THE TANKS INDIA NEEDS: A NATIONAL NARRATIVE
It was almost 107 years back in Sep 1915 when the first prototype tank weighing 14 tons was developed by the UK and was employed a year later in Sept 1916. Though it was of limited use and not very…
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DRONES AND COUNTER DRONES: CAN INDIA BE A FOUNDRY TO THE WORLD?
DRONES AND COUNTER DRONES: CAN INDIA BE FOUNDRY TO THE WORLD? The recent advent of drones/unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have brought in one of the newest and most important disruptions not only in the war fighting domain but also in…
STRATEGIC INCUBATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRIES
Irrespective of our individual opinions, one thing is certain, it’s ‘Time India’. Whether displaying the guts and courage against China in Doklam in 2017 or on the LAC in the Eastern Ladakh by occupying the Kailash ranges, India has not…
Military equipment: Nation capabilities and the ‘Expectations Gap’
Let us examine how countries go about producing critical defense equipment. To produce defense equipment every country must have its own industrial base. Let us look at the different types of industrial bases, In India we have industry in the…
AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY IN TRAINING, MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF WIND TURBINES
In Suzlon, we were maintaining over 9000 wind turbines (13 Giga Watts) in remote areas spread across the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, AP, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. In 2018 with the help of my Head of…
MRO – AN INFO SYSTEM APPROACH
BY LT GEN (DR) ANIL KAPOOR AVSM, VSM (Retired) Introduction 1. The new technology world order is defined by 4Ds – Data, Digitization, Digitalization and Disruption. This has propelled into a tenacious spiral of digital transformation, which in the continuum…
Essential elements of repair cover and their implications
Repair of an equipment can only be carried out if certain elements are present at the point of repair. The first element is skilled manpower . This person who is there and who has to carry out the repairs must…
THE MECHANIC NEXT DOOR
THE MECHANIC NEXT DOOR Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) has become a buzzword the world over as the cost of equipment both in defence domain as well as in civil domain is rising to astronomical levels. The expertise required for…
NEED FOR A NATIONAL DATABASE OF TECHNICAL MANPOWER
NEED FOR A NATIONAL DATABASE OF TECHNICAL MANPOWER QUEST FOR AN ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT India has embarked on an ambitious quest of becoming an international manufacturing hub in its quest for becoming self reliant. The Make in India initiative aims…
Military spares : spare a thought
Most of the military weapon systems & equipment are portable, capable of being deployed in remote areas having inhospitable terrain & weather conditions. The deployment is widely dispersed. The Indian army is equipped with weapon systems & equipment procured from…