Aerospace Diary

I'm posting this a bit late- But, its better late than never! Cheers. Neelam Samtel  Avionics, a leading manufacturer of high-technology products for avionics and military applications has announced collaboration with a leading defense electronics company, Hanwha Systems, based in Korea. The new partnership is announced to bring in synergies of both the companies for Guided Missile, EOIR, RADAR, and Laser Guided Bomb (LGB).   Hanwha Systems, as a defense electronics company has maintained a leading role in advancing the defense capabilities of Korea. The company is capable of providing total solutions for ground, naval and air Command, Control, Communication, Computer & Intelligence (C4I), guided weapon, Electronic Warfare (EW) and future combat systems. Based on technical development capabilities and know-how for radar, optronic, command and fire control system products in the ground systemsdomain, Hanwha has integrated solutions available for its customers. ...

Sorry-posting it a bit late! AEROSPACE Mag -UK Rafale deal sealed at last 21 October 2016 In the wake of India's deal to acquire 36 Dassault Rafale fighters,  NEELAM MATHEWS  analyses this key defence procurement. A new dawn for Indian air power? (Dassault Aviation)  Four years after Dassault Aviation’s Rafale was chosen for India’s 126 Medium Multi Role Aircraft, India and France have signed a watered down deal for 36 aircraft valued at €7.87bn. It includes 28 single seaters at €91.7m each and eight twin seaters at €94m each. India has become the third international customer to buy Rafale after Qatar and Egypt. India will receive the first Rafale fighter within 36 months of signing the agreement while the remaining jets will be delivered in the following 30 months. “We have requested them to (deliver it) as fast as possible,” said defence minister Manohar Parrikar. Analysts view this in the backdrop of increased cross border tensions following n...

Neelam Mathews Feb 24, 2015     Samtel Thales Avionics: created in 2010, a Joint venture between Samtel Avionics (74%), Thales Avionics (20%) and Thales India (6%), is moving faster now. The JV has since matured and has  been operational since Dec. last year.   Thales’s expertise and know-how in this area will allow the joint venture to complete its objective of becoming a key private player offering Thales’s ‘Made in India’ products, an official told Aerospace Diary. The new industrial structure being set up will create offsets in the avionics and optronics fields as well as redesign and the treatment of obsolete materials, either for the Thales Group or others with similar offset obligations in India.   The resource capacities of the new facility include 1000 m2: production platform, clean room, test benches, climate chamber. The local supply chain includes subcontractors, all of which have been approved by Thales and Samtel.

                                                                                           Posted by- Neelam Mathews              Aug 5, 2013 (Nb- Check out what's missing) MoD Release- The details of joint ventures by the private players in defense manufacturing is enclosed. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) amounting to Rs.24.36 crore (US$ 4.94 millions) has been received in defense industry sector from April 2000 to April 2013. The data regarding investment made by the Indian Private Sector Firms is not maintained.              63 applications have been received for Industrial License for manufacture of defense items from private companies in 20...