New Tank Ammunition for MBT Arjun

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A monthly in-house bulletin of Defence Research & Development Organisation ■ Vol. 36 No. 3 March 2016
New Tank Ammunition for MBT Arjun
Visitors to DRDO Labs/Estts
Gas Turbine Research Establishment
Dr S Christopher, Secretary, Department of
Defence R&D and DG, DRDO, along with
Dr K Tamilmani, DS and DG (Aero Systems)
and Dr CP Ramanarayanan, DS and CC
R&D (HR), visited Gas Turbine Research
Establishment (GTRE), Bengaluru.
Shri MZ Siddique, OS and Director, GTRE,
briefed about the latest achievements in the
engine development programme. Dr Christopher
witnessed the test run demonstrations of
Kaveri and Manik engines.
Naval Materials Research Laboratory
Dr SC Sati, DS and DG (NS&M), visited Naval
Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL),
Ambernath. Dr SB Singh, OS and Director,
NMRL, gave presentation on overall activities
of the NMRL. Dr Sati discussed in details the
ongoing as well as new projects including Air
Independent Propulsion Programme. He visited
the Fuel Cell Department and other Divisions of
the Laboratory.
Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory
Commodore Himanshu Sapre, PDAA, IHQ, MoD
(N), visited Naval Physical and Oceanographic
Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, on 14 January 2016.
He was briefed about NPOL projects.
36th year of Publication
Vol. 36 No. 3 March 2016 ■ ISSN: 0971-4391
Editor-in-Chief
Gopal Bhushan
In this Issue
Senior Editor
B Nityanand
Editor Test Firing of New Tank Ammunition for MBT Arjun 4
Manoj Kumar
Assistant Editor
Geeta Sharma
Design & Pre-press
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Multimedia
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Printing
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Marketing
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Local Correspondents
Ahmednagar: Lt Col. AK Singh, Vehicles Research & Development Establishment
(VRDE); Ambernath: Dr Susan Titus, Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL); DRDO-Industry Meet on Next Generation Protective 4
Balasore/Chandipur: Shri PK Mohanty, Integrated Test Range (ITR); Ensemble
Dr AK Sannigrahi, Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE); Bengaluru: Shri
Subbukutti S, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE); Smt MR Bhuvaneswari,
Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS); Smt Faheema AGJ, Centre for Artificial Intelligence
& Robotics (CAIR); Ms Tripty Rani Bose, Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification
(CEMILAC); Smt Josephine Nirmala M, Defence Avionics Research Establishment
(DARE); Shri Kiran G, Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE); Shri KM
Veerabhadra, Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE); Dr Vishal Kesari,
Microwave Tube Research & Development Centre (MTRDC); Chandigarh: Shri HS
Gusain, Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE); Shri Ashok Kumar Dahiya,
Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL); Chennai: Shri PD Jayaram, Combat
Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE); Dehradun: Shri Abhai
Mishra, Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL); Shri JP Singh, Instruments
Research & Development Establishment (IRDE); Delhi: Shri Ashutosh Bhatnagar,
Centre for Personnel Talent Management (CEPTAM); Dr Rajendra Singh, Centre for
Fire, Explosive & Environment Safety (CFEES); Dr KP Mishra, Defence Institute of
Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS); Shri Ram Prakash, Defence Terrain Research DEAL celebrates Golden Jubilee 5
Laboratory (DTRL); Shri Navin Soni, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences
(INMAS); Smt Anjana Sharma, Institute for Systems Studies & Analyses (ISSA); Dr Indu Raising Day Celebrations 6
Gupta, Laser Science & Technology Centre (LASTEC); Shri Sanjay Pal, Recruitment &
Assessment Centre (RAC); Smt 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); Hyderabad: Shri Hemant Kumar, Advanced
Systems Laboratory (ASL); Dr JK Rai, Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis Group
(ANURAG);Shri JP Singh, Centre for 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 (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 Radhakrishnan, Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory
(NPOL); Leh: Dr Somen Acharya, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR);
Mussoorie: Shri Ashish 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 Patent Clinic 7
SS Arole, Research & Development Establishment (Engrs) [R&DE (E)]; Tezpur: Dr
Jayshree Das, Defence Research Laboratory (DRL); Visakhapatnam: Dr (Mrs) V
Manpower Development Activities 8
Vijaya Sudha, Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL)
Website: http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo-nl
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Personnel News 12
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Sports Round-up 14
Cover: Arjun (file photo). Inset: Penetration-cum-Blast (top left) and
Thermobaric Ammunition (top right). DRDO: Harnessing Science for Peace and Security 15
Social Activities 16
Test Firing of New Tank Ammunition for MBT Arjun
DRDO successfully conducted test
firing of new tank ammunition Penetration-
cum-Blast (PCB) and Thermobaric (TB)
Ammunition, specially designed for Arjun
Tank at Chandipur, Odisha, on 6 January
2016. The trials were very effective and
the damage was devastating with the firing
of ammunition successfully destroying
the target tank and severely damaging
its turret, barrel, tracks, ammunition
bin, various sights, antennas, etc. The
ammunitions have been developed by
Armament Research and Development
Establishment (ARDE) and High Energy
Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), the Pune- The trials were conducted jointly with Army and
based DRDO laboratories. were aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the
An innovative chemical composition has been ammunitions on derelict tank fitted with instrumentation
developed by HEMRL after extensive research for the to measure the shocks, blast pressure and temperature
TB ammunition. The TB ammunition uses oxygen from at various locations and on advanced imaging systems.
air for burning as against the conventional one, in which The trials were unique as for the first time such
the fuel is mixed with the oxydiser. So for equal weight
evaluation was carried out in India. The ammunition will
of explosives, TB ammunition is far more effective.
give a quantum jump to the fire-power of Arjun tank.
During the development phase, these ammunitions
were extensively evaluated against different simulated The technical trials were witnessed by Directors of
targets, viz., armour plates, concrete structures and HEMRL and PXE, Director DQRS, Army representatives
fortifications. and other senior officials from DRDO.
DRDO-Industry Meet on Next Generation Protective Ensemble
A DRDO-Industry Meet was organized by Defence Dr Manas K Mandal, DS and DG (Life Sciences),
Bio-engineering and Electromedical Laboratory DRDO HQ, inaugurated the meet. During his inaugural
(DEBEL), Bengaluru, on 8 January 2016 to evolve address, he emphasized the importance of collaboration
qualitative requirements for the development of among DRDO, private and public institutes and academia
comfortable next generation protective ensemble for to realize state-of-the-art protective equipment to meet
protection against chemical and biological (CB) agents the stringent requirements of the services.
by bringing together all the stakeholders from Services, Brig. PP Malhotra, VSM, DDG PP (CBRN), Army
DRDO, Research Associations and most importantly the HQ, while presenting the User Perspective, highlighted
Industry. the requirements for the next generation protective
ensemble.
Shri UK Singh, Director, DEBEL, and Chairman, Next
Generation Protective Ensemble (NGPE), highlighted Shri Punit Lalbhai, Executive Director, Arvind Group,
the factors that led to the signing of the Project presenting the industry's perspective, highlighted
Agreement and the expectations of all the stakeholders. the potential of technical textiles not only in driving
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the growth of the Indian textile sector but
also in meeting the stringent specification
requirements of protective textiles of the
future.
Three sessions, dedicated to DRDO/
Academia, Textile and Rubber Research
Associations, and Industry were conducted
in which more than hundred participants
from academia, research institutes and
industries participated. The meet captured
the capability and shared the experience of
various stakeholders to define the roadmap
for NGPE. Dr Manas K Mandal delivering the inaugural address
DEAL celebrates Golden Jubilee
Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory
(DEAL), Dehradun, celebrated its Golden Jubilee
on 20 February 2016. DEAL was established
in 1965 as Himalayan Radio Propagation Unit
at Landour Cantt, Mussoorie and shifted to its
present campus in Dehradun in 1976. During its
journey of 50 years, DEAL has followed the vision
to “be a center of excellence in the field of military
communication and surveillance technologies.”
The Golden Jubilee function was inaugurated
by Dr S Christopher, Secretary, Department
of Defence R&D, and Director General
DRDO. The function was also graced by
Dr KD Nayak, DG (MED&CoS); Dr Manas K
Mandal, DG (LS); Dr Satish Kumar, DG (MSS); In his address Dr RS Pundir, Director, DEAL,
Dr G Athithan, CC R&D (SAM); Shri Mohamad elaborated the achievements of DEAL and said, “with
Hafizur Rahaman, CC R&D (TM); Dr SC Sati, DG an outstanding contribution by providing state-of-the-
(NS&M); Dr SS Negi, Director, IRDE; dignitaries from art products and technologies to the Armed forces in
DRDO HQ and present and former employees of the past five decades, DEAL in its Golden Jubilee Year
DEAL. Former Directors of DEAL, viz., Dr EB Rao, is committed in its endeavoring mission to empower
Dr Shanker Swaroop, Shri VP Sandlas and Shri Asok services with wireless communication and surveillance
Sen were felicitated with a memento of appreciation. technologies.”
In his inaugural address, Dr Christopher highlighted A souvenir highlighting the journey of DEAL and
the importance of the research and development for its achievements was released on this occasion and a
Armed forces and appreciated the work in cutting-edge short documentary elucidating the saga of five decades
technologies being carried out by DEAL in the area of was also screened. Various developed systems
Military Software Defined Radios, Cognitive Radios, and technologies under development at DEAL were
Data Links for UAVs and AEW&CS, Data Links, etc. showcased to the guests.
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Raising Day Celebrations
Aerial Delivery Research & Development
Establishment
Aerial Delivery Research and Development
Establishment (ADRDE), Agra, celebrated its 48th
Raising Day on 20 January 2016. The function was
inaugurated by Shri Debasish Chakraborti, Director,
ADRDE, by lighting the lamp along with other senior
officers of the laboratory. The day was filled with
cultural programmes by employees, their children and
professional artists. A Fonian Army band also performed
as part of cultural event. Retired employees of ADRDE
also attended the function.
Dr SB Singh addressing employees of NMRL
Smt Anuradha Mishra, Principal Income Tax
Commissioner, distributed sports prizes to the winner of participate in Swachh Lab Campaign by condemning
various sports events organised to mark the occasion. unused items in each Department. He urged the
Laboratory-level DRDO Awards were distributed to the employees to rise to the occasion to meet the set targets
meritorious employees. and challenges. Dr Narayana Das presented awards
to the employees for their meritorious performances in
their field of activities.
The employees, who completed 25 years service
in DRDO were felicitated with mementos. Retired
employees of NMRL also graced the occasion with their
presence. A cultural programme was also arranged
where the employees and their children participated.
Research & Development Establishment
(Engineers)
Research and Development Establishment
(Engineers) [R&DE (E)], Pune, celebrated its 54th
Kids performing on ADRDE Annual Day
Raising Day on 9 February 2016. As a part of Annual
Naval Materials Research Laboraory
Day celebrations, Aga Memorial Lecture was organised
Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL), in honour of Brig. Aga, the founder Director of R&DE (E).
Ambernath, celebrated its 63rd Lab Raising Day on The lecture was delivered by Lt Gen RJ Noronha, AVSM,
5 January 2016. Dr J Narayana Das, Raja Ramanna SM, Chief-of-Staff, Southern Command.
Fellow graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and
A Samagam of former employees of R&DE (E)
addressed the gathering.
and young employees was also organised to share
Dr SB Singh, OS and Director, NMRL, in his welcome experiences and tacit knowledge. Mementos were
address stressed for setting targets for the year and to distributed to employees who completed 25 years of
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service. Laboratory-level DRDO Awards and
Cash Awards were given away to the meritorious
employees. A colourful cultural programme by
the employees of the establishment was the
highlight of the Annual Day Celebration.
Annual sports were also organised during the
week and prizes were distributed to the winners
of the various sport competitions.
Lt Gen RJ Noronha delivering Aga Memorial Lecture
Patent Clinic
Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory of technologies developed by the laboratory as key
(NPOL), Kochi, in association with Directorate of strategic necessity.
Extramural Research and Intellectual Property Rights
Programme focused on the use of patent information
(ER & IPR), DRDO HQ, New Delhi, organized a Patent
for Defence R&D projects, importance of patenting
Clinic on 29 January 2016 to promote the awareness on
defence export products and patent drafting, etc. As
the essentiality and importance of patents. Dr Reji John,
part of the programme, scientists were helped at their
Sc F, Chairman, ER & IPR Council, NPOL, welcomed
work bench on patent drafting.
the participants.
Shri Avinash Kumar, Additional Director, and
Shri S Kedarnath Shenoy, OS and Director, NPOL, Dr Nidhi Sandal, Joint Director, Directorate of ER & IPR,
in his opening remarks emphasized the importance of DRDO HQ, were the resource persons. The programme
obtaining and safeguarding intellectual property rights concluded with an interactive session.
Shri S Kedarnath Shenoy interacting with the participants
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Manpower Development Activities
Conferences/Seminars/Symposia/Training Courses/Meetings
All India Joint Scientific and Technical In his inaugural address, Shri Gopal Bhushan
Hindi Conference presented the vision of Secretary Department of Defence
R&D and DG DRDO on making DRDO globally visible
To promote the use of Rajbhasha Hindi in the scientific
through DRDO website and how DESIDOC is trying to
domain, a two-day All India Joint Scientific and Technical
meet with his aspiration. He said that all DRDO labs
Hindi Conference was organized by DEAL, Dehradun
are equal stakeholders in this effort and therefore must
during 28-29 January 2016. Shri Rajendramani Tripathi,
do their bid as expected from them. To begin with, he
Surveyor General, Survey of India, was the Chief
expected that labs would send updated contents for the
Guest on the occasion. The conference was jointly
website being revamped. He briefly touched the status of
organized with Instruments Research and Development
the website. In the end he appreciated the lab Directors
Establishment (IRDE) Dehradun, Institute of Technology
for deputing lab representatives for the meeting on a
Management (ITM) Mussoorie and Defence Institute
short notice and thanked all participants.
of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER), Haldwani. Thirty-
nine research papers on communication, surveillance,
The meeting comprised two technical sessions on
agricultural and management techniques in defence area
"Single Window Services on DRONA" and "Revamping
were presented during the conference. The inaugural
of DRDO Website." Participants discussed various
function was graced by Dr RS Pundir, Director, DEAL,
issues like policy guidelines on info to be given on
Dr Mohammed Nasim, Director, DIBER and senior
Internet; time bound content approval; showcasing of
scientists of the organizing laboratories.
DRDO developed exported products; online/streaming
of videos of eminent scientists; online content approval
by the concerned authorities; introduction of expiry
date of dynamic contents; load balancing of website;
classification of contents on the website under three
broad categories, viz., air, land and sea; login-based
internet portal, where DRDO scientists and staff can
interact; DRDO events’ calendar on the home page
of website for advertisement; space for international
collaboration on DRDO homepage; option for interaction
with other academic institution, etc.
Inaugural of S&T Hindi Conference organised by DEAL
DRDO Web Coordinators’ & DRONA
Administrators’ Meet
Defence Scientific Information and Documentation
Centre (DESIDOC), Delhi, organised meetings of DRDO
Web Coordinators' and DRONA Administrators' on 8
February 2016. Shri Nishant Kumar, Sc D, Coordinator
of the Meeting, gave a brief about DRDO website DRDO Web Coordinators’
and shared the objective and purpose of the meeting. &
DRONA Administrators’ Meet
Shri Gopal Bhushan, Director DESIDOC, chaired the
meeting. Shri Gopal Bhushan delivering the inaugural address
8 March 2016
Workshop on Night-Vision Empowering for bringing synergy among services, researchers and
Technologies technologists.
A one-day workshop on Night-Vision Course for Retiring Employees of NPOL
Empowering Technologies (NVET–2015), was
Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory
organized by Instruments Research and
(NPOL), Kochi, organized an In-house Course for
Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun.
Retiring Employees of NPOL (INCREON)–2016 during
The workshop focused on latest cutting-edge
technological products designed and developed 9-10 February 2016 for the benefit of the employees
by IRDE, Dehradun, for the use of Indian Army. who are due to retire in 2016. The aim of the course
Shri Avnish Kumar, Sc G, and the Convener of the was to provide a strong knowledge to the participants
workshop welcomed the Chief Guest Lt Gen AB and their spouses for planning a peaceful, healthy and
Shivane, VSM, DGMF, and the participants. Dr SS Negi, fruitful retired life. Shri S Kedarnath Shenoy, OS and
OS and Director, IRDE, elaborated on the objectives and Director, NPOL, inaugurated the course and highlighted
plans of the workshop. He emphasized on the need of the relevance and significance of the course.
multi-sensors, multi weapons, and advanced integrated
Topics covered in the course included: socio-
fire control system platforms to neutralize the Omni-
psycho aspects of retired life, financial management,
Directional threats of complex warfare scenario.
pensionary benefits, medical reimbursement under
Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and tips
Lt Gen Shivane, addressed the need for automatic
for healthy living. The resource persons comprised
weapons functioning in all weather day and night
financial consultants, physicians and psychologists and
situations and suggested DRDO to focus on the design
included experts both from NPOL and other renowned
and development of equipment at par with contemporary
institutions and hospitals in Kochi. The course served
global systems.
as a platform for the participants to share their valuable
Four specialized lectures were delivered by the experiences as well to update their knowledge on
experts in the areas of Thermal Imaging, Image various schemes, rules and regulations useful for the
Intensifier Tubes, Lasers, and Stabilization and Fire retiring personnel. Dr Sapana Pavithran, Sc E, was the
Control Systems. Delegates were showcased the state- Course Coordinator.
of-the-art products for search, surveillance and tracking
CEP on Marine Photonics for Naval
of enemy targets for various platforms. The workshop
Applications
brought out the achievements and future roadmap in the
field of Night Vision Empowering Technologies for India NPOL, Kochi, conducted a course on Marine
Photonics for Naval Applications during 18-22
January 2016 under the Continuing Education
Programme (CEP) of DRDO. The course aimed
to update the knowledge of the participants on the
latest trends and techniques on the above subject.
Shri Mohan P Mathew, Associate Director, NPOL,
inaugurated the course and delivered the keynote
address.
The topics covered in the course included: basics of
optics and ocean science, fiber optics and its applications,
fiber optic hydrophones, applications of lasers in naval
warfare, optics for underwater applications, etc. Visit
Lt Gen AB Shivane inaugurating NVET-2015 to facilities and demonstrations of underwater laser
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Participants of the course on Marine Photonics for Naval Applications
communication and fiber optic hydrophones were creativity and barriers on creativity. Participants being in
arranged for the participants to provide more exposure. the age group of 25 to 35 years, appreciated the efforts
The faculty consisted of scientists from NPOL, of PXE for conducting the highly useful programme.
LASTEC, SSPL, LRDE, IRDE and Professors from Shri R Appavuraj, OS and Director, PXE, presided over
IISc, Bangalore, Cochin University of Science and the valedictory function.
Technology (CUSAT), Indian Institute of Space Science
and Technology (IIST), Thirvananthapuram and industry
experts from SFO Technologies, NEST Group, Cochin.
Shri S Kedarnath Shenoy, OS and Director, NPOL,
presided over the valedictory function and distributed
the certificates. Dr T Santhanakrishnan, Sc E, was the
Course Director.
Self Awareness Workshop for Proof Ladies
A one-day workshop for 25 ladies of PXE family was
organized at Proof and Experimental Establishment
(PXE), Chandipur, on 30 December 2015 for
bringing awareness on Impact of Parental Attitude on Inauguration of the workshop by the participants
Development of Child and their Creativity under the
National Conference on Advances in
guidance of Dr AK Sannigrahi, Additional Director, PXE.
Sensors: from Lab to Field
The workshop was inaugurated by the participants
themselves. There were discussions on parental Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad,
attitude, factors for development of attitudes in child, organised National Conference on Advances in
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