absorption at the Indian end of things and demanding either higher service fees or even greater percentage of home (i.e foreign) sourcing. The only way to ensure that such tactics are not employed is by constantly looking to move up the value chain.
What is more, most military modernization projects cannot be seen in isolation. Even as TCS is being executed, IA will move on to the at least five times larger by value Battlefield Management System (BMS) project which will replace the Army Static Switched Communication Network (ASCON). Since TCS and BMS will eventually be part of a seamless network for IA, the lead executor of the former will be well placed to be the same for the latter. It is therefore imperative that DAs down-selected for TCS choose their foreign collaborators well. Moreover, a lot of sub-contracting work can always take place between erstwhile competitors for a program as many instances from countries like the US indicate. The Indian defence industry is at the end of the day a single community where artificial distinctions such as public and private need to get blurred and the focus should be on timely execution and capability augmentation rather than on adversarial relationships that foreign parties may try to exploit. Competition need not be the same as conflict in the domestic context. For instance the success of BMS will be a key component of making DRDO's F-INSAS program, that will see large scale sub-contracting to private players, more effective. Clearly a consortia based long-term view will do more for indigenisation and bottom-lines than acrimonious posturing.
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The two DA's in the fray for the TCS program are of course Bharat Electronics Limited and a special purpose vehicle set up jointly by private sector majors Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Tata Power SED and HCL Infosys. Either DA is currently expected to submit a detailed project report (DPR) by the end of January. Subsequent to which each of the contenders will have to build TCS prototypes for about Rs 300-350 crore that will then be trialed by the Indian Army's (IA's) Corps of Signals. TCS, readers would note is a critical modernization project for the IA's offensive posture given that it is intended to replace the existing Army Radio Engineering Network (AREN) used by advancing formations to communicate with each other. TCS prototypes will consist of a digitized communication network linking frontline troops to forward command and control (C&C) centres and will have the ability to leapfrog into enemy territory with advancing formations through both plain and mountainous terrain while continuing to channelize high quality and secure data. Obviously strike corps will depend in the future on a state of the art TCS to establish theatre supremacy.
Now, the strong private sector interest in a project of this nature is in itself a testament to the capabilities built up by them through partnering with DRDO on electronic warfare, missile and naval systems development. Indeed, the two key players in the private consortium competing for TCS i.e L&T and Tata have cut their teeth in the indigenous nuclear submarine and Samyukta electronic warfare projects respectively. Granted private firms are also on the lookout for international partners for TCS and other 'make' programs but there is no denying that their (i.e foreign collaborators) participation in many such projects will be limited to experience sharing and orchestrating certain component supply chains.
Today the top ranking private companies in the defence space in India are in a position to evaluate the actual operational performance of the wares supplied by foreign majors elsewhere with reference to a particular program. This aspect is obviously important because projects in the past have been known to get delayed due to inappropriate selection of international collaborators by domestic companies. Even more importantly Indian private companies today have the necessary clout to credibly effect such partnerships and that too can be attributed in no small measure to their own growing in-house capabilities.
Amidst all this talk of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence sector it is pertinent to remember what one gets from overseas is ultimately a function of their own strength. To find appropriate international adjuncts for domestic projects, Indian majors both private and public have no alternative to continue to create credible intellectual property of their own. Foreign collaborators are often known to create troubles mid-way within programmes alleging problems with technology absorption at the Indian end of things and demanding either higher service fees or even greater percentage of home (i.e foreign) sourcing. The only way to ensure that such tactics are not employed is by constantly looking to move up the value chain.
What is more, most military modernization projects cannot be seen in isolation. Even as TCS is being executed, IA will move on to the at least five times larger by value Battlefield Management System (BMS) project which will replace the Army Static Switched Communication Network (ASCON). Since TCS and BMS will eventually be part of a seamless network for IA, the lead executor of the former will be well placed to be the same for the latter. It is therefore imperative that DAs down-selected for TCS choose their foreign collaborators well. Moreover, a lot of sub-contracting work can always take place between erstwhile competitors for a program as many instances from countries like the US indicate. The Indian defence industry is at the end of the day a single community where artificial distinctions such as public and private need to get blurred and the focus should be on timely execution and capability augmentation rather than on adversarial relationships that foreign parties may try to exploit. Competition need not be the same as conflict in the domestic context. For instance the success of BMS will be a key component of making DRDO's F-INSAS program, that will see large scale sub-contracting to private players, more effective. Clearly a consortia based long-term view will do more for indigenisation and bottom-lines than acrimonious posturing.
Continued
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Unmanned version of the Dhruv helicopter Scrapped : Israel June 01, 2014 at 09:49AM
SOURCE : JANES The operational need is there and the technologies are at hand – and yet the plan to develop a system that will take the pilot out of helicopters is still moving ahead very slowly.Many companies in the world are making developmental efforts, but none can offer a commercial solution at this point […]
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Aircraft carrier Vikramaditya fully operational: Navy Chief June 01, 2014 at 09:33AM
SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Signalling that INS Vikramaditya is battle ready months after its arrival from Russia, Navy Chief Admiral Robin Dhowan has said that the aircraft carrier is fully operational with an adequate number of pilots now qualified to operate from the floating airfield. Speaking with The Indian Express, Dhowan shared that the Indian […]
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FDI Hike in Defence to Boost Production: HAL June 01, 2014 at 09:10AM
SOURCE: IANS Prospects of an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence sector would enhance production and generate employment, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd chairman R.K. Tyagi said Saturday. “With the possibility of increase in FDI limit in defence sector, production activity will get a boost in India,” he said at a vendors meet here. […]
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Russian Uav shot down by Ukrainian Army June 01, 2014 at 09:04AM
SOURCE : INTERFAX RU An unmanned aerial vehicle shot down by Ukrainian army on May 28, according to preliminary report, is a type of “Orlan-10″ UAV produced by Russia, the Security Service of Ukraine’s spokesman said.”According to the preliminary analysis of the specialists, the vehicle is one of the serial modifications of the “Orlan-10″ UAV […]
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Chinese Navy Plans to Increase Conventional submarines to at least 60 in 10yrs June 01, 2014 at 09:01AM
SOURCE: WANT CHINA TIMES Experts have predicted that China is likely to increase the number of its type 041 conventional submarines to 60 or 70 over the next decade. The Japanese navy also plans to increase the number of its Soryu-class diesel-electric powered submarines from 16 to 22 in response to a perceived threat from […]
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