Defexpo India 2018 - Day 2

ISSUE FEATURES

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  LEAD STORY
  Focus on export and global co-operations
  

  One day before the formal inauguration of Defexpo 2018, India’s premiere defence exhibition, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with an eye on the export said that a larger objective will be served by focusing on defence industry.

• SHOW REPORT
  IAI is making the right noises
  

  Arms manufacturers Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) are all set to move on from the past and into the future, literally.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  Will HAL emerge as helicopter major?
  

  Government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), with number of helicopter development projects, is showing achieving commendable design and development capability in the area of military choppers

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  INTERVIEW
  Focus on indigenous product development
  

  SP’s ShowNews in conversation with Colonel H.S. Shankar (Retd), Chairman & Managing Director, Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd

• SPECIAL REPORT
  Can India afford to ‘chill-out’ about China?
  

  With a trade corridor that flouts India’s sovereignty in full swing and wounds of Doklam still fresh, former Army Chief General V.P. Malik and former Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major interpret the Sino advances on Indo turf.

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  VIEW POINT
  Coming — Chinese robot tanks
  

  India should prepare for conflict that would likely combine robotics and AI; UGVs, drone swarms, quantum communications, cyber attacks and more

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  SPECIAL STORY
  Slow but not steady
  

  Indian government must streamline defence procurement process and should ensure that all legacy equipments are replaced well before they become obsolete

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  DRDO - spearheading indigenisation
  

  Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was created to make India self-reliant in defence. Since establishment, its story has been a checkered one.

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  SPECIAL REPORT
  BEL to showcase its might at Defexpo 2018
  

  BEL is participating in the biennial Land, Naval and Internal Homeland Security Systems Exhibition Defexpo 2018, which is scheduled from April 11 to 14, 2018, at Thiruvidanthai, Thiruporur Taluk, Kancheepuram, East Coast Road, Chennai.

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  INTERVIEW | GSL
  GSL - Gearing up for future maritime security requirements
  

  SP’s ShowNews in conversation with Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director, Goa Shipyard Ltd.

• SPECIAL REPORT
  Astra Microwave Products Ltd (AMPL) - Leader in strategic electronics in India
  

  Astra Microwave Products Pvt (AMPL) Ltd, a public listed company based at Hyderabad, India, has been spearheading the design, development and manufacturing of RF and microwave components, super components, systems and related technologies to space and defence sectors.

• SPECIAL REPORT
  Automatic transmissions powering defence vehicles at Defexpo 2018
  

  It takes more than just quality and professionalism to be a trusted brand for the nation’s defence forces, and Allison Transmission knows that. A global leader in transmission design and manufacturing for defence vehicles, the company will showcase wheeled and tracked transmissions at their booth in Hall No.5 at the ongoing Defexpo 2018.