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A monthly in-house bulletin of Defence Research & Development Organisation ■ Vol. 35 No. 10 October 2015 Hon'ble Raksha Mantri Shri Manohar Parrikar releasing Compendium of DRDO developed Products with Export Potential Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon'ble Raksha Mantri releasing the (top) and addressing the DRDO's Directors Hon'ble Raksha Mantri addressing the august gathering 35th year of Publication Vol. 35 No. 10 October 2015 ■ ISSN: 0971-4391 Editor-in-Chief Gopal Bhushan Senior Editor In this Issue Ashok Kumar Raksha Mantri inaugurates 39th DRDO Directors’ Conference 4 Editor Manoj Kumar Assistant Editor Geeta Sharma Design & Pre-press Anjan Kumar Das Multimedia RK Bhatnagar Printing SK Gupta; Hans Kumar Distribution RP Singh Local Correspondents Ahmednagar: Lt Col. AK Singh, Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (VRDE); Ambernath: Shri P Sivaraman, Naval Materials Research Laboratory Technology for Near Isothermal Forging transferred 5 (NMRL); Balasore/Chandipur: Shri PK Mohanty, Integrated Test Range (ITR); Dr AK Sannigrahi, Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE); Bengaluru: Smt Bala Optical Target Locator deployed for Independence Day Security 5 V, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE); Smt MR Bhuvaneswari, Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS); Smt Faheema AGJ, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics 6 (CAIR); Ms Tripty Rani Bose, Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC); CFEES develops High Performance Magazine Structure with Blast Gauges Smt Josephine Nirmala M, Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE); Shri Kiran G, Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE); Shri KM Veerabhadra, Electronics & Dr Christopher lays Foundation Stone for the Advanced 6 Radar Development Establishment (LRDE); Dr Vishal Kesari, Microwave Tube Research Laser Research Centre at LASTEC & Development Centre (MTRDC); Chandigarh: Shri HS Gusain, Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE); Shri Niraj Srivastava, Terminal Ballistics Research Seabuckthorn-based Technologies transferred 7 Laboratory; Chennai: Shri PD Jayaram, Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE); Dehradun: Shri Abhai Mishra, Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL); Shri JP Singh, Instruments Research & Development Establishment Ladakhi Kisan-Jawan-Vigyan Mela at DIHAR 7 (IRDE); Delhi: Dr Rajendra Singh, Centre for Fire, Explosive & Environment Safety (CFEES); Dr KP Mishra, Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS); Shri 8 Ram Prakash, Defence Terrain Research Laboratory (DTRL); Dr Rajeev Vij, Institute of MoU between DTRL and Jiwaji University Nuclear Medicine & Allied Science (INMAS); Dr Indu Gupta, Laser Science & Technology Centre (LASTEC); Shri Raj Kumar Jain, Recruitment & Assessment Centre (RAC); Smt Data Centre Facility at DLRL 8 Kamini Malhotra, Scientific Analysis Group (SAG); Dr Rupesh Kumar Chaubey, Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL); Gwalior: Shri RK Srivastava, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE); Haldwani: Dr Atul Grover, Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER); KU Limaye Memorial Lecture at MTRDC 8 Hyderabad: Shri Hemant Kumar, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL); Dr JK Rai, Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis Group (ANURAG);Shri JP Singh, Centre for Raising Day Celebrations 9 High Energy Systems & Sciences (CHESS); Shri ARC Murthy, Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL); Dr Manoj Kumar Jain, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL); Dr K Nageswara Rao, Defence Research & Development Laboratory Raksha Mantri appreciates State-of-the-Art Facilities of TBRL 10 (DRDL); Shri N Venkatesh, Research Centre Imarat (RCI); Jodhpur: Shri Ravindra Kumar, Defence Laboratory (DL); Kanpur: Shri Ashok Kumar Gautam, Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment (DMSRDE); Kochi: Shri S Manpower Development Activities 11 Radhakrishnan, Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL); Leh: Dr Somen Acharya, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR); Mussoorie: Shri Ashish Librarians Day Celebrations 16 Joshi, Institute of Technology Management (ITM); Pune: Dr (Mrs) JA Kanetkar, Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE); Shri AM Devale, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL); Shri SS Arole, Research EMU R&D outshine in Mysore Horticultural and Flower Show 17 & Development Establishment (Engrs) [R&DE (E)]; Tezpur: Dr Jayshree Das, Defence Research Laboratory (DRL); Visakhapatnam: Shri YSR Prasada Rao, Naval Science Dr S Christopher lays Foundation Stone for the new 17 & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) Aircraft Hangar Website: http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo-nl E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Personnel News 18 Tel: 011-2390 2474; Fax: 011-2381 9151 RCI pays tribute to Dr Kalam 21 Cover (from left): Admiral RK Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff; Sadbhavana Diwas 22 Dr S Christopher, Secretary Department of Defence R&D, DG DRDO; Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon'ble Raksha Mantri; ACM Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee at the inaugural function of 39th DRDO Directors' Conference Visitors to DRDO Labs/Estts 23 Raksha Mantri inaugurates 39th DRDO Directors’ Conference Hon'ble Raksha Mantri Shri Manohar Parrikar addressed the inaugural session of 39th DRDO Directors’ Conference held at DRDO Bhavan on 23 September 2015 and suggested DRDO scientists to concentrate on core activities factoring the defence technology requirements of the Armed Forces and involve industry in producing technologies developed by it. “Hand-hold the industry to make some products, which you may have developed”, he said. Complimenting DRDO Shri Parrikar said, close interface of DRDO with Navy in developing technology/ products is well matured, DRDO should now develop similar level of interface with Army and IAF. Appreciating large scale technical manpower that DRDO has developed over the years, Shri Parrikar said DRDO can play an inspirational role in skill-development in the country across several fields, leading to job creation for the ever expanding youth population of the country. He also asked DRDO to avoid duplication or overlapping of activities for greater economic efficiency and urged scientists not to rest on laurels but seek greater heights in innovation and technology. There is a potential of one Emphasising on user’s participation, CAS said, billion dollar worth of exports of technology products "DRDO has a great role to play in transformation developed by DRDO in 2-3 years, he added. process of the Armed Forces and mentioned that The inaugural session was attended among others key issues should be jointly addressed by all the by Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff stakeholders. There should be a greater involvement of (CAS) and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee, Admiral the three services and production agencies and a joint RK Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), and Dr G development roadmap. Transformation of Armed Forces Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri. into a strategic force with a multi spectrum capability will Speaking on the occasion, Air Chief Marshal Arup need to ride on the shoulders of DRDO. They will need to Raha, said our visionary forefathers had conceptualised work together in a mission mode with result orientation DRDO as the prime instrument for gaining strategic bringing in more indigenisation through state-of-the-art independence for India through indigenisation and equipment." development of core/critical technologies, and DRDO Dr S Christopher, Secretary Department of Defence has been able to achieve the objectives of self- R&D and DG DRDO, in his address, said the year reliance to a great extent. Lauding the success stories 2014-15 was marked by a number of achievements of missiles and radars, he urged scientists to treat in every technology cluster and the current value of disappointments as challenges and convert them into production orders or Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) greater opportunities. Scientists should be driven by cleared systems from the DRDO stable stands at passion and that should not allow them to rest till the 1.79 lakh crores, which does not include strategic task is achieved, he added. systems. 4 October 2015 Technology for Near Isothermal Forging transferred High pressure (HP) compressor disc forgings, made of titanium alloy, are critical rotating parts of Adour aero engines of the Jaguar aircraft and requires replacement after specified period of operations or if unacceptable damages take place during/before expiry of the life. The annual requirements of HP compressor disc forgings are high therefore warranted indigenisation. Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, in association with Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI), L to R: Dr S Radhakrishnan, Dr Amol A Gokhale and Dr RN Patra signing the licensing agreements for transfer of technology Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd (HAL) and Airworthiness Agencies, has developed technology magnets in large scale by adopting the technologies for manufacturing disc forgings of all the five stages. developed by DMRL. This national efforts will create Technology has been transferred to MIDHANI for bulk an indigenous source to meet the requirements of rare production. MIDHANI will use the isothermal forging earth magnets for the strategic sectors in the first place facility at DMRL (on cost basis) for production. and then gradually widen it to civilian sectors. DMRL has long pursued an intensive R&D on Rare A licensing agreement for ToT for the two