difance update..

The Guard Obtaining Committee (DAC), drove by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, has allowed the underlying gesture, or the Acknowledgment of Need, to the Indian Armed force's proposition to purchase the natively planned and created Progressed Towed Cannons Firearm Framework (ATAGS).

Following broad preliminary firings north of quite a long while, the Military had presented a proposition to the Guard Service to gain 307 of these firearms.

Made-In-India ATAGS

The ATAGS has been created by the Guard Innovative work Association (DRDO) as a team with the Kalyani Gathering and Goodbye Progressed Frameworks Restricted.

The weapon is equipped for being sent in high-elevation locales along India's wilderness with Tibet, where the Military is secured in a strained stalemate with China's Kin's Freedom Armed force (PLA).

The native firearm flaunts unmatched reach capacities, with its Drawn out Reach Sub-Bore Boat Tail (ERFB BT) ammo equipped for striking focuses at 35 km, and ERFB BB (Base Drain) ammo arriving at a scope of roughly 45 km. Eminently, in 2017, the ATAGS was effectively terminated at a great scope of 47 km.

Given the continuous Ladakh line emergency with China, the ATAGS' high elevation execution is a pivotal consider its plan. To this end, the Indian Armed force led a progression of tests, including supported discharging drills utilizing just the reinforcement battery at levels north of 13,000 feet and really looking at the firearm's exhibition at incredibly low temperatures.

As far as its chamber size, the ATAGS is planned with a bigger 25-liter chamber, providing it with a marginally expanded scope of 48 km contrasted with the NATO standard of 23-liter chambers.

Broad Preliminaries

The Military has exposed the firearm to thorough testing across various landscapes, remembering the desert for Rajasthan and high-height ranges in Sikkim.

The tests incorporated direct fire during both constantly on tank-sized targets, supported terminating of 60 rounds each hour, as well as tests for five round explodes and fast pace of terminating.

High-elevation preliminaries of the weapon in January 2018 at the 12,000-foot-high Menla Discharging Reach in Sikkim were fruitful.

Notwithstanding, the ATAGS program experienced a critical difficulty in 2020 when the barrel of one of the weapons burst during testing in Pokhran.

After additional preliminaries in the mid year of 2021, Lieutenant General T K Chawla, the then Chief General of Cannons, expressed that the weapon neglected to meet specific models and would require further alteration.

The firearm went through preliminaries again at the Pokhran Test Reach in 2022.

At the DefExpo in October 2022, authorities from Kalyani declared that the terminating preliminaries of the ATAGS had been finished in July of this current year.

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INDIAN COAST GUARD TO GET ADVANCE LIGHT HELICOPTERS MK-III FROM HAL

FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2023 BY INDIAN DEFENCE NEWS

A meeting of Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), held on March 16, 2023 under the chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for capital acquisition amounting to over Rs 70,500 crore under Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}. Out of the total proposals, Indian Navy proposals constitute more than Rs 56,000 crore, which largely includes indigenous BrahMos missiles, Shakti Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, Utility Helicopters-Maritime etc.

While this additional procurement of BrahMos missile system will enhance the maritime strike capabilities & Anti-Surface Warfare Operation, the addition of Utility Helicopters will multiply the operational readiness of the Indian Navy in the domain of Search & Rescue operations, Casualty Evacuation, Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief (HADR) etc. Similarly, Shakti EW systems will equip and modernise the frontline Naval ships to counter any Naval Operations by the adversaries.

Accordance of AoN for Medium Speed Marine Diesel Engine under Make-I category is a significant step as, for the first time, India is venturing into the development & manufacturing of such engines indigenously to achieve self-reliance & leverage the capabilities of the Industries towards the goal of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. To keep pace with the emerging technologies and counter the adversaries in the Western and Northern front, the necessity of the new weapons and its integration with the delivery platforms was felt by the Government. To achieve the same objectives, the DAC accorded the approval to Indian Air Force’s proposal for Long Range Stand-Off Weapon (LRSOW) which will be indigenously designed, developed and integrated on SU-30 MKI aircraft.

For Artillery modernisation, in addition to the ongoing Dhanush Gun System and K-9 Vajra-T Gun System, AoN for procurement of 155mm/52 Calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) along with High Mobility Vehicles (HMVs) and Gun Towing Vehicles (GTVs) for the Indian Army was accorded by the DAC. It also accorded AoN for procurement of Advance Light Helicopters (ALH) MK-III from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Coast Guard. The Helicopter will be able to carry a suite of surveillance sensors which will enhance the surveillance capabilities. It will also give full night capability and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) capability for operations of the Indian Coast Guard.

Including today’s proposals, the total AoN granted for Capital Acquisition in the Financial Year 2022-23 is over Rs 2.71 lakh crore, out of which 99% of the procurement will be sourced from Indian industries. Such quantum of indigenous procurement will galvanise the Indian industries towards achieving the goal of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.