National Defence Corner

 Next Generation Radar Warning Receiver for Super Sukhoi The DRDO has developed a next Gen Radar Warning Receiver for the upcoming Super Sukhoi program.It will be soon integrated by Hindustan Aeronautics(HAL) on a Su-30 fighter jet to complete the certification process in a period of one year.This whole activity will be carried out in three phases.

 According to Indian Navy’s NCC SPECIAL ENTRY SCHEME 49TH COURSE (APR 2021): SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION (NT) FOR MEN & WOMEN The Vacancies are as follows: (a) NCC MEN:50 (45 for General Category and 05 for Wards of Battle Casualties of Army personnel only). (b) NCC Women:05 (04 for General Category and 01 for Wards of Battle Casualties of Army personnel only). Source:  https://joinindianarmy.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/NotificationPDF/NCC_49.pdf

No delay in supply of Rafale fighter jets According to latest reports the French ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said that there will be no delay in the delivery of 36 Rafale fighter jets to India and the timeline for supplying the fighter jets will be strictly respected. He also said that France is also helping the Indian Airforce to arrange the fairy flight of the first 4 Rafale from France to India and there is no reason to speculate that the schedule will not be maintained. Out of the 36 Rafale jets 6 will be twin seater trainers with almost all the features.The IAF has already spent around 400cr rupees to create the required infrastructure at the 2 basis that will operate the Rafale fighter jets.

China looks to claim the 'Whole of Antarctica',after the SCS. Antarctica When the US is cutting back and delaying its activities in the antarctic, both China and Russia are silently expanding their operations. Peter Jennings the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has said that China's interest on Antarctica is not limited to the short term and both Russia and China are using the cover of scientific research to claim over the continent for its minerals and military advantages. Note:Content obtained from original sources I thank feedpost for accepting this blog and giving it a rank in its list for the Top 10 defence blogs.link to feedpost list-https://blog.feedspot.com/indian_defence_blogs/

Naval Tejas perfect candidate for the replacement of T45 of the US Navy. The US Navy has begun it's search for a new trainer to replace it's Boeing T45 and the competitors in the acquisition program includes Boeing's T7A, Lockheed Martin's T50A and Leonardo's T100.  But non of these jets have been developed for carrier based operations and they have not been modified to demonstrate carrier based landings and takeoffs. Top experts have said that India's Naval Tejas  program has already demonstrated the required capabilities and also has a two seater naval variant as demanded by the US Navy and it makes Naval Tejas the perfect candidate if India responds to request for the information send out by the US Navy.