TEJAS MK 2,EXTENDED RANGE BRAHMOS,INDIGENOUS ARTILLERY,ESU AND ISRO COLLAB,DRDO NEXT GEN AEWAC

please follow our instagram page:https://www.instagram.com/indian_defe... -~- THIS IS 22TH VIDEO IN DAILY DEFENCE NEWS SERIES New BrahMos Extended Range Cruise Missile will Reach Deep Inside Pakistan A BrahMos extended range supersonic cruise missile will be tested on March 10 by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), an improvement that will increase the missile's range by over 60 percent. BrahMos extended range is designed to carry its 200 kg semi-armor piercing, high explosive warhead out to 450 km, which will be two-thirds farther than the current range of 290 km, said DRDO Chief Dr. S Christopher. More important, this BrahMos version will still retain the accuracy of the original version, which can deliver its warhead to about one meter of its target. One of the biggest drawbacks to BrahMos -- the world's fastest cruise missile -- is its paltry range of just 290 km. That drawback was imposed because Russia, the co-builder of the missile, was a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) at the time BrahMos was being developed in the 1990s and India wasn't. Indigenous towed artillery now in advanced stage of trials Nearly three decades after the controversial Howitzers, manufactured by Bofors, became the mainstay of heavy artillery for the Indian Army, two indigenously developed towed artillery are now in advanced stages of trials to replace them. The Dhanush, developed by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), and the towed artillery gun — Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), which has achieved the parameters specified by the Armament Research and Development Establishment, will undergo advance trials soon. Both are expected to meet the army’s requirement of about 1,800 towed guns by 2018-19, sources said, adding that both guns have been developed in less that six years. European Space Agency to collaborate with ISRO in space missions While the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Gaia satellite mission is on its multi-dimensional space probe, mapping a billion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, ESA's Senior Scientific Advisor Mark McCaughrean reveals ESA's plan for further collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in space missions. On ISRO's historic launch of 104 satellites at one go, he says it's the precision in placing satellites and cost reduction. "Looking forward, he says, "ESA is planning 15 space missions including Bepe Colombo to Mercury in 2018 and JUICE to Jupiter in 2022. On his first visit to India, Senior Scientific Advisor in the Directorate of Science and Robotic Exploration (responsible for communicating the scientific results from ESA's astronomy) and noted astrophysicist Mark McCaughrean told TOI that, "ESA plans further collaboration with ISRO in various space missions. Had an informal discussion with former ISRO chairman UR Rao at Bangalore. The current ISRO chairman, AS Kiran Kumar was in a meeting in Delhi that day. Earlier, ESA had collaborated with ISRO on Chandrayaan-1 mission to Moon". In its space mission, ESA has collaborative efforts with 22 countries including the US, Russia, China, India and Japan. It is expected to increase with the commercial launches. GE Supplies Two F414GEINS6 engines for Tejas MKII GE Aviation has handed over two F414GEINS6 engines which will eventually power Tejas MKII by 2020. GE Aviation is in process of handing over 6 more F414GEINS6 engines this year alone confirmed GE Aviation to Indian media. In October 2010, the F414INS6 derivative of the F414 was been selected to power the MKII version of India’s HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). India expects to purchase up to 99 installed engines. F414INS6 delivers 35% more thrust than the original F404, which is used in Tejas MKI and MK1A. India to develop AEWCS with 360 degree sweep As Indian Air Force has taken delivery of its first indigenous "eye in the sky" Netra — Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWCS) — its developer says an advanced version with a 360-degree sweep — against the present 240 degrees — is on the cards. "The next system will be upgraded, with more range and 360 degree coverage," Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman S Christopher told IANS on the sidelines of the Aero India 2017 military exposition, adding that India will be only the second country in the world after Israel to develop an AEWCS with a 360 degree sweep. INDIAN DEFENCE NEWS INDIAN DEFENCE NEWS INDIAN DEFENCE NEWS INDIAN DEFENCE NEWS