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On a High! Defence-Linked Stocks Fire on All Cylinders After Nod to New DPP.   NEW DELHI: Defence stocks hogged limelight on Tuesday after a committee headed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar cleared the new defence procurement procedure (DPP), which is set to give a fillip to 'made in India' defence products and facilitate fast-tracked acquisitions. Shares of Walchandnagar Industries jumped 11.03 per cent to Rs 158 on BSE. Reliance Defence and Engineering soared 5.82 per cent to hit a high of Rs 69.90. Astra Microvave Products surged 5.48 per cent to Rs 113.55. Titagarh Wagons jumped 5 per cent, while BEML was trading 4.04 per cent higher at Rs 1,111.50. Bharat Electronics rose over 2 per cent, before retreating a bit. The stock was trading 0.56 per cent higher at Rs 1,184.50. Among others, M&M, Ashok LeylandBSE 2.42 %, Tata MotorsBSE 0.01 % and Bharat Forge gained between 1 per cent and 2.25 per cent. "In the defence sector, the whole idea (behind DPP)...

IDN TAKE: Current Iranian Backed Iraqi Offensive Against ISIS.   Success in Salahal-Din without Coalition Help: Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'a militias spearheaded major operations to recapture desert terrain west of Samarra and Tikrit in Salah al-Din Province. The operation, announced and initiated by the Joint Operations Command on March 4, involves the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Popular Mobilization, and aims to secure the Jazeera desert area northwest of Baghdad and prevent its use by ISIS as a support zone. ISIS has freedom of access and attack in these areas which it uses to target Baghdad, areas west of Samarra, and Baiji. The Popular Mobilization Commission (PMC) also announced the operation, and the PMC deputy chairman, U.S.-designated terrorist Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, played a leading role in coordinating the operation. Major Iranian proxy militias, including Kata'ib Hezbollah and Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, deployed forces as part of the operation, and the PMC ...

12 Dead in Indonesian Military Chopper Crash   JAKARTA: Twelve people were killed today when a military helicopter crashed in bad weather in central Indonesia, an official said, the latest air accident for the country's armed forces. The Bell 412 helicopter went down in Kasiguncu village in Poso district, on Sulawesi island, where a radical Islamic group is waging a guerilla war against the government. "Twelve (bodies) have been found and identified," said military spokesman Tatang Sulaiman, adding that rescuers were still searching for one crew member. The aircraft, carrying seven passengers and six crew, crashed 35 minutes after take off and just 10 minutes before it was supposed to land, the military said. There was heavy rain at the time of the accident, and Sulaiman said the bad weather was seen as the most likely cause of the accident. The military has launched an investigation, he added. The twin-engine helicopter was purchased in 2012. The Indonesian m...

Maritime Security & Anti-Piracy Cooperation between India, Israel and the United States.   Both Israel and USA have not yet partnered the UNCLOS - United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea, agreement for anti-piracy due to their security and other domestic concerns. However US and India share a lot of understanding which includes framework for India US Maritime cooperation, which has provisions for joint operations and training other than common objectives and goals for securing threats in the maritime domain.This however can be made into a trilateral area for cooperation against a menace that has become a 24.5 billion USD loss to international trade and according to another research is more than 5- 6 billion USD annual, for efforts towards countering it. Loss due to damages caused by piracy attacks brings the figure to around 9 billion USD annually, according to a data from the Indian Ship Owners Association. According to a World Bank report the loss due to Pirac...

IDN TAKE: More Ardiden Engines on New Indian Helicopter.   Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) is powered by the Ardiden 1H1 engine from Turbomeca. The Ardiden 1H1 will also power the new HAL - designed Light Utility Helicopter a three ton single engine chopper under development, with the Ardinen 1U engine. Featuring state-of-the-art technologies, the Ardiden 1 family develops 1,400 shp. The Ardiden 1H1 variant was certified in 2009 and more than 250 units have already been produced, under the 'Shakti' designation, by HAL. First bench testing of the Ardiden 1U, the single-engine variant took place in December 2014 and first models were delivered to HAL by the end of 2014. The participation in the LCH & LUH program builds the track-record established since 2003, of cooperation on the Shakti project.   Reference : http://www.indiandefensenews.in/

Scrambling For a Two-Front War: What the IAF Won’t Tell You. How many fighter squadrons does the Indian Air Force need to fight a war, and more importantly, win it? A senior IAF commander says the current fleet strength of 33 squadrons – approximately 600 aircraft – is not enough to fight a two-front war. The “sanctioned strength” is quoted at 42 squadrons and anything below this will impact national security. Where did this number come from? In the 1950s, the defence brass had recommended 64 fighter squadrons for the IAF. That was revised to 42 in the 1960s. There is nothing magical about this number and only those who fail to recognise that the nature of air combat has changed will cling to it. Back in the 1960s; when the supersonic era was in its infancy; jet fighters were smaller, accident prone, required longer maintenance hours and had low endurance. For instance, it was said about the MiG-21 that it was in a fuel crisis even as it took off. Because the MiG-21’s endur...

India Rejects China Claim of PLA Not Crossing Border, Says Transgression has Increased.   The government today rubbished China's claims of its forces not crossing across the border, saying that Chinese transgression has in fact increased in the Pangong Tso lake area. Ministry of Defence sources have told India Today that incidents of transgression have increased at the Pangong Tso lake and Chumar region in Ladakh. There were at least 11 incidents of Chinese infiltration last year; in three months this year, there already has been 16 cases of transgression, sources said. The Indian Army had also destroyed a Chinese watch tower near the Line of Control in Chumar recently. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked the Army to strongly take up the issue with Chinese authorities. Parrikar is scheduled to visit China next month where the two sides are expected to finalise the setting up of a hotline between the Indian Army and the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Earlier t...

Strategic Partnership Model for Military Manufacturing Meets Resistance Within Defence Ministry. NEW DELHI: The report by a key panel to select private sector players that will be accorded special 'strategic partner' status for major military manufacturing projects has met resistance within the defence ministry, with various departments and services raising concerns that process recommended may lead to monopolisation and needs more consultation. Sources have told ET that a high-level meeting on the Atre Committee report - which has identified five priority areas for Make in India in the defence sector - recently took place in South Block, headed by Defence Secretary G Mohan Kumar where the proposed model faced resistance. While the larger concept of the strategic partnership (SP) model to identify and encourage private sector players for manufacturing in defence was agreed to, the details of the report - including the suggestion that only one company be selected for...

Airbus Plans to Set up Assembly line & Supplier Base in India..   PM Modi visited the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France during his official visit last year ..     The Airbus Group has procured equipment worth over $500 million from India in 2015, supporting 6,000 jobs among its 45 suppliers. The group is keen on its military aircraft for Make in India and wants to set up final assembly lines. However, the Eurofighter may be a thing of the past, Airbus India President Pierre de Bausset tells Manu Pubby in an interview:   Are you looking at setting up a final assembly line in India for a military aircraft? We have bid for C295W medium transport aircraft as a replacement for IAF's Avro fleet. If selected, together with Tata, we will set up a C295W final assembly line in India and a supplier base to feed it. We have also partnered with Mahindra for helicopter manufacturing in India. We are already laying the groundwork and are readying ourselves for fast-...

Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan on Four-Day Visit to UK..    NEW DELHI: Navy chief Admiral R K Dhowan today started his four-day visit to the UK which will explore new avenues of cooperation in the defence sector. Dhowan is scheduled to hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence, First Sea Lord, Chief of Defence Staff, and the other Senior Officers of the British Royal Navy. Talking about Dhowan's visit, the Navy said India and the UK have several commonalities, which serve as the foundation for closer cooperation and multi-faceted interactions. The Indian Navy has had traditional links with the Royal Navy which have come a long way since institutionalization of various defence fora for enhancing bilateral relationship. With constitution of the Indo-UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) and the Military Sub Group (MSG) in 1995, a two-tier system of cooperation was established to take further the progress in various areas of defence cooperation. In September 2004, the...