Comments: Flat Nested Threaded Embedded Oldest First Newest First F/A-18 By bones20 on Thursday, November 26, 2009 (EST) It is obvious that you have no faith in the GOI and are paranoid of China and Pakistan. While DRDO is indefensible, it should still be persisted with. Till how long are we going to be dependent on foreign equipment? If you are an admirer of Chinese military, also admire their will and effort to develop things indigenously. They have already developed J10 and are working on J14, J15 (JXX). If only they had paranoid fighters like you. Your criticism should be directly constructively towards indigenous efforts rather than choosing the easier way out - import. So please stop propagating this insecurity. Jai Hind! Reply to this Comment ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? By harsha_06 on Thursday, November 26, 2009 (EST) What the heck ?????????????? I find a lot of things ridiculous. ----> Pak getting F-35 ----> Whatever dumb@## reason Pak shows for claiming F-35 it dont think it will be good enough for getting that machine for import. And dealing with Taliban y do you need a 5 gen machine with stealth and internal weapons bay and a aero-engine with insane thrust. ----> DRDO designing a X-47 like aircraft ----> My expectations is that DRDO will take another 60-70 years b4 they design something like that and that gets accepted by navy or airforce. -----> If Russia increases the price of PAK FA , then they will be hitting their own legs with the axe ----->Also when did the outcome of MMRCA get leaked? -----> Indian armed forces are charmed by the quality of the US machines but they did never sell our country's integrity in exchange for their machines. ( unlike nehru and indira gandhi who showed their generosity in terms of our country's land and the sacrifices of our jawans in 1971 war. I am referring to POK and the land we occupied in 1971 pak war) Reply to this Comment F/A-18E/F Super Hornet saga By paragmehta on Friday, November 27, 2009 (EST) I would like to have your opinion on the above subject as well as on acquisition of American military items in context of the below mentioned link http://www.indianexpress.com/news/for-key-defence-purchases-from-us-india-must-walk-obama-sweet-talk/546833/1 Reply to this Comment DRDO to develop UCAV By dhruva0211 on Sunday, November 29, 2009 (EST) ================================================= BANGALORE: The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will start a programme to develop unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). It can detect, identify targets and even fire weapons. At a defence conference on Wednesday, scientific advisor to defence minister, V K Saraswat, said UCAVs will be controlled with command and control centres (CCC) spread across the country. "This will enable one CCC to take over if another becomes defunct. DRDO will also design a high-altitude medium endurance UAV at the ADE laboratory in Bangalore. The first experimental flight took place last week," he said. DRDO is also developing a long-range tracking radar in collaboration with Israel, which can detect small targets between 600 km and 800 km. It can detect objects as small as 0.1 square metre. "Companies are going to play a major role and the project is worth Rs 6,000 to Rs 7,000 crore," he said. Saraswat also delivered a lecture on `next generation IT for next generation defence' at the 5th National Conference on `IT In Defence 2009', organized by the Computer Society of India and DRDO. "Modern warfare will not be fought in battlefields but in the boardrooms of various institutions. Technology leadership is shifting to the civilian sector and there is demand for real-time, reliable ad manageable information. In future, about 95% of all military communication will be via commercial satellites," he explained. Information warfare will be three fold: defensive via firewalls; offensive via virus, bugs and denial of access, and thirdly, monitoring by being intrusive. "Cyber warriors will carry out cyber war through espionage, propaganda and other methods. War gaming is also catching up," he said. "Robots will play a major role in future wars, be it insect robots or cyborgs. There is a clear trend towards multi-core chips. "Future wars will be fought using space- based radars, robots, hypersonic technologies and UAVs. Cognitive technology threat warning system, where the mind of a soldier can be monitored, is in infancy right now, but will play a major role in future," Saraswat said. Reply to this Comment DRDO Netra for anti-insurgency operations!! By dhruva0211 on Sunday, November 29, 2009 (EST) I got this from Indian Express. I must admit I found it pretty interesting. Besides Netra, it is amazing that a large bureaucratic government organization like DRDO displayed the imagination to have partnership with a start-up company. After all, most innovative ideas come from bottoms-up ================================================ It is called ‘Netra’. It’s a small eye zooming in the sky to gather real time intelligence on the ground. This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), shaped like a spider and weighing less than 1.5 kg, is only a speck when flying at a height of 50 km but it can give real time inputs to the team that is controlling it on the ground. The developers, DRDO’s Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) and Idea Forge, a small start-up company incubated by IIT Bombay, are pitching the Netra as a device for “anti-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations”. It was exhibited at the College of Military Engineering in the city on Tuesday and Wednesday at a workshop to combat Improvised Explosive Devices using technology. The UAV was also presented before the Ministry of Home Affairs at an exhibition in Delhi last month. In February, it will be showcased at the Defence Expo in Delhi. “It’s useful in aerial patrol; it can help soldiers gather advance intelligence and avoid ambush. A lot of times, officers tell us, that they would like to see what’s happening on the other side of the boundary wall,” said Alok Mukherjee, a scientist at the DRDO. He said the reaction to the UAV had been positive till now. “One of the concerns expressed at the exhibition last month was that it could easily be shot down. But at a height of 50 km in the sky it looks smaller than a bird and is a very difficult target to shoot at,” Mukherjee said. At a time, it can stay in air for around 30 minutes and can travel up to 2 km at a stretch. Although the payload is a camera, now weighing 300 gm, the main aim of Netra being surveillance, Mukherjee said other payloads could also get attached, depending upon the requirement. However, he said this would increase the cost of Netra, which is now priced at around Rs 15 lakh. “It has quick deployment time and vertical take-off and landing ability. It finds application in anti-terrorist operations, counter-insurgency in forested areas, hostage situations, border infiltration monitoring, local law enforcement operations, search and rescue operations, disaster management and aerial photography,” said Rahul Singh, director, Idea Forge. An institute involved in the study of snow and avalanche has already placed an order for the UAV. “They want prior information on snow conditions so that they can warn their staff on the ground once an avalanche begins. Several local law enforcement agencies have also expressed keen interest,” Singh said. Reply to this Comment F/A-18E/F superhornet saga By pami on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 (EST) Hey, A lot of things are indeed ridiculous but as he mentioned in the beginning this was just a wild speculation with no definitive proof. I find it very amusing to read this cynical article which has a touch of humour. Reply to this Comment Re: F/A-18E/F superhornet saga By vkthakur on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 (EST) Thanks buddy! You seem to be the only one who caught the drift. Loosen up folks. The Chinese will continue to need a visa to come into a our country, especially to Arunachal Pradesh. Reply to this Comment

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