India Defence Online, New Delhi — The Indian defence public sector unit Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) has bagged a contract for the supply of 788 BEML TATRA vehicles for the Indian Army. The order for 788 BEML TATRA vehicles is worth $140 million and the Indian Defence Ministry has made a 50 per cent advance payment for the same.
The order for 788 BEML TATRA vehicles comprises of the supply of different BEML TATRA Variants for the Indian Army. The order consists of 498 numbers of 8×8 vehicles, 278 numbers of 6×6 vehicles with Winch and 12 numbers of 6×6 vehicles without Winch. These 788 BEML TATRA vehicles have to be delivered to Indian Army within a period of 18 months
The BEML TATRA 8×8 vehicles are multi-terrain vehicles used for tank transportation as well as personnel. These are provided with a winch for self recovery and the loading of dead tanks on to the trailer. They are also used for the mounting of RADAR systems as well as bridge laying systems in the Indian Army. The vehicle has a payload capacity of 12000 kilograms. Continued…
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– July 29, 2010
India Defence Online, New Delhi — Rolls-Royce of the United Kingdom has finalised the contract for the order of an additional 57 Adour-powered Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.
The Rolls-Royce engine contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is worth up to £200 million and includes the first Adour engines for the Indian Navy, which will operate 17 of the aircraft.
A press release issued by Rolls-Royce said the BAE Systems Hawk will be powered by the Mk871 variant of the Adour which will be assembled in Bangalore, India, in partnership with HAL. HAL Chairman Ashok Nayak said: “Rolls-Royce has been our trusted partner since 1956, when HAL started producing the Orpheus engine, under licence. Since then the partnership has flourished on programmes like the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer’s Adour Mk871 engine, following on from the production of Adour Mk811 engines for the Jaguar. Continued…
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Tagged with Hawk, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India defence, Indian Air Force, indian defence news, Indian Navy, Rolls-Royce plc.
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– July 28, 2010
India defence online news, New Delhi – CBI asks the Indian Defence Ministry to blacklist defence firms. The Indian Defence Minister announced in parliament July 27 that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case against Sudipto Ghosh former DGOF (Director General of Ordnance Factories) & Chairman, OFB (Ordnance Factory Board). The case against Ghosh and some others regarding receipt of illegal gratification from various suppliers of ordnance factories, was filed before the court of the Special judge CBI, Kolkata in May 2009.
Based on evidence available so far, the CBI has charge sheeted M/s. TS Kissan Co. Ltd., New Delhi and M/s. RK Machine Tools, Ludhiana. CBI has indicated in the report that illegal gratification had been paid to Sudipto Ghosh on behalf of some other firms and that some of them may be liable for prosecution at a later stage; depending on the evidence to be collected during the ongoing investigation.
Antony informed parliament that the CBI report indicates that M/s TS Kissan Co Ltd., New Delhi paid Rs. 30 lakhs as illegal gratification to Sudipto Ghosh for getting certain supply orders from HVF Avadi; and that M/s RK Machine Tools had paid illegal gratification of over 2.50 lakh for obtaining certain orders from Ordnance Factory, Chanda & Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi. Continued…
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Tagged with blacklisted companies, CBI, Central Bureau of Investigation, indian defence news, Indian Ministry of Defence.
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– July 28, 2010
India Defence Online, New Delhi – The Indian Navy can soon boast the advanced trainers in its fleet since a procurement deal worth $676 million has been signed for 17 new Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers (AJTs). The new AJTs will be used to train the Indian Navy pilots and will be delivered by 2013.
The Hawk AJTs will be manufactured by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and will be used to train fighter pilots of the Indian Navy. While the current training of the pilots takes place in the Air Force Academy, a parallel training academy will be set-up once the Hawk AJTs are inducted in 2013.
Interestingly, India is on the verge of finalising the terms with the UK-based aircraft manufacturer BAE Systems for buying an additional 57 Hawk AJTs. This would be a follow-on order that India would place with BAE Systems, but the aircraft would be built by HAL at its Bangalore facilities. Of the 57 Hawk AJTs to be ordered, 40 would go to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the remaining 17 to the Indian Navy. Continued…
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– July 27, 2010
India Defence Online, New Delhi – Once again, Indian Army’s artillery modernisation programme has suffered a setback due to the cancellation of field trials which were to occur this month. The field trials for the long-range heavy artillery guns have been deferred because the Swedish gunmaker Bofors, presently owned by BAE Land Systems, has emerged as the only competitor.
According to Defence Ministry, the Bofors FH77B05, now owned by BAE Land Systems, and the IFH 2000 by Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK) were the only two guns in the competition for the 155mm/52calibre howitzers.
Since the ghost of the Bofors scam in the 1980s looms large over the Congress-led government, the current field trials have been dropped. The Bofors scam involved the then Congress government who were allegedly involved in the kickbacks from the Swedish firm. As for STK which is fielding its IFH 2000 gun, it has also been blacklisted due to its involvement in the state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) scam. Continued…
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– July 26, 2010
