1. S4 and s5 submarine
After three years of sea trial india's second indigenous
nuclear submarine is all set for required induction into the indian navy and it was recently seen anchored along with the lead submariner in a serie hunt the s4 submarine will also move out of the ship building center to start sea trial in the first half of 2021 while the s4 star will be ready for sea trials in 2023 and both the s4 and s4 star will be equipped with k4 and k5 submarine launched ballistic systems the drdo is also developing the
8 000 kilometers range k6s lbm with morph capability which will be equipped on the upcoming s5 class nuclear submarines which will have a large surface displacement of 13 000 tons as compared to 6 000 tons of the arihant class submarines
2. 36 rafale offset
It has emerged that the controller and auditor general has reviewed only 12 defense offset contracts in its performance audit report submitted to the government in december 2019. the ministry of defence has denied any information related to the
36 rafale offset deals to the auditor and the ministry of defence has informed that dassault aviation will share any details of its offset partners only after three years of the contract
3. Ordinance Factory
The defense ministry is in the process of selecting a leading consulting firm out of three contenders that will create a roadmap for corporatization of
41 ordinance factories and a series of detailed presentations are planned for next week the ministry will give six months to the selected consulting firm to create a detailed plan and a further six months to implement the restructuring of the organization to bring it to the modern standards of defence industry
4. Best subvendors
Boeing evaluates the performance of its
12 000 sub-vendors every year and its 10 best suppliers are awarded with the recognition of supplier of the year amongst the top 10 winners for 2019 is the indian company ross l texas which builds electrical harnesses at its bangalore based facility for fa-18 and f-15 eagle fighters chinook helicopters v-22 osprey kc-46 tanker and the p-8i maritime aircraft rossl india has reported a turnover of 310 crore rupees on which it turned a net profit of 18.5 crore rupees
5. India and Russia
India and russia have discussed new avenues of collaboration in ship design and building ship overhaul repair and other logistics which will be a win-win proposition for both the countries as more than
30 000 ships visit indian ports every year the
indo-russian maritime partnership have got a boost with the revival of chennai vladivostok shipping link which would enable to transfer cargo between chennai and vladivostok in just 24 days compared to the current 40 days taken to transport goods from india to far east region of russia through europe
6. New project
The central government has shortlisted three firms for the construction of the long pending strategic zozilla tunnel in the new union territories of jnk and ladakh the
14.2 kilometers tunnel is a strategic requirement for the armed forces given its proximity to the line of control which will drastically reduce the travel time from three and a half hours to just 15 minutes
