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2005-11-17 Afghanistan-Pak-India

Israeli companies invited to Indian Army rifles tender

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Posted by john 2005-11-17 10:59|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Meanwhile the Indian Defence Minister is in Russia..

"The work is currently underway on execution of military contracts worth 9 billion dollars, thus consolidating Russia as India's topmost partner in the military-technical cooperation," he said.

The Intellectual Property Rights Agreement:
Mukherjee and Ivanov have announced that the two sides have agreed to its text. The Russians have been insistent on the agreement to cover all future defence deals. The agreement will be signed during Manmohan Singhâs visit

Advanced Technical Vessel (ATV) and naval acquisitions: Mukherjee said the two sides have identified areas for production of certain equipment for the ATV, a euphemism for Indiaâs submarine programme, and the air defence ship. This is probably the first time that collaboration on the ATV has been acknowledged at this level

Fifth generation fighter aircraft: Mukherjee said the IAF has committed to actively engage itself with concrete offers from Sukhoi and RAC MiG Corporation. He said the Indian government has made it clear that it will participate in the programme and has conveyed its interest in taking a financial stake in it

Medium lift transport aircraft: The project is being taken up for the IAF to acquire aircraft capable of lifting payloads between its AN 32s and IL 76s in the sub-20-tonne category. India has given a draft proposal for a joint venture company. The project is estimated around Rs 7,000 crore

Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile: Ivanov announced during the meeting of the IGC on MTC (inter governmental commission on military technical cooperation) that Russia and India will jointly make an effort to market the missile to friendly third countries. The first country identified for such an export project is Chile which Mukherjee visited last month and which this month sent its army and naval chiefs to New Delhi.

The missile is touted to be more effective than the subsonic Tomahawk used by the US forces. The Russian side also announced that it was preparing to induct the Brahmos into its navy. Moscow also committed a fresh infusion of $ 25.2 million for the enhanced authorised capital of the joint venture project that draws its name from the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers

GLONASS: Mukherjee announced that Russia has agreed to India using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) on a request from the Indian department of space. The two countries are to launch 16 more satellites in three years, an agreement that was touched upon during Putinâs visit to New Delhi in 2004

Further joint research and development efforts: Involving the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and several Russian science institutes. Some progress has been recorded in the efforts for the Kaveri engine. The engine is to be used in Indiaâs Light Combat Aircraft project. It is being tried in Russia and is now to enter into a flight bed test. In flight bed tests, the engine will be fired from another aircraft that already runs on at least two other engines.

Posted by john 2005-11-17 11:31|| 2005-11-17 11:31|| Front Page Top

#2 all bids must include a program for transferring rifle technologies to India in order to make local production possible.

Is this likely to be acceptable to the named bidders?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-17 13:52|| 2005-11-17 13:52|| Front Page Top

#3 50,000 is probably just an initial order so if a manufacturer can set up a joint venture and sell hundreds of thousands of rifles to the Indian market alone and also export, it would be a lucrative market.

Consider what Lockeed Martin is considering for the Indian MRCA order...

"If Indiaâs requirements are beyond any existing fighters, we are prepared to make upgraded F-16s to Indiaâs specifications with complete transfer of technology,â Mike Kelly, senior executive of Lockheed Martin recently told mediapersons.

The deal projects supply of 18 aircraft in flyaway conditions and the remaining 108 assembled in India under technology transfer.

Analysts point out that the US administration has also allowed the sale of the entire array of weapons platform mounted on the aircraft, including beyond visual range air-to-air missiles and 100 km standoff ground target- engaging missiles.

Posted by john 2005-11-17 14:19|| 2005-11-17 14:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Or this from Russian sources (babelfish translation)

(This is the engine that Russia refused permission for Chinese assembly. They are shipped in from Russia and mounted into the Chinese SU-30 MKK and SU-27 Flankers)

The Indian industry successfully masters the license production of engine for the Su-30MKI - genconstructor OF NPO "Saturn"

The first deputy of the director general OF NPO "Saturn" Victor chepkin considers that till 2008 the Indian specialists can completely master the license production of engine AL -31F, installed to the multifunctional destroyers Su-30MKI. "we communicated to India very deep license to the production of engine. As a result to 2008 they can make engines themselves. The Indian specialists, with whom I work, are lustrously people. They are capable of completely mastering the production of engines in themselves ", said V.Chepkin.

Posted by john 2005-11-17 14:29|| 2005-11-17 14:29|| Front Page Top

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