The VL-SRSAM, seen here from the Aero India 2023 show, is a next-generation, ship-based, all-weather, air-defence weapon for integration onto Indian Navy warships as a quick-reaction point defence against supersonic sea-skimming targets like aircraft and UAVs. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)
India’s state-run Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) displayed its vertical-launch short-range surface-to-air missile (VL-SRSAM) at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.
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The SAMAR-1 air-defence system (pictured at Aero India 2023) uses an Ashok Leyland vehicle mounted with refurbished R-73E missiles on rail launchers. (Janes/Rahul Udoshi)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has completed development of its Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) system and the weapon has entered an initial production phase, the IAF told Janes at the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore, which runs from 13 to 17 February.
Vem Technologies’ AsiBal ATGM is equipped with a compact fire-control unit for surveillance and target acquisition. (VEM Technologies)
VEM Technologies has displayed its AsiBal anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at the Aero India 2023 show in Bangalore, which runs from 13 to 17 February.
The AsiBal is a third-generation manportable fire-and-forget ATGM. It is integrated with a tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead with a penetration of 750–850 mm. The system weighs a total of 18.5 kg – the launch unit 6 kg, and the missile 12.5 kg.
TASL is delivering 100 units of its ALS-50 loitering munition (pictured) to the Indian Air Force. (Janes/Akshara Parakala)
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) is delivering 100 units of its Advanced Loitering System-50 (ALS-50) to the Indian Air Force (IAF), sources familiar with the matter told Janes at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.
The deliveries are expected to be completed by the end of this year, the sources said.
ALS-50 is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that has a length of 2.4 m, a wingspan of 3.
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The UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands have agreed to provide additional defence equipment packages to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Confirmed by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 15 February, the latest announcement comes after the recently held Nato defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
The package is the military aid announced under the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) initiative launched last year.
A T-72 MBT with trawl assembly, seen here from an Indian Army exercise at Rajasthan in November 2022, has a trawling speed of 4 km/h, tank alignment time of five minutes, and 1,000 m trawling time of 30 minutes. The weight of each roller set, frame, and plough is 2, 1, and 0.5 tonnes, respectively.
As if Artificial Intelligence (AI) was taking over the world and mysterious objects flying through the skies were not enough, the US military has decided to up the ante by creating a robot capable of piloting a combat plane by itself.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on Monday, February 13, that it had successfully tested an F-16 test aircraft with AI software that piloted it for 17 hours. The Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) X-62A flew in December 2022 at the Air Force Test Pilot School in California.
Russia is offering its T-14 Armata main battle tank (MBT) to India to secure a spot in New Delhi’s next-generation battle tank program.
Russia is ready to share T-14 MBT technologies with India’s next-generation main battle tank project, Vladimir Drozhzhov, deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said at the 2023 Aero India exhibition, the state agency reported. Russian news RIA Novosti.
According to Western intelligence services, Russia is amassing planes near the border with Ukraine, which says Moscow may be preparing to dedicate planes and helicopters to the fight to decisively tip the scales in its favor.
Experts say that since the assault began, Russia has barely employed its air force. Nonetheless, there are indicators that Moscow may shift strategy in order to break the standoff on the ground.
Intelligence services shared by NATO members have warned of a concentration of “fixed and rotary wing aircraft” near the Ukrainian border.
Vibhram-G in its latest iteration can fly for 3 hours while providing a range of 100 km. (Janes/Amit Kalra)
Noida-based EndureAir Systems displayed an enhanced version of its Vibhram-G (gasoline powered) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Aero India 2023 show, held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.
Rama Krishna, CEO of EndureAir Systems, told
Janes
that the UAV has been enhanced to meet the Indian military’s requirements for persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.