On the side lines of Aero India 2023, ADG Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM, DG of Indian Coast Guard (Additional Charge) participated in the ‘Defence Minister’s Conclave’ hosted by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh in Bengaluru.
On the side lines of Aero India 2023, ADG Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM, DG of Indian Coast Guard (Additional Charge) participated in the ‘Defence Minister’s Conclave’ hosted by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh in Bengaluru.
At Aero India 2023, HAL announced that it will provide MRO support for Turbo-prop engines that power the MQ-9B Guardian High Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.
TheDRDO is showcasing its “futuristic flagship exhibits” at the India Pavilion during Aero India 2023. The 05 exhibits being displayed are AEW & C Mk-II, AMCA, LCA Tejas Mk2, TEDBF,and Archer.
US based GE Marine and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the expansion of HAL's manufacturing capabilities to manufacture the LM500 marine gas turbine according to a report by Asianet Newsable
-The F-35 has an ability to evade enemy detection and enter contested airspace according to the lockheedmartin website
F-35 Weapons Capacity
-The F-35 carries weapons internally in stealth configuration, or externally in permissible environments with greater than 18,000 pounds of total ordinance
-The Pratt & Whitney F135 is the most powerful fighter engine in the world. At Mach 1.6, the F-35 is a long range, supersonic fighter, even with a full compliment of internal weapons and fuel.
-F-35’s advanced sensor fusion creates a single integrated picture of the battlefield that greatly enhances awareness, survivability and lethality.
-The F-35 serves as an information and communications gateway, sharing its operational picture with the ground, sea and air assets.
-Advanced EW capabilities to locate/track enemy forces, jam radars and disrupt attacks are equipped on the F35
-Nicknamed “The Bone,” the B-1B Lancer is a long-range, multi-mission, supersonic conventional bomber,
-The plane has been in service since in the United States Air Force since 1985.
-The aircraft is on track to continue flying, at current demanding operations tempo, out to 2040 and beyond, and Boeing partners with the Air Force to keep the B-1 mission ready.
-Originally designed for nuclear capabilities, the B-1 switched to an exclusively conventional combat role in the mid-1990s.
-The B-1 has been nearly continuously deployed in combat operations over Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001.
-The B-1B Lancer, arrived on the second day of Aero India.
-The B-1B Lancer, often known as "Bone" (for "B-one"), is the mainstay of the American long-range bomber force and carries the biggest conventional payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the USAF.
-Two B-1B Lancers flew in from Guam's Andersen Air Force Base. The long-range, supersonic, heavy bomber is taking part in Aero India for the second time.
-"Still pursuing that project (acquire Predator drones). We're seeing how it can be indigenised and whatever facilities can be built in India. It's a capability we require says Navy Vice Chief Vice Admiral SN Ghormade on need for indigenisation in Predator drone acquisition project from US
-We are working with our own indigenous firms and DRDO and capabilities that we can take from indigenous sources, theNavy Vice Chief Vice Admiral added
-60% is the desired Make in India content that we look forward to, Navy Vice Chief Vice Admiral SN Ghormade said
-Rajnath Singh hosted the Defence & Deputy Defence Ministers of 27 countries at the Defence Ministers’ Conclave held on the sidelines of Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru on February 14, 2023.
-The broad theme of the conclave was ‘Shared Prosperity through Enhanced Engagements in Defence’ (SPEED)
- Rajnath Singh was of the view that any major change in the domain of economy, security, health or climate has global reverberations and when peace and security of any region is threatened, the entire world feels its impact in multiple ways
-Singh reaffirmed India’s stand for a rules-based international order, in which “the primordial instinct of the might being right is replaced by the civilisational concept of fairness, cooperation, respect and equality amongst all sovereign nations”.
-He asserted that untethered to any faction or alliance of one group of nations against another, India has worked ceaselessly for the upliftment of all nations, especially developing ones.
-The Raksha Mantri described collective security as sine qua non (essential condition) for development and prosperity. He emphasised that terrorism, illegal arms trade, drugs smuggling, human trafficking, etc. pose significant security threats to the world.
-At Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru, an Indian Army doctor showcased an external fixator developed to treat hand fractures, which is currently being deployed in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria under Operation Dost emergency relief.
-News agency ANI quoted Colonel Vijay Pandey, who said that the technology heals patients faster than other fixators.
-Weighing just about 5 grams, this external fixator helps achieve 90 per cent mobility in just a month,
-Developed especially for the treatment of intercondylar fractures - usually caused by heavy impact to the hand or elbow - it costs around ₹300.
-ITI Limited, a public sector enterprise, is demonstrating its cutting-edge technology manufacturing expertise alongside 737 exhibitors who have signed up to take part in the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
-ITI Limited has rich experience of serving defence and aviation clients. The company is successfully executing a project for upgradation of IAF's 3G network to 4G network, and also has been serving the Indian Army through various projects.
Held at Yelahanka Air Force station, Day 2 of Aero India 2023 has had Defence Minister Rajnath Singh engaging with his counterparts from 32 countries sharing friendly relations with India, seeking participation for collaboration in the country. Sectors include military equipment, especially air platforms, that will be produced indigenously
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-"It is not with any intention that it was put, it is not with any intention that it was removed, it is just to see that the programme runs successfully without getting into any problems" says CB Ananthakrishnan, CMD, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
-CB Ananthakrishnan, CMD, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited spoke on the removal of the picture of Lord Hanuman from the tail of the HLFT-42 aircraft model displayed at Aero India show in Bengaluru
