Defense

Expanding its operations in India, French defence firm Thales and Kanpur-based defence manufacturer MKU announced on Friday that they will jointly develop night vision devices for the armed forces in India and across the world.

Kamya studies at Navy Children’s School in Mumbai. The Indian Navy gave information about this and told that Kamya Karthikeyan became the youngest girl in the world to summit Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America & outside of Asia. Mount Aconcagua is located in the Andes mountain range of Argentina. Kamya also hoisted the tricolor of India on the mountain peak on 1 February.

The design and development centre will focus on co-developing defence technologies aligned to the global requirements. The centre would also facilitate job creation for highly qualified R&D engineers to build future products, aligned to the needs of the armed forces.

Following the signing of a $5.4 billion contract in October 2018 for the acquisition of five S-400 battalions, India plans to receive its first full battalion in 2021 with the delivery of all units to be completed by 2025.

Two civil Do-228 aircraft were produced by the aeronautical agency for launch under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN. But to meet the prospective operator’s requirement of a transport aircraft flyable under Commercial Pilot Licence, their maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) had to be reduced from 6,200kg. HAL undertook efforts to reduce the weight below 5,700 kg, the agency said in a statement.

The surface-to-surface missile, being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been named Pranash, the first official cited above told at DefExpo 2020, a military systems’ exhibition organised by the Department of Defence Production that seeks to project India as hub for global defence manufacturing.

Javelin is an anti-tank guided missile system that can be carried and launched by a single person. The agreement was signed between JJV and BDL on Thursday here at DefExpo, India’s biennial defence exhibition.

In October 2016, India and Russia finalised a broad agreement for the joint venture between Hindustan Aeronautics LtdNSE -1.34 % (HAL) and two Russian defence majors for production of the helicopters in India.

A top military source told at the DefExpo2020 that the new weapon will be named Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM). It will have a range in excess of 1,000 km and will be launched from a UVLM (Universal Vertical Launcher Module) of BrahMos. The unique UVLMs in operation is designed, developed and patented by BrahMos Aerospace.

The third Scorpene submarine, Karanj, will be delivered to the Indian Navy by December and all six submarine deliveries would be completed by 2022, Nicolas de La Villemarque, Vice President India, Asia and Pacific of Naval Group, said on Wednesday.