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Russia and Reliance Aerospace to make 200 helicopters in India ( Source- Russia & India Report)

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Зимин Василий Source- Russia & India Report The Russian government is providing a major boost to the Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ programme by choosing Reliance Defence & Aerospace (RDA) for a joint venture enterprise to build 197 units of the Kamov 226T helicopters in India.  According to media reports in the ‘Times of India’ and ‘Business Today’ on Friday (August 28) quoting informed sources, RDA has been chosen for the project to manufacture 197 helicopters for the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force. According to the Times of India, under the agreement signed between Reliance Helicopters, Russian Helicopters and RosoboronExport, the official agency for defence exports of the Russian defence ministry, Reliance Helicopters will be the lead integrator for a licensed production arrangement with transfer of technology from Russia. According to the newspaper’s sources, the Reliance Group will have a majority 51% sta

Make in India- kamorta class corvette

INS Kamorta ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Credits- Indian Navy) In continuation of our series "Make In India", today we feature Kamorta class Corvette. She is the first of a new class of corvettes designed and built in India with high level indigenous content. Built as an Anti Submarine warfare corvette, Kamorta is highly capable and a real force multiplier.  Kamorta class corvettes are the Indian Navy's next-generation anti submarine warfare platform, built under Project 28. They are being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata. All the four corvettes are planned to be handed over to the Indian Navy by the year 2017. Project 28 is the primary project for driving localisation and developing the warship construction industry in India. The aim with this project is to stipulate unprecedented standards while providing opportunities to Indian vendors to develop expertise with the technology. The project, driven by the Navy's D

Make in India- ISRO GSLV Mark-3 space launcher

ISRO GSLV Mark-3 ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / ISRO) In continuation of our weekly series to celebrate the Indian Government's "Make in India" initiative, we look at the GSLV Mark-3, India's newest a satellite launcher that is capable of launching 4 tonnes of satellite to the geostationary orbit. The launcher has been indigenously by India and when it becomes operational somewhere in later half of this decade, it will propel India and ISRO to the very top of the group in the world and also potentially garner billions of dollars of international business in satellite launch market. GSLV Mark-3 The GSLV-III or Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III  is a launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is intended to launch satellites into geostationary orbit and as a launcher for an Indian crew vehicle. The GSLV-III features an Indian cryogenic third stage and a higher payload capacity than the current

Make in India- Kolkata Class Destroyer of the Indian Navy

INS Kolkata- D63 ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Brehmemohan) In continuation of the "Make in India" series, each week we will be highlighting a particular technology or platform that is developed or being developed indigenously that will  act as the foundation for future platforms and technologies.  Today we feature the Kolkata Class Destroyers of The Indian Navy. The "Kolkata Class" is the next generation of Destroyers of the Indian Navy that is entering services right now. The class is a qualitative jump for the Indian Navy . With advanced weapons and sensors, the Kolkata class is the post powerful destroyers in the Indian Ocean rim. Highly capable with a high content of assorted weapon suites and sensors, the Kolkata class is capable of three dimensional warfare. Designed by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval design, the Kolkata class employs high degree of stealth with the reduction of radar cross section (RCS). It also employs

MAKE IN INDIA- WHAT IS IT AND HOW IT WILL BETTER OUR LIVES?

"Make in India" is the new initiative by the Government of India to indigenously develop the products in India rather than import and rely on foreign vendors. India relies on foreign products and services to drive it's massive economic growth. WHAT IS "MAKE IN INDIA" India after independence had closed it's economy to foreign investors and opted for public undertakings to build it's industrial base. A take from the socialistic era, the early planners wanted the Indian economy be driven by the public sector, but the private sector was allowed to continue, but was severely hampered by the so called "license raj" which saw a lot of bureaucratic impediments and red tapism.  Massive industries were set up in the public sector in areas ranging from steal to locomotives, sugar and aeroplanes. They formed the base for building a strong industrial infrastructure which saw the break from buying everything from tooth brush to nails from a