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Date of Event: Mar 5, 2025 Source : https://www.PKDefense.com

World’s top turret-making company to manufacture in India. Signs joint venture for light tanks’ turrets​

Story by Snehesh Alex Philip
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World’s top turret-making company to manufacture in India. Signs joint venture for light tanks’ turrets© Provided by ThePrint
New Delhi: Belgium-based John Cockerill Defense, one of the world’s top turret-making companies, has tied up with an Indian firm to manufacture, assemble and commission the critical component for the Indian Army’s Indian Light Tank (I.L.T) programme, Project Zorawar.

The company has formed a 60:40 joint venture with Indian firm Electro Pneumatics & Hydraulics (India) Pvt Ltd to manufacture turrets in Chakan, Pune.



This will be the first time that the Belgium company will set up a manufacturing facility for turrets outside its country.

The DRDO and private firm L&T have come up with the Zorawar light tank, which is currently undergoing tests in-house.

For the tank, L&T used the John Cockerill turret.

Under Project Zorawar, the Indian Army will buy 59 light tanks if found satisfactory, and then L&T will compete with other firms for a larger order.

The initial demand of the Army is roughly 350 light tanks to take on the Chinese in the mountainous borders.

“The joint venture that we have is not limited to just the 59 light tanks. Our reading is that the overall demand will be much higher than 350 … Moreover, as the joint venture stabilises, we will look at other programmes of the Indian Army—like the Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) and the futuristic main battle tank called the Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV),” Thierry Renaudin, Chief Executive Officer, John Cockerill Defense, said in the national capital responding to a query by ThePrint.


Project Zorawar, he said, is not just limited to manufacturing the light tanks for Indian orders but eventually making them at the Chakan plant and exporting them around the world.

Ingrid Rasquinha, Joint Managing Director, Electro Pneumatics and Hydraulics (India) Pvt Ltd, said the company plans to roll out the first India-made turret in 2027.

The company has made the launchers for the Akash Next Generation, and the same, along with the hydraulics for the Indian Advanced Towed Artillery Gun (ATAGS), are under trial.

Ashley Rasquinha, Joint Managing Director of the Indian firm, said the joint venture would look at exports, as the John Cockerill executive pointed out that the company already sells turrets to nearly half a dozen countries.

Vivek Bhide, Regional President, India and Group Transformation Officer, John Cockerill, said the defence sector is critical to national security. “And therefore, it is important to encourage and develop India’s defence manufacturing capabilities. This JV aims to equip India’s armed forces with advanced defence solutions for diverse and challenging combat environments. Importantly, it also answers the ‘Make in India’ call in a sector where India is working to embellish its global credentials,” he said.

(Edited by Madhurita Goswami)

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DRDO & Indian Navy successfully conduct flight-trials of first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship missile​

Posted On: 26 FEB 2025 7:45PM by PIB Delhi

Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy carried out successful flight-trials of first-of-its-kind Naval Anti-Ship missile (NASM-SR) from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur on February 25, 2025. The trials demonstrated the missile’s capability against ship targets while launched from an Indian Naval Seaking Helicopter.

The trials have proven the missile’s Man-in-Loop feature and scored a direct hit on a small ship target in sea-skimming mode at its maximum range. The missile uses an Indigenous Imaging Infra-Red Seeker for terminal guidance. The mission also has demonstrated the high bandwidth two way datalink system, which is used to transmit the seeker live images back to the pilot for in-flight retargeting.

The missile was launched in Bearing-only Lock-on after launch mode with several targets in close vicinity for selecting one among them. The missile initially locked on to a large target within a specified zone of search and during the terminal phase, the pilot selected a smaller hidden target resulting in its being hit with pinpoint accuracy.

The missile uses an indigenous Fiber Optic Gyroscope-based INS and Radio Altimeter for its Mid-course guidance, an Integrated avionics module, Electro-Mechanical actuators for Aerodynamic and Jet vane control, thermal batteries and PCB warhead. It uses solid propulsion with an in-line ejectable booster and a long-burn sustainer. The trials have met all the mission objectives.

The missile is developed by different labs of DRDO including Research Centre Imarat, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and

Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory. The missiles are currently being produced by Development cum Production Partners with the help of MSME’s, start-ups and other production partners.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, Indian Navy and the industries for the successful flight tests. The tests for Man-in-Loop features is unique as it gives the capability of in flight retargeting, he said.

Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat also congratulated the entire DRDO team, users and the industry partners.


https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2106482

 

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I have heard that Russia has transferred its hypersonic anti ship missile Zircon's tech to India. It it true?

 

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I have heard that Russia has transferred its hypersonic anti ship missile Zircon's tech to India. It it true?

Had it been the case, we would have made it operational by now. We have multiple hypersonic programs. We want to bring existing BRAHMOS to near hypersonic speed. We have successfully tested hypersonic glide vehicle. We have HSTDV program of DRDO in which we are developing hypersonic missile using scram jet propulsion. In project Vishnu, we are developing 2 hypersonic missiles. ISRO has also successfully tested its hypersonic test vehicle. We have many non-scramjet hypersonic missile program which includes Rudram, Pralay, Sagarika, and Shaurya missiles.

 

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Like Rudram, K-series, Naval Anti-Ship missile (NASM-SR) is a family of missile in which lightweight, upto medium range, low-cost sea skimming anti-ship cruise missiles are produced to target small ships. They can be carried in numbers on choppers and fired at enemy ships. It has 2 way data link which transmit the pictures of area. Pilot can change target anytime in midway. This is exactly what was tested in this particular test. This is an excellent missile with lots of utility of low cost operations. You can not fire a 25 crore Brahmos to target a 2 crore ship.

The other such low cost missile which India just tested was Bhargavastra. A very low cost missile with Iron dome sort of function. Low cost engagement of low cost target.

 

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This NASM-SR is a great missile. It just weighs 350 k.g but carries 100 k.g payload. Sufficient to sink small ships.