Defexpo 2022 - Day 2

ISSUE FEATURES

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  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | VCNS
  Ensuring Operational and Combat Capabilities
  

  In Part 2 of an extensive interview with Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP's ShowNews, Vice Admiral S.N. Ghormade, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, gave a comprehensive overview of the current and future plans of the Indian Navy.

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  Disruptive SDR for Soldier Teams and Drones: The BNET Nano
  

  BNET family is an advanced Broadband IP MANET (Mobile Ad-hoc Network) Software Defined Radio for tactical operations. It supports modern digital battlefield's needs with high-speed, low delay, reliable connectivity for data, voice and video on-themove.

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  SPECIAL STORY
  Boeing P-8I and F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III: An Effective Tag-team for Maritime Operations in Indo-Pacific
  By Alain Garcia, Boeing Defense, Space & Security and Global Services

  F/A-18s of the Indian Navy can potentially share data with P-8Is of IN as well as P-8s and F/A-18s of the US Navy, and Royal Australian Air Force to improve the capability of partner countries for helping secure the Indo-Pacific.

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  SPECIAL FEATURE
  GRUPA WB Forms Joint Venture in India
  

  GRUPA WB have established a Joint Venture named WB Electronics India Pvt Ltd (WB India) to cooperate with Indian Armed Forces with advanced military project under common R&D pro-grammes and to offer new solutions for Indian military and industry.

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  SPECIAL FEATURE
  Indigenous New Products from India Optel
  

  India Optel Ltd. (IOL) is market leader of Opto-Electronics (EO/IR) vision &control equipment and fire control system. These are used by the-Forces on weapon platforms like battle tanks T-90 & T-72, infantry combat vehicle BMP-II and small & medium caliber weapons like rifle, machine guns and anti-material rifle etc.

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  INTERVIEW | KASSTECH
  Kasstech Aerospace
  

  Vivek Saxena, an aviation enthusiast, set up Kasstech Aerospace in 2019 to be able to contribute to the aviation industry's progress by providing technical solutions, product support and services to the country. Kasstech Aerospace is a DPIIT registered company that offers unique integrations to address the industry’s problems and also undertakes maintenance and repairs of Indian aircrafts and UAVs.

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  INTERVIEW | BEL
  Creating New Avenues of Growth
  

  In addition to seeing a very good opportunity in Defence Exports, BEL, has been continuously exploring diversification into allied Defence and non-defence areas. In conversation with Dinesh Kumar Batra, Chairman and Managing Director, Director (Finance) & CFO, Bharat Electronics Ltd.

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  INTERVIEW | MDL
  Pursuing Indigenisation
  

  Vice Admiral Narayan Prasad (Retd), Chairman & Managing Director, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited talks about how efforts are being made to take up indigenisation of equipment for future projects under ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’ programmes, and status of other projects at MDL

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Tatra Trucks — Traditional Manufacturer of Modern Military Trucks
  

  Tatra Trucks manufactures Tatra vehicles with a unique chassis design with a central backbone tube and with independently suspended swinging semi-axles and all-wheel drive. The company produces three model lines – FORCE, TACTIC and PHOENIX.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Astra — Building Important Blocks in Critical Domains of Defence
  

  Astra Microwave today is amongst the very few Indian private sector companies whose core strength is technology in major areas of the defence and space market in India

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Boeing and IISc Commemorate 15 Years of Partnership
  

  Boeing India and the Indian Institute of Science commemorated 15 years of partnership in fueling aerospace research and innovation, in India, for India, and for the world.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Defence Secretary Conducts Bilateral Meetings
  

  Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar conducted a series of bilateral meetings with visiting dignitaries from friendly foreign countries. He held a bilateral meeting with Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, State Minister for Defence, Sri Lanka. They discussed a host of ongoing and future defence cooperation issues.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  IAI Announces a New Subsidiary in India
  

  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has opened a new subsidiary, Aerospace Services India (ASI), located in New Delhi, India. IAI’s investment in Aerospace Services India is a strong demonstration of IAI’s support for the Indian government’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’- ‘Make in India’ vision.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  GE Aerospace Grows Indian Supply Chain
  

  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has opened a new subsidiary, Aerospace Services India (ASI), located in New Delhi, India. IAI’s investment in Aerospace Services India is a strong demonstration of IAI’s support for the Indian government’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’- ‘Make in India’ vision.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  HAL Showcases Indigenous Products
  

  HAL’s participation focuses on technological excellence and indigenisation initiatives, under its business verticals such as fighters, trainers, transport aircraft, helicopters, engines, systems and avionics besides projecting the company’s futuristic programmes.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  UCAV Solutions from Milkor
  

  The Milkor Group has various offerings under its umbrella, one of the subsidiaries whose mandate revolves around the development and production of unmanned programmes for the Group, is growing substantially given the demand in the domain.