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Gripen E has successfully completed the first tests to release and launch external payloads

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Gripen E has successfully completed the first tests to verify the ability to release and launch external payloads. The tests took place in October 2018 at Vidsel Test Range in the north of Sweden.

The tests, conducted by the first Gripen E test aircraft (designated 39-8), comprised jettisoning one external fuel drop tank and one firing of an IRIS-T air-to-air missile.

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L&T JV to export missiles to Europe from Coimbatore SEZ ::

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L&T MBDA Missile Systems Ltd, a joint venture between Larsen & Toubro and French company MBDA, is awaiting the grant of an industrial licence to export fully assembled missile systems to Europe.

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The industrial licence, under the Arms Act,1959, is given by the Union Home Ministry, but has been delegated to the Commerce Ministry. BusinessLine has learnt that the Commerce Ministry will take up L&T MBDA’s application for licence at the Board of Approvals meeting on November 5.

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As soon as it secures the licence, L&T MBDA, in which L&T holds 51 per cent, will begin to produce missiles from a leased plant in Coimbatore’s Aspen SEZ in Coimbatore. (The SEZ is owned by the family of Suzlon group founder Tulsi Tanti).

L&T has been producing missile subsystems for both Indian programmes and MBDA for the past few years. However, the JV with MBDA, announced in April 2017, is for “nearly full missile assembly except explosives, for export to Europe”, Jayant Patil, Wholetime Director and Senior Executive Vice-President (Defence Business) at L&T, told BusinessLine.

Producing the missiles from an SEZ will help save on customs duties, he said. Components can be purchased from abroad (sources have hinted at Israel) and from L&T’s (Malumichampatti) unit in Coimbatore, which makes rocket motors for ISRO and missile propulsion systems for “Indian customers”.

While sources have implied that the investment will be around ₹400 crore, Patil said that since the JV is leasing an SEZ unit, “the investment would be lower (than ₹400 crore), but we may keep investing as it grows in phases.”

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“This JV has been created with a few target programmes. The ATGM5 (Anti-Tank Guided Missile – 5th generation) and the MRSaM (Medium Range Surface to Air Missile), as well as a few other missile programmes are targeted programmes for the JV,” said Patil.

Loïc Piedevache, India Country Head, MBDA, spoke of making the ‘Mistral’ and ‘Milan’ missiles through the JV. These are very short range, portable missiles which requires only two people to carry them.

The skills and new generation technologies that MBDA has developed for the French army are being made available to India to design, develop and manufacture the ATGM5, says the L&T MBDA website.

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The Exocet MM40 Block 3 weapon system is the latest generation ship-borne version of the Exocet family and is in operational service with several navies. It has an improved range, in excess of 180 kilometres through the use of a turbojet engine, and includes four air intakes to provide a continuous airflow to the power plant during high-G manoeuvers.


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Rheinmetall and Rohde und Schwarz to digitize the Bundeswehr

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RRS-MITCOS is the short form for a new joint venture which Rheinmetall and Rohde & Schwarz have set up to meet the German military’s requirement for integrated operational and communications systems. First and foremost, Rheinmetall and Rohde & Schwarz want to play a leading role in digitizing Germany’s ground forces. This major programme encompasses an investment volume of several billion euros.

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Thursday at 4:56 PM..: Warnings and confusion preceded Norwegian frigate disaster: here’s what we know

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INGSTAD Turn!!" Timeline and audio transcripts of the
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collision. INGSTAD apparently moving at 17 knots (that's fast....) with no lights or ID system on. Tanker called the frigate on the radio and frantically warned them.
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Thursday at 4:56 PM..: Warnings and confusion preceded Norwegian frigate disaster: here’s what we know

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Media allowed a look today (Mon) at half-sunk
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INGSTAD F313 - note ship has settled a bit more over the past couple days. Salvage work has not yet begun, but
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plans to raise the ship and take her to Haakonsvern for repairs.
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Oh dear Lord! I had read about the mishap on the news website, but I had no idea how bad it looked. This is a brand new ship, isn't it? At least it didn't sink to the bottom of the sea. It looks to be salvageable, hopefully. But the repairs would be painfully expensive, to say the least. I hope there were no fatalities in this incident.
 
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