IgMp Top 5 Updates (1st - 15th August) !! New FICV, LCA-LCH deals at final stages, 62x zoom lens and

the indian army will soon issue a request for information to the defence industry to develop and manufacture around 2600 future infantry combat vehicles and it aims to achieve the ficv induction by 2026. the first indigenous option includes the 25 ton pre technology demonstrator recently launched by the ordnance factory and it has been rumored that several israeli firms have approached the ordnance factory and has offered a new design for the fi cv the second indigenous option comes from the private sector firm larsen and two bro which has already presented a next generation design that includes a 30 millimeters unmanned turret a fifth generation multi-target anti-tank guided system jointly developed with the european firm mbda stanag level 4 protection while the night vision system sighting systems and active protection systems will be developed in partnership with the u.s firm Raytheon tata motors has selected the us firm general dynamics as a technology partner while mahindra defense will incorporate

technologies from the uk-based bae systems.

while addressing the nation on the occasion of independence day prime minister modi has announced that the deal is worth 5.2 billion dollars to buy 83 tedious light combat aircraft and

indigenous light combat helicopters are close to be signed the final paperwork for the deal is

complete and is awaiting clearance from the finance ministry hindustan aeronautics is assured of the order for 83 pages aircraft as the price negotiation is complete and it has also produced 9 airframes for the upcoming 15 limited series helicopter order after it received a signal from the government that a contract will be signed by the end of this year.

the chairman and managing director of bharat electronics limited gave a presentation to the defense minister on an indigenous 62x zoom lens and a single board computer the single board computer is a system controller module with quad-core i7 processor and various on-board interface and memory devices that has been developed for ground-based indigenous intelligence gathering electronic systems that are currently being deployed at the country's borders the 62x zoom lens is a part of long-range surveillance equipment and both these indigenous systems will replace the ones being imported from the us.

the defense minister has launched a number of products developed by different factories of the ordinance factory board which includes a remotely launched namica carrier with amphibious capabilities that is equipped with the third generation nag anti tank guided system, a new 8.6 by 70 millimeter sniper rifle, a dual caliber anti-material rifle to target light armored vehicles and radar systems and an upgraded eight kilometers range commander's thermal imager comedy site for the t90 which will be retrofitted in all existing t90 tanks in service with the indian army and will lead to substantial foreign exchange savings the defense minister has launched a new medium bulletproof vehicle indigenously designed and built by bharat earth movers limited the 4x4 all-wheel drive vehicle is specially designed for easy maneuverability operability and maintainability and is equipped with night vision camera blast resistance seat gps navigation radio and telecommunications system modular armored hull central tire inflation system and has a carrying capacity of 10 personnel.

the chief executive officer of sss defense has said that the company has developed a fully functioning 7.62 by 51 millimeter sniper rifle that matches indian army's current requirement of 1.2 kilometers range and it will be put through a formalized series of trials across all types of environment by the end of this year the viper has been ergonomically designed by taking into consideration the height of the indian soldier as well as length of the arm and finger and is available with all types of customizations and heads-up display he also said that the foreign manufacturers keep the best variants for their own forces and tend to deliver the second or the third grade snipers to the foreign customers he also said that the russian ak-203 is not a best rifle for a modern military force and russia has developed the ak-12 and ak-15 for its armed forces and russia wouldn't give such technologies to India he also added that sss defense is also working on a new variant of 7.62 by 39 millimeters rifle that is more advanced than the ak-203 the indian private sector firm has started the work to build an 80000 square feet facility which will be capable to manufacture 15 000 rifles per year in the first phase in january 2021 and the capacity will then increase to 45 000 per year in the second phase in january 2022 and 80 000 per year in the third phase the firm has also acquired an 80 acre plot for an ammunition factory and will produce and offer the 7.62 by 39 millimeters ammunition at a much cheaper price as compared to the ones offered by ordinance factories for the 7.5 lakh ak 203 that will be produced in India the sss development team is also planning to develop lmg that will use both 7.6 by 51 millimeters and 0.338 so that the same ammunition can be used in lmgs and sniper rifles

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