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which drone is this supposed to be?

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Indian Navy's INS Deepak arrives in Male, Maldives with 900 tons of fresh water. (Can produce 100 tons daily too)

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[aksha]

India 'seriously looking' to co-produce weapon systems with US

Washington: India has shortlisted five of the 17 hi-tech items of military hardware offered by the US for co-production and co-development under a one-of-its kind American offer to boost bilateral defence cooperation.

These items are believed to be - naval guns, mine scattering anti-tank vehicles, unmanned aerial surveillance system, Javelin missiles, and aircraft landing system for carriers, informed defence sources familiar with the development between the two countries, told PTI.

The five are "currently being looked at more seriously" by India's DRDO and Defence Ministry.

It was more than a year ago that the US in consultation with its private sector had offered India a list of 17 hi-tech defence items for co-production and co-development.

The one-of-its kind offer was made under the Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI) launched under the previous UPA government.

The list of 17 American defence items, which remains classified and has not been made public, was reviewed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Ministry of Defence.

According to informed sources, these five projects are now being reviewed by the Indian army, navy and air force, following which the Indian government would convey its decision to the Pentagon about the projects that it is interested in for co-production and co-development.

Despite India opting for the Israeli "Spike" anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), the US-made Javelin has not been ruled out, sources said.

The US has offered to co-produce the third-generation Javelin ATGMs, and co-develop its fourth-generation version.

It is believed that India had pre-informed the US about its decision to opt for the Israeli missile to meet its immediate and short-term needs.

"We respect the Indian decision making process on this. It is a sovereign decision that India has to make. Obviously we think that American products and American systems have a lot to offer. We would have liked to win that (Javelin) competition.

"But there is a huge amount of possibility, and a number of spheres we want to talk to India about," US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Puneet Talwar said on the eve of his visit to New Delhi.

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[aksha]

India again buys Israeli UAV’s

Skylite Bdy

The Northern Command of the Indian army that guards the Chinese and Pakistani border, has been seeking to buy 49 small UAVs. The army already operates dozens of larger Israeli UAVs, the smallest of which is the half ton Searcher UAV. The Northern Command is after a portable UAV that could be moved around on the border and quickly launched and put to work by the troops, especially those on foot patrol in this chilly mountain wilderness.

According to Strategy Page, India has decided back in October to buy Israeli-made UAVs, but no decision was made as to which model. The most likely candidate, given that Northern Command specified a UAV weighing under 10 kg (22 pounds) would be the Skylark.

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Searcher UAV This UAV, which has been around since 2008, has an impressive combat record and a new version (Skylark 1LE) recently showed up. This is a 7.5 kg (16.5 pound) aircraft with a 1.1 kg (2.4 pound) payload. This is sufficient to carry an Israeli designed video camera, a laser designator and communications gear that can work with the American Rover ground terminals (designed to let commanders on the ground see what UAVs are seeing). Max endurance is three hours, max altitude is 4,700 meters (15,000 feet). Max distance from the operator is 40 kilometers.

This model would do what Northern Command wanted with little risk of embarrassing failures. Thus Indian vendors (like mega firm Tata) and other suppliers (like the Israeli firm offering the 9 kg Skylite) would be less attractive candidates than Skylark.

 

[Franklin]

India 'seriously looking' to co-produce weapon systems with US

I always wonder about these co-production, licence production or joint venture deals or whatever you like to call them. How does it work? They send the planes or whatever weapons systems over in knock down kitts and then its being assembled in the co-production country. Aside from assembling they will give you tech transfers to build certain parts. For instance I read here that HAL in India has build 150 SU-30MKI's under their licencing deal with Sukhoi. Just what kind of work does HAL do on the SU-30MKI aside from assembling ? And the level of tech transfer is also what is holding up the Rafale deal with France.

 

[aksha]

I always wonder about these co-production, licence production or joint venture deals or whatever you like to call them. How does it work? They send the planes or whatever weapons systems over in knock down kitts and then its being assembled in the co-production country. Aside from assembling they will give you tech transfers to build certain parts. For instance I read here that HAL in India has build 150 SU-30MKI's under their licencing deal with Sukhoi. Just what kind of work does HAL do on the SU-30MKI aside from assembling ? And the level of tech transfer is also what is holding up the Rafale deal with France.

russia supplies the raw materials,rest made in india 90%

 

[aksha]

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[thunderchief]

russia supplies the raw materials,rest made in india 90%

I'm certain that some critical technologies, like engine turbine blades, are not included in ToT. But, on the other hand, India did learn a lot from that deal .

 

[aksha]

bengalraider of indian defence forum took these pictures

 

[A Bar Brother]

I always wonder about these co-production, licence production or joint venture deals or whatever you like to call them. How does it work? They send the planes or whatever weapons systems over in knock down kitts and then its being assembled in the co-production country. Aside from assembling they will give you tech transfers to build certain parts. For instance I read here that HAL in India has build 150 SU-30MKI's under their licencing deal with Sukhoi. Just what kind of work does HAL do on the SU-30MKI aside from assembling ? And the level of tech transfer is also what is holding up the Rafale deal with France.

The ones you mentioned are not co-production. Co-production or Joint Ventures are projects like Brahmos and FGFA. Both countries will hold equal rights over the technology and both will export it to other nations.

As of today we have JVs only with Russia and Israel. One is planned with France called Maitri SAM.

The Russian JVs are Brahmos, FGFA and IL-214 MTA. In Brahmos, India provides the guidance and a few other systems. Russia provides the seekers and propulsion. Not much is known about MTA and FGFA because they are new JVs.

The Israeli JV is for Barak II. India provides the guidance and propulsion while Israel provides the rest.

In the French JV for Maitri, India provides the propulsion. The engine JV with Snecma and GTRE failed to take off.

Su-30 and Rafale are license production. Completely different from the above because India doesn't hold any of the IPR on the technology.