{"id":3358,"date":"2018-04-18T22:35:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T22:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2018-04-18T22:35:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T22:35:56","slug":"2-billion-iaf-base-protector-gun-contest-begins-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/04\/18\/2-billion-iaf-base-protector-gun-contest-begins-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"$2-BILLION IAF BASE PROTECTOR GUN CONTEST BEGINS NEXT MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/BOFORS-40MM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3360\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/BOFORS-40MM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/BOFORS-40MM.jpg 713w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/BOFORS-40MM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/BOFORS-40MM-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/BOFORS-40MM-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/BOFORS-40MM-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced: Live Fist Defence<\/p>\n<p>By Shiv Aroor<\/p>\n<p>A $2 billion contest to purchase close-in weapon systems for the protection of Indian Air Force bases across the country is expected to begin May 15. Livefist can confirm that the Indian MoD is all set to issue requests for proposal (RFP) next month to a handful of Indian companies following a limited tender issued to them in January this year.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Make in India\u2019 program looks to acquire 244 guns, with four each populating 61 flights with 61 radars.<\/p>\n<p>Close-in weapon systems (CIWS) provide a \u2018final resort\u2019 point defence layer to bring down inbound enemy missiles, aircraft or drones that have managed to evade and penetrate layers of outer air defence that protect a base, site or ship.<\/p>\n<p>Though not directly linked, the Indian MoD cleared the IAF\u2019s requirement for CIWS two months after a Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack on the frontline Pathankot air force base in Punjab which ended with eight Indians killed, including seven security personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.livefistdefence.com\/2018\/04\/2-billion-iaf-base-protector-gun-contest-begins-next-month.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced: Live Fist Defence By Shiv Aroor A $2 billion contest to purchase close-in weapon systems for the protection of Indian Air Force bases across the country is expected to begin May 15. Livefist can confirm that the Indian MoD is all set to issue requests for proposal (RFP) next month to a handful of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/04\/18\/2-billion-iaf-base-protector-gun-contest-begins-next-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">$2-BILLION IAF BASE PROTECTOR GUN CONTEST BEGINS NEXT MONTH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1840],"class_list":["post-3358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","tag-iaf","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3361,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions\/3361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}