Aerospace Diary

Posted by- Neelam Mathews March 18, 2013 Answering a question in Parliament today defense minister said some of the major projects of Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) which are lagging behind schedule are given below:- Project Probable Date of Completion (PDC) Original Revised Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Phase-ll December 2008 December 2012* Naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA, Navy) Phase-I March 2010 December 2014 Aero-engine Kaveri December 1996 December 2009# Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) System October 2011 March 2014 Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) May 2011 December 2015              *PDC is likely to be extended up to March 2015.                 #PDC has been extended within the sanctioned cost and scope . ...

June 15, 2010 NEW DELHI — The jointly developed Indian/Israeli Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) was test fired in Israel within the last two weeks, according to local news reports. Known as Barak-2, the system is due for a second test later this year. “[The] Defense Research Development Organization is jointly developing the next generation surface-to-air missile system and the MFSTAR multi-function radar under a contract with a collaborator [Israel Aerospace Industries],” Indian chief of the naval staff Adm. Nirmal Kumar Verma told AVIATION WEEK recently. “The contract also provides for adaptation, installation, trials and product support. The first of the systems will be operationalized with the commissioning of the first of the P15A destroyers. We are hoping it will get commissioned in 2012.” The missile will be installed on the three Project 15A-class guided missile destroyers being built in Russia, which are due to join the Indian navy at one-year intervals be...