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View of internal bay of AMCA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1tmunAdbq4

An Infantry GHATAK PLATOON Commando

Sig Sauer 716i Battle Rifle (.308)
Beretta Scorpio TGT Sniper Rifle (.338)

And most importantly a Khukri.

Khukri is used mostly used in conjunction with the war cry " Jai Maha Kali, Ayo Gorkhali " ( Hail Goddess Kali, The Gorkhas are here ) .

COBRA Commando from CRPF ( central reserve police force )

Team Wendy EXFIL Ballistic High Cut Helmet
IWI Tavor X95 with MEPRO Mor Sight
GLOCK Pistol

7.62x51mm LMG NEGEVs in storage at their Indian manufacturing plant , ready for delivery.

GARUD sniper team during Aeroindia

PARA SF

EXFIL Helmet + TONBO ARJUN-H Thermal Sight
OFB Multi Grenade Launcher (MGL)
Micro UZI + MEPRO Sight
G-TAR 21 + MARS + T40 UBGL
S-TAR 21 + MARS + Bipod
PKM LMG

( 2nd from left PTR Chhatrapal Singh (4 PARA SF) KIA 5/4/20 during Op Randori Behak )

Sniper 7.62x51 mm

Match grade barrel and trigger, adjustable cheek raiser and muzzle brake. Weight 4.4 kg.

Primarily for Police and paramilitary.

Sniper rifle 8.6x70 mm

Vidhwanshak ( based on NTW-20 ToT ) in 14.5x 114 mm and 20x82 mm, 5kgs lighter than original NTW-20.

Assault rife 5.56x45 mm

Carbine 5.56x45 mm

Carbine 7.62 X 39mm

JVPC 5.56x30 mm

Model of HGV ( hypersonic glide vehicle ) being developed by a startup

kabe1:
With Nigerian navy Falcon Eye, and NIMASA C4i, it's unlikely that the Navy will still consider a new type of coastal surveillance & monitoring system.

I do have high hopes on Ordinance production though.

Generally delegations r given a product tour for familiarisation of the in-house capabilities .

Info on Kaveri derivative engine for powering Ghatak combat stealth UAV , the UAV will also have fluidic thrust vectoring capability.

kabe1:
What does BEL manufacturing specialize in?

Basically it is a electronics , electrical , optoelectronics company . radars , EW , comms , EO products , missile subsystems , avionics , military software products etc etc

They work in multiple domains . More info is in their website . Or u can just search here with ' BEL ' to know some of their products.

That last pic was the model of coastal surveillance system , which is deployed along Indian coasts and friendly countries in Indian Ocean as well as a few African countries with Indian Ocean coastline .

Some of pics of Kaveri derivative engine for powering UCAV

Kaveri derivative engine ( without afterburner ) for powering GHATAK stealth combat UAV

MANIK engine for sub sonic cruise missiles

To the right , model of a HGV ( hypersonic glide vehicle )

start-ups are now actively participating in niche technologies .

kabe1:
It doesn't seem like a lot of deals have been made in this airshow?

Apart from the Tejas MK1A procurement which was always know for a while, nothing else of note.

Could you throw some light?

Don't keep a tab on these perticularly

LCA deal signing was simply formality to add shine to the show . Everything was cleared a month or so ago.

LUH got IOC certificate handed

HTT40 RFP issued I guess

Lots of JVs between local and foreign companies and ToT agreement between DRDO and private / public companies happened.

In Indian expos arms deals r generally not made/signed , what happens is formality of signing it if required , that too for show publicity.

These expos are basically to expose indian companies to each other , indian customers and to foreign customers and companies , so that business links can be established.

More prominence is laid to interaction among the participants , through multiple conferences , both open and closed door.

Pics of Nigerian delegates, looks like they also visited BEL manufacturing unit.

IMRH wind tunnel models and intended sensors and weapons suite.

IMRH will have all glass cockpit configuration with 2 wide area displays ( WAD ) as seen in latest fighter aircrafts.

The avionics configuration is open architecture based.

IMRH will be powered by 2 engines rated at 2000 KW each. It will have dual channel FADEC with cross talk allowing for enhanced safety.

Air intakes are semi dynamic for on demand airflow and the exhausts are divergent .

Main gear box is with 4 stage reduction .

It has tricycle fixed crashworthy wheel landing gear.

IMRH has been designed in a modular fashion ( like LCA ) and HAL is looking to outsource the modules to private industry.

HAL is going beyond one step further than LCA in this. They are willing to partner private firms who would like to take complete ownership of the modules by getting involved right from the detailed design phase itself.

Total requirements for IMRH are also very high at anticipated 314 helicopters ( IA - 100, IAF - 200 , IN-14 )

The business opportunity for IMRH in Indian military domain alone is projected at 314 total with 20 billion dollar worth business over the entire life cycle.

HAL is offering manual blade folding on the IMRH IA/IAF version for smaller storage space. HAL is also offering option for retractable LG, even though the SQR ask for static LG as of now.

HAL is expecting inputs from the Navy so they can offer a Naval version with automatic blade folding and possibly even tailboom folding for ship hanger storage.

Info on HAL IMRH

HAL has been working on IMRH since 2017. They have made considerable progress on IMRH program.

The configuration is frozen based on draft SRQ from the IA/IAF.

A wide variety of roles are envisaged for IMRH in the three services.

So far IA and IAF have given their inputs and their version is at an advanced stage of design.