Course 180- Building on Indian Defence equipment export success. ISS.1/May 10/2024 Prof. Prodyut Das The increase in Indian Defence exports from Rs.686 crores in 2013-14 to Rs.21,083 crores in 2023-24 is good news. Adjusted to a common base we have i.e. a 1800 % increase over ten years. What makes the news better is: 1. The increase was almost entirely due to policy and management changes. 2. 60% of the increase was contributed by the Private sector. The Government has declared an export target of Rs,100,000 crores by 2030. Whilst feasible there is also the chance that it may become a case of “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride”. The Government, by its nature, lacks the necessary time, focus, continuity and therefore expertise that is required to run Weapons exports - the most competitive and cut throat of all businesses. This sour caution comes because the way to Rs.1,00,000 crores of exports by 2030 is not continuous. A “more of the same” approach
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Lessons from the Tejas, ALH, HJT 36 Prof. Prodyut Das Iss2. Dated 09/05/2024 - with a new photograph and comments about spinning of the HJT 36 and the untidy job we have got and ways to improve it. The first flight of the Tejas Mk1A was fortunately a muted affair. Someone had the good sense not to have the usual hoop-la; For all our self- congratulation on X the Aeronautical World will look at the flight differently; to them it will be that 40 years after the first release of funds the Indians have finally got a fighter which -to use the homely Bengali phrase- “ paat-ey deya jaai” i.e. can be put on the dinner plate. My using the phrase is no endorsement of the Mk1a. It means that the Mk1a is perhaps worth allotting hardened shelters at a few of the quieter-front line airbases so that further trials prior to induction can go on. (Note 1). The Mk1A still needs more “improvements” dictated by service experience an
The HJT 36 - a 2024 review Iss. 7 Professor Prodyut Das It is interesting to be mentioned in Twitter X and more surprising when the reference is in positive terms. One can imagine my surprise when something I had said ten years ago was referred to. https://twitter.com/Indranil_Roy and https://twitter.com/hvtiaf_bharat referred to my blog posts in 2014 on the then subject of the HJT 36 spinning trials. The references are; 1. for Indranil’s post of 2019 in Delhi Defence Review https://delhidefencereview.com/2019/04/23/hals-hjt-36-intermediate-jet-trainer-rises-from-the-ashes-a-detailed-look/ 2. 2014 Prof. Prodyut Das 2: Some Notes on the Forthcoming Spin Trials of the ... https://prodyut7.blogspot.com/2024/03/some-notes-on-forthcoming-spin-trials.html?spref=tw 3. Prof. Prodyut Das 2: Some Notes on the Forthcoming Spin Trials of the ... part 2 is at https://prodyut7.blogspot.com/2024/03/prof.html?spref=