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India, US agree on arms deal, but technology transfer remains key

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Rajat Pandit, TNN | Aug 9, 2014, 05.34AM IST

NEW DELHI: India and the US on Friday agreed to go in for co-development and co-production of advanced weapon systems, with Washington pushing New Delhi for early decisions on offers ranging from the next-generation Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).Modi-Chuk

But India will not jump headlong into any venture without first ensuring the US sticks to its promise to provide “ground-breaking technology” on par with its closest allies, even though the Modi government is keen to strengthen the moribund domestic defence production sector.

The decision to revive the floundering Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI) between the two countries, as also work towards the extension of the 10-year India-US defence framework, was taken after visiting US defence secretary Chuck Hagel held delegation-level talks with his Indian counterpart Arun Jaitley.
But India is still not fully convinced about the US as a reliable long-term, high-end defence supplier, given its propensity to impose sanctions and stringent export control laws. The US, however, believes it can effectively marry trade and technology, with benefits for both.

Stressing that “security, stability, freedom of sea lanes, economic development and energy” is in the interest of the two countries as well as the Asia-Pacific region, Hagel said the US wants to be a partner in India’s military modernization and recognises its needs to strengthen its defence-industrial base.
The US will be led by its under secretary of defence acquisition, technology and logistics Frank Kendall in the DTTI. The Indian points-man, in turn, will be the defence production secretary, which is a comedown from before since former national security advisor Shivshankar Menon earlier led the initiative. Jaitley, incidentally, accepted Hagel’s invite to visit Pentagon when he goes to Washington to attend the annual meetings of IMF and World Bank.

Of all the joint development and production offers, the US is especially keen to push the case for fourth-generation Javelin ATGMs, which even President Barack Obama has personally pushed with Modi. The Indian ATGM project, after all, is going to be worth over $2.5 billion. Javelin is in contention with the Israeli “Spike” tank-killing missiles to bag the project, as was earlier reported by TOI.

With the 1.13-million Indian Army grappling with a huge shortfall of 44,000 ATGMs of different types, the project involves an initial direct acquisition of the man-portable “tank killers”, with a strike range of 2.5km, followed by technology transfer to defence PSU Bharat Dynamics for large-scale indigenous manufacture. The Army is keen to equip all its 382 infantry battalions with third and fourth-generation ATGMs.

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Vladimir Sikorski (Ulyanovsk. Russia) 3 hrs ago
In the 50’s and 60’s the Russians supplied us with their MIG’s, T-72 tanks and other weapons. The technology was transferred at that time. What happened after that. Were you guys able to develop further from that platform and make your own planes. No. The French transferred their Mirage aircraft technology in the 70’s and 80’s. Did you develop your own from that platform. No. It took 30 years to develop a 3rd generation aircraft called the Tejas. The Arjun tank was forced on the Army. So why do you Indians keep harping about technology transfer. Even after we give you all the books and manuals and the design features for a product, your paan chewing babu’s of the DRDO and the Defence Ministry are unable to develop anything over and above that. It is way better and cheaper to employ German and Japanese engineers and scientists, pay them well in India and they will develop your arms industry for you. You don’t have much time. World War III is round the corner.

Himanshu Agarwal (Location) replies to Vladimir Sikorski 54 mins ago Bronze : 189189 PointsWordsmith 1News King 1Frequent Flyer 2
Yeah probably India should focus of Developing worlds class universities and then investing similar amount to restructure and new-hiring in DRDO.

Jagdish Sinha (Patna. Bihar) 1 day ago
The USA now is willing to give all the technology India wants as it knows that the idiots in DRDO cannot duplicate or build on anything. The technology for the MIG and the T-90 tanks was transferred by Russia long time ago but we are still unable to build on it and innovate based on the earlier model. It took 30 years to build the Tejas. What a joke it turned out to be. The tech for the French planes was also provided, but just to upgrade the planes they spent billions and had to send them to France. Poor show India.

Swami Vas (Hong Kong) 103 Followers1 day ago Gold : 19.5K19495 PointsInfluencer 7Wordsmith 7Networker 2
PULSE OF INDIA: The fact that India is unconvinced of the reliability of US as a trustworthy defence supplier is absolutely understandable and perfect, considering the past experiences where the US had utterly failed to keep its promises on some important deals. So, it is only right for India to insist that all major deals should be fair and wherever appropriate include transfer of technology which was rightly pinpointed by the Prime Minister. The US belief that it can “effectively marry trade and technology” benefitting both is simply yet another striking example of marriage of convenience! The defence needs of India are indeed varied and important, some even urgent, but the Indian requirements are also huge and long-standing. Thus, it is important for India to ensure continuity in the supply chain which can only be achieved by establishing manufacturing facilities within the country. The keenness of US to strike deals with India on the latest weapons is also equally understandable, especially considering the money-value of the deal as well as its own role as a leading defence equipment exporter but the US should know that from now on all deals with India will have to be on a win-win situation basis! However important or urgent the defence needs are to modernize its armed forces, India should indeed not hurry or plunge into any deals without knowing the depth! India is the largest democracy in the world followed by the US but whether they have been truly friendly or why the US has failed to extend a hand of friendship befitting that status are debatable issues. But one thing is for certain which the world should know that the 21st Century India presently under Modi leadership is going to be a power to be reckoned with! (cc: BJPCALL-LC / PMO /MOD)

Krishna Jha:22 hours ago US Is the leader in front line technology. Before signing any agreement we must ask for TOT. Why to reinvent the wheel. As our limitations to re engineer MIG has been unsuccessful but translating blue more..

 

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RTI-EDK- PATENT – Who is the real inventor

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To,                                                                                                          5th August 2014
Dr. RB Sharma, CPIO
DRDO HQ, Min. of Defence
DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg
New Delhi-110011                          

Hello,

Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 in respect of Explosive Detection Kit (EDK) of DRDO. DRDO filed a patent application No 524/DEL/1996 dated 12-Mar-1996 for “A PROCESS FOR EXPLOSIVE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION”. The patent granted vide patent no 238663 dated 16 Feb 2010. As per GOI website of Intellectual Property of India the name of Patentee -THE CHIEF CONTROLLER RESEARCH, Applicant Address- B-341, SENA BHAWAN DHQ P.O. NEW DELHI 110011, INDIA Copy enclosed

Inventors:

1 RABINDRA KUMAR SINHA

2 USHADEVI RAMACHANDRAN NAIR

3 HIRA LAL YADAV

4 JAMAN SINGH GHARIA

As per HEMRL letter No HEMRL/TS/3341 dated 8th March 2010 mentioned that Ms Reny M Roy, Scientist C is the innovator of EDK. Copy enclosed.

CNN-IBN & Infosys present – Innovating for a Better Tomorrow also present Dr Reny M Roy, DRDO scientist-For developing the Explosive Detection Kit (EDK) that uses chemicals to trigger reactions and detect explosives

  1. Provide the document on which HEMRL letter No HEMRL/TS/3341 dated 8th March 2010 mentioned that Ms Reny M Roy, Scientist C is the innovator of EDK.
  2. Provide the document of approval for participation in CNN-IBN program Innovating for a Better Tomorrow to Dr Reny M Roy, DRDO scientist

Note : Matter is directly related to corruption and not exempted under Section 24 (1), as enclosed  letter of HEMRL and information available in website of Intellectual Property of India are contradictory, it is the clear cut case of abuse of power by DRDO officials.

Regards

Prabhu  Dandriyal,
21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun -248008
Phone 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,
e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com  website www.corruptionindrdo.com

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A PROCESS FOR EXPLOSIVE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION (EDK)
A PROCESS FOR EXPLOSIVE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION (EDK)
Statement of Case for US Visit of Ms Reny M Roy, Scientist C is the innovator of EDK
Statement of Case for US Visit of Ms Reny M Roy, Scientist C is the innovator of EDK

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Dr Reny M Roy, DRDO scientist: For developing the Explosive Detection Kit (EDK) that uses chemicals to trigger reactions and detect explosives.

US to manufacture, market DRDO’s Explosive Detection Kit
PTI Aug 3, 2013, 03.21PM IST

WASHINGTON: In a first of its kind of reverse technology sharing between India and the US, an innovative Explosive Detection Kit developed by Indian scientists would be manufactured in America and sold globally for quick detection and identification of combinations of explosives. …………………………………………………
Reny M Roy, the Indian scientist who developed this technology, said that the EDK kits have been successfully used in preventing several terrorists’ attacks and even immediately detecting the type of explosive used in the event of a bomb blast.

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http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2011/jan01-11/h4.htm

“I got the idea for making an EDK kit in pellets form when I saw my daughter working with her colour palette,” says Roy.

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August 4, 2013 · Chennai ·
When Reny Roy was assigned a project 15 years ago, she had no idea it would one day get a Washington DC debut as India’s first defense technology transfer to the United States.
The project headed by Roy, a scientist at DRDO’s explosives lab in Pune, led to the creation of Explosive Detection Kit (EDK), which makes it easy to detect all kinds of explosive, especially those used by terrorists.
The kit was launched in Washington on Friday for production and sale in the US and other countries in the region, by Crowe and Company, a South Carolina firm.
It is currently undergoing tests by US military and other security agencies but may soon be headed for use by coalition forces in Afghanistan through a non-profit.
AND THE PATENT IS OF COURSE OF INDIA……

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/when-drdos-party-in-the-us-almost-went-for-a-toss/20130809.htm

When DRDO’s party in the US almost went for a toss
August 09, 2013 11:30 IST

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—————–DRDO Director General Dr Avinash Chander, Dr S Radhakrishnan, Director, Services Interaction and Technology Acquisition, DRDO, Dr S Sunderesh, Chief Controller, R & D, DRDO, Dr Reny M Roy, Scientist at DRDO who lead the team that develop the EDK, and others, immediately from the airport after dumping their baggage at THE HOTEL, had to rush to the US Chamber of Commerce building where hundreds of administration officials, defence industry representatives and fellow scientists had assembled for the official launch

 

http://www.chinesedefence.com/forums/indian-defence/6164-reverse-technology-transfer.html

Reverse Technology Transfer.

“In a first of its kind of reverse technology sharing between India and the US, an innovative Explosive Detection Kit developed by Indian scientists would be manufactured in America and sold globally for quick detection and identification of combinations of explosives.
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This was probably for the first time that technology developed by Indian Defence Research & Development Organisation(DRDO) was being manufactured and marketed in the US, officials and industry partners said.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-grabs-wallet-sized-bomb-detector-created-by-indian-scientist/article1-1102661.aspx

US grabs wallet-sized bomb detector created by Indian scientist

Yashwant Raj, Hindustan Times
Washington, August 03, 2013

When Reny Roy was assigned a project 15 years ago, she had no idea it would one day get a Washington DC debut as India’s first defense technology transfer to the United States.

The project headed by Roy, a scientist at DRDO’s explosives lab in Pune, led to the creation of Explosive Detection Kit (EDK), which makes it easy to detect all kinds of explosive, especially those used by terrorists.
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“It feels great,” said Roy after the launch with her boss SN Asthana, a man of few words, standing by her side.
Roy got the project “around 1997” with a brief to develop something to stop terrorists. But it was not a priority, not like DRDO’s more glamorous Agni, Arjun and the LCA projects.

 

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DRDO Indian Explosive Kit Market By US

Reny Roy 15 Years Hard Work Project

15 Years ago this project was assigned to Reny Roy, at that time she was not aware of that one day Washington DC introduction as India’s first defense technology move to the United States.

The project head Roy, a scientist at DRDO’s explosives lab in Pune, lead to the formation of Explosive Detection Kit (EDK), which makes it simple to sense all kinds of explosive, particularly those used by terrorists all over world.

Meghalay Guardian 4 August 2013
Meghalay Guardian 4 August 2013
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The people of India looking forward to Sh Avinash Chander, DG, DRDO for his next visit to US for Signed MOU with “The Cookie Lady,”

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The Explosive Detection Kit (EDK) was launched at the US Chamber of Commerce building in Washington. The event welcomed by all print and electronic media across the globe. Even our honorable parliament also noticed and SHRI A.K. ANTONY informed parliament against UNSTARRED Lok Sabha QUESTION NO 2583 that “The kit was launched by a US Company, Crowe & Co. On 2nd August, 2013. DRDO has granted a license on non-exclusive basis to sell EDK in countries other than India and on exclusive basis for manufacture & sales in US”

The Indian premier defence organization DRDO having annual budget of more than 10000 crores and the US firm having $ 100000 annual turnover.

What are the hidden agenda behind this event by spending crores of crores rupees as almost 10 to twelve persons along with Sh Avinash Chander’s wife ( may be own expenses) also went to US. Govt of India spends a hefty some of amount for the event to please the family of Ms Fay A Crowe, CEO, Crowe & Co, LLC without having no credential and subsequently the whole Crowe family enjoyed the dinner at Ambassador’s residence with poor tax payers money.

In India to purchase Rs 10000 item the department ask the previous experience / cliental list / turn over etc? But in the case of Crowe & Co who verified the credentials from DRDO only GOD knows.

How much money received by DRDO/ Govt of India against licensing /rights for manufacturing of EDK in USA?

Does DRDO think that this Crowe & Co with annual turnover $ 100000 can manufactured the EDK?

Please go through the launching program photographs which are available in Crowe & co Face book, the face book profile was created on 5th August 2013, which tells all stories behind the scene.

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DG, DRDO ki Shan
At the Indian Ambassador's residence with Ambassador Rao — with Jennifer Crowe, Eudoxie Merchant Broussard, Fay Crowe and Germaine Broussard.
At the Indian Ambassador’s residence with Ambassador Rao — with Jennifer Crowe, Eudoxie Merchant Broussard, Fay Crowe and Germaine Broussard.
Mission successfully accomplished
Mission successfully accomplished
“The Cookie Lady,"
“The Cookie Lady,”Germaine Broussard, “The Cookie Lady,” takes a sheet of cookies out of her oven in her McLean, Va., home. Broussard has been baking cookies for troops overseas for a year and a half. Photo by Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
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झूठ बोले —-  काटे काले — से डरियो

 

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When DRDO’s party in the US almost went for a toss

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Rediff.com  » News » August 09, 2013 11:30 IST

Apparently some officials in the United States consulates in India do not seem to have received the memo about sanctions against Indian entities like the Defence Research and Development Organisation, Indian Space Research Organisation, etc, which were imposed immediately after the May 1998 Pokhran nuclear explosions, being lifted years ago.

Or, still lurking in the shadows of the US State Department are non-proliferation ayatollahs who have not forgiven India for its nuclear tests and are totally opposed to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.

These could be the only possible explanations why visa applications of some of the DRDO delegation members were rejected or delayed, which almost made them, miss the official launch last week of the DRDO-developed Explosive Detection Kit in Washington, which was a historic reverse technology transfer by India to the US.

But what is ironical here is that the leading research scientists from DRDO who had applied for visas and were part of the delegation slated to attend the official launch of the EDK had developed and were now transferring a technology that was going to save the continued killing of US troops from IEDs.

This visa issue had gotten so embarrassing that former Defence Secretary William Cohen, now a member of the US-India Business Council’s board of directors, who was presiding along with Ambassador Nirupama Rao at the launch, had to prevail upon Secretary of State John F Kerry and get the visas okayed.

Obviously, not wanting this visa issue to colour the growing Indo-US defence relationship, which he has been promoting assiduously, Cohen said at the outset of the launch that ‘we tend to accentuate the negative in our relationship with India over the years,’ but acknowledged that ‘this most recent snafu about getting visas cleared,’ didn’t help.

Cohen said, ‘We complain about Indian bureaucracy frequently and we only have to look at the mirror and see what happened to American bureaucracy.

‘And thanks to the activities of Secretary Kerry, who at least tried to rectify the errors that we made,’ he said.

In welcoming the DRDO delegation, Cohen said, ‘So we apologize for your delay and I know as a frequent traveller what it means to get off a plane after flying 14 hours and to come directly to a meeting such as this.’

‘So, we are honoured that you are here, embarrassed that we somehow forced you to delay your trip and not give you enough time to rest before coming.’

DRDO Director General Dr Avinash Chander, Dr S Radhakrishnan, Director, Services Interaction and Technology Acquisition, DRDO, Dr S Sunderesh, Chief Controller, R & D, DRDO, Dr Reny M Roy, Scientist at DRDO who lead the team that develop the EDK, and others, immediately from the airport after dumping their baggage at the hotel, had to rush to the US Chamber of Commerce building where hundreds of administration officials, defence industry representatives and fellow scientists had assembled for the official launch.

Aziz Haniffa in Washington, DC

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Historic reverse technology transfer by India to the US 

US Company details

As per available records of Ms Faye Crowe, CEO, Crowe and Company 975 Bacons Bridge Road Summerville, SC 29485 USA in Internet is following

Crowe And Company, LLC

975 Bacons Bridge Road
Summerville, SC 29485  
Phone: (843) 991-6759
Company Contacts – Fay Crowe
Business Information
Website: crowderscustomizing.com
Location Type            – Single Location
State of Incorporation          South Carolina
Year Established        2007

Annual Revenue Estimate    100000

Employees      2

SIC Code         8742, Management Consulting Services
NAICS Code    541613, Marketing Consulting Services
Business Categories  
Distribution Channels Consultants in Summerville, SC
Distribution channels consultant
Management Consulting Services
 
Ms Reny M Roy, DRDO Sceintist and Sh Satish R Nayak visited the  M/s Crowe and Company on May 2010, Question is how and what they evaluate above US firm – GOD KNOWS
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Response: US based Firm Crowe & Company, South Carolina, USA signed MoU with DRDO, Ministry of Defence

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To-  1.     DRDO – dpidrdo@hqr.drdo.in”, “dpidrdo@gmail.com”
        2.     USIBC-   usibc@uschamber.com,nmehra@usibc.com
        3.    Department of Defense – erms@osd.mil
        4.    Embassy of India Washington, D.C., USA

Dear Sir,

                 The following mail received from the office of honorable Nancy Powell the ambassador of US in India in reply of my request. She has recommended referring the request raised to the source companies/organizations   (i.e., DRDO, USIBC and U.S. Army) or the Embassy of India Washington, D.C., USA.

I request you to please provide following available informations in your end.

With warm regards

Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal                                                                                                            21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008                                                                                     Phone – 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879, e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com                         website – www.corruptionindrdo.com

NDBox WebMail <NDBoxWebMail@state.gov>
to:        “prabhudoon@gmail.com” <prabhudoon@gmail.com>
date:    Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:58 PM
subject:            Response: US based Firm Crowe & Company, South Carolina, USA signed MoU with DRDO,    Ministry of Defence
mailed-by:      state.gov

Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 9:43 AM
Subject: Response: US based Firm Crowe & Company, South Carolina, USA signed MoU with DRDO, Ministry of Defence

Dear Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal,

Thank you for your letter dated April 12, 2014.  Ambassador Powell asked that I respond to your letter on her behalf. Unfortunately, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi does not have purview over the questions you raise.  We recommend you direct your questions to the source companies/organizations for your inquiry (i.e., DRDO, USIBC and U.S. Army) or the Embassy of India Washington, D.C., USA.

With kind regards

 From: Prabhu Dandriyal [mailto:prabhudoon@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 10:43 PM
To: NDBox WebMail
Subject: US based Firm Crowe & Company, South Carolina, USA signed MoU with DRDO, Ministry of Defence

To                                                                       12th April 2014
Honorable Ambassador Nancy J. Powell,
U.S. Embassy,
Shantipath, Chanakyapuri,
 New Delhi – 110021                                                                                    

Subject:  US based Firm Crowe & Company, South Carolina, USA signed MoU with DRDO, Ministry of Defence, GOI 

Honorable Madam,

                                   On 2nd August 2013 a MoU signed in US Chamber of Commerce, 615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062 by Ms Faye Crowe, CEO, Crowe and Company 975 Bacons Bridge Road Summerville, SC 29485 USA with Shri Avinash Chander, Scietific Adviser to Raksha Mantri, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and DG, DRDO in presence of then Indian Ambassador Ms Nirupama Rao.

On this occasion Dr John Holdren, Senior Adviser to the US President on S&T, Ron Somers, President, USIBC and former US Defence Secretary,William S Cohen were among the guest.

Some News papers quote ““We are hoping that (technology transfer) would be a two way street,” former US Defence Secretary William S Cohen said, adding that this is a very significant step. He described it as a very “excellent example” of reverse technology transfer.

(http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/us-to-manufacture-market-drdos-explosive-detection-kit/article4985275.ece)

“We are planning to introduce the EDK to the US Army and US homeland security forces and in other international markets after getting necessary approvals from the US regulatory institutions,” said Fay Crowe, CEO and president of the company.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/india-s-drdo-launches-explosive-detection-kit-in-us_866386.html

The launch of EDK in the US was significant in more ways than one, said the Indian ambassador Nirupama Rao, who described the transfer of technology as “an important milestone in the process of evolution of India-US strategic partnership.”

http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/india-launches-explosive-detection-kit-in-us-1.1216355

Chander was upbeat over first of DRDO developed products getting globalised with the transfer of Indian technology to the US which not long ago looked at the DRDO “as a very reluctant supplier”.

http://www.theweekendleader.com/Headlines/1407/india’s-drdo-launches-explosive-detection-kit-in-us.html

Fay Crowe, owner of the company now manufacturing the selling these kits in the US, said she believed the kit could have prevented the Boston Marathon explosions.

The kit was launched in Washington on Friday for production and sale in the US and other countries in the region, by Crowe and Company, a South Carolina firm.

It is currently undergoing tests by US military and other security agencies but may soon be headed for use by coalition forces in Afghanistan through a non-profit

http://idrw.org/?p=2519

SOURCE: HINDUSTAN TIMES

“This kit has a much better field deployable position than other items. We have just signed an agreement with a US company to take the technology to South America. The technology would be presented to the Columbian Defense Ministry and to Panama and across the world,” Crowe said.

It is India which holds the patent on the technology, and Crowe has paid an unspecified amount to commercialise it in the US and would also pay royalty on the EDK kits sold.

“Yes”, she said when asked if Boston bombings could have been prevented if the technology was available in the US at that time.

“I believe that it could have been deployed in Boston and with proper training if the kits were in use…at large events, it would every easy to implement a posture where you can detect explosives,” she said.

THE ECONOMIC TIMES

As per available records of Ms Faye Crowe, CEO, Crowe and Company 975 Bacons Bridge Road Summerville, SC 29485 USA in Internet is following

Crowe And Company, LLC
975 Bacons Bridge Road
Summerville, SC 29485  
Phone: (843) 991-6759
Company Contacts – Fay Crowe
Business Information
Website: crowderscustomizing.com
Location Type            – Single Location
State of Incorporation          South Carolina
Year Established        2007
Annual Revenue Estimate    100000
Employees      2
SIC Code         8742, Management Consulting Services
NAICS Code    541613, Marketing Consulting Services
Business Categories  
Distribution Channels Consultants in Summerville, SC
Distribution channels consultant
Management Consulting Services

As a vigilant citizen of India I request you to please help me to know  the truth of above mention statements made by Ms Fay Crowe CEO, Crowe and Company 975 Bacons Bridge Road Summerville, SC 29485 USA.

1.      Whether she and her company is competent for such tie with Indian Defence Premier Organization DRDO, Ministry of Defence, GOI.

2.      Whether she applied for necessary approvals from the US regulatory institutions as claimed by Ms Faye Crowe, CEO, Crowe and Company.

3.      Whether she introduced the EDK to the US Army and US homeland security forces as claimed by Ms Faye Crowe, CEO, Crowe and Company.

4.      As per news paper Ms Faye Crowe, CEO, Crowe and Company has paid an unspecified amount to commercialise it in the US and would also pay royalty on the EDK kits sold. Any approval for financial deal was worked out with DRDO.

5.      As per news paper “It is currently undergoing tests by US military and other security agencies but may soon be headed for use by coalition forces in Afghanistan through a non-profit.  In this regard information may kindly be provided.

Hope you will take it seriously for the sake of dignity of both countries.

With warm regards
Prabhu Dayal Dandriyal
21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun-248008
Phone – 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879,
e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com  website – www.corruptionindrdo.com

 

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US Firm Signs Pact to Acquire DRDO’S Technology for Explosive Detection Kit

A USA based firm Crowe & Company, LLC has entered into a licensing agreement with DRDO to acquire the technology of Explosive Detection Kit developed by the High Energy Material Research Lab (HEMRL), Pune, one of the constituent laboratories of DRDO. An MoU to the effect was signed by Dr. Subhananda Rao, Director HEMRL on behalf of DRDO, and Ms. Faye Crowe, President, Crowe & Company, LLC, USA here today.

HEMRL has developed the kit for quick detection and identification of explosives that can detect and identify explosives based on any combination of nitro esters, nitramines, trinitrotoluene (TNT), dynamite or black powder. The testing requires only 3 to 5 mg of suspected sample and only 3 or 4 drops of reagents. The explosive detection kit comes packed in a box the size of a vanity case and in miniature vials that can be kept in shirt pockets. It contains reagents capable of detecting explosives, even in extremely small, trace quantities.

Crowe & Company had approached FICCI under DRDO-FICCI, ATAC programme to enter into MoU for licensing agreement with DRDO for the said technology. In the past FICCI has also facilitated a similar kind of licensing agreement for explosive detection kit between DRDO an Indian company, named, Vantage Integrated Security Solutions (P) Ltd. The DRDO – FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment & Commercialisation (ATAC) programme is a unique initiative that aims for commercialisation of cutting edge technologies developed by various labs of DRDO for civilian applications.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Prahlada, Distinguished Scientist & Chief Controller R&D (Aeronautics & Services Interaction), DRDO, the key architect of DRDO-FICCI ATAC initiative, said “the ATAC programme has achieved a major milestone with the US Company taking DRDO technology for use by US homeland security and for international markets.” Dr Prahlada further said that the present technology can also be helpful to control illegal trafficking of the explosive materials as it can equally detect and identify explosive materials in the pre- and post-blast scenarios.

Mr S. Sundaresh, Distinguished Scientist & Chief Controller R&D (Armaments & Combat Engg.) stated that the technology is very effective and is in use by Indian security forces and would now help the international community also. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Subhananda Rao, Distinguished Scientist & Director HEMRL, Pune informed that through the explosive detection kit, the security forces can instantly identify the explosive that was used for the detonation in the aftermath of a blast. They just have to take a sample of the residues from the scene of the crime and test it against the chemicals given in the kit. The change in colour tells them if the explosive used is RDX, TNT, PETN or any other chemical. Highlighting the features of the technology Mr S. Radhakrishnan, Director, DIITM, DRDO informed that the present technology is being widely used by the bomb detection squads of the Indian Army, paramilitary and police in Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Mr Radhakrishnan further informed that the present licensing agreement with M/s Crowe & Company is a major milestone and it also signifies DRDO solution for a global problem.

Ms Faye Crowe, President of Crowe & Company said that after getting the necessary approvals from the US regulatory institutions they are planning to introduce the explosive detection kit to the US army and US homeland security forces and in other international markets.

On the occasion of the signing of MoU, Mr Nirankar Saxena Director, FICCI said that he was delighted to see DRDO technology entering into the international domain for addressing one of the major concerns related to homeland security.

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RTI – MEA- Explosive Detection Kit (EDK) in US

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To                                                                                            12th March 2014
 
The CPIO, RTI Cell
Ministry of External Affairs
Room No. 2021, A Wing,
Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan, 23-D, Janpath,
New Delhi – 110 011

Hello,

Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 in respect of Explosive Detection Kit (EDK) of DRDO was launched in the US on 2 August 2013. Crowe and Company, South Carolina, USA in presences of then honorable Ms Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador at a function at the US Chamber of Commerce, 615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062.

  1. Provide me the copy of request letter of DRDO to manage the above event launch of EDK Kit in presences of then honorable Ms Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador in USA.
  2. Please provide the copy of company profile and related papers submitted along with DRDO request the name of Company which signed the MoU with DRDO was Crowe and Company 975 Bacons Bridge Road Summerville, SC 29485.
  3. Copy of necessary approval given to honorable Ms Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador by   Ministry of External Affairs to attend the function and provide required assistance to DRDO team.
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DRDO’s Explosive Detection Kit launched in the US – Is it a …….

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http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/pub/newsletter/2013/sep_13.pdf
http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/pub/newsletter/2013/sep_13.pdf

Following were present

Nikki Hailey,
Governor, South Carolina; Shri Avinash Chander, SA to
RM, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and DG,
DRDO; Ms Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador in US;
Dr John Holdren, Senior Adviser to the US President
on S&T; Ron Somers, President USIBC; Dr A Didar
Singh, Secretary General, FICCI; Ms Faye Crowe,
CEO, Crowe & Co; Shri S Sundaresh, DS and CC R&D
(ACE&SI), DRDO; Shri S Radhakrishnan, Director,
Industry Interface and Technology Management (IITM),
DRDO; Shri KVR Murty, IFA, R&D; Dr SN Asthana and
Dr Rennie M Roy.

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US Firm Signs Pact to Acquire DRDO’S Technology for Explosive Detection Kit

A USA based firm Crowe & Company, LLC has entered into a licensing agreement with DRDO to acquire the technology of Explosive Detection Kit developed by the High Energy Material Research Lab (HEMRL), Pune, one of the constituent laboratories of DRDO. An MoU to the effect was signed by Dr. Subhananda Rao, Director HEMRL on behalf of DRDO, and Ms. Faye Crowe, President, Crowe & Company, LLC, USA here today.

HEMRL has developed the kit for quick detection and identification of explosives that can detect and identify explosives based on any combination of nitro esters, nitramines, trinitrotoluene (TNT), dynamite or black powder. The testing requires only 3 to 5 mg of suspected sample and only 3 or 4 drops of reagents. The explosive detection kit comes packed in a box the size of a vanity case and in miniature vials that can be kept in shirt pockets. It contains reagents capable of detecting explosives, even in extremely small, trace quantities.

Crowe & Company had approached FICCI under DRDO-FICCI, ATAC programme to enter into MoU for licensing agreement with DRDO for the said technology. In the past FICCI has also facilitated a similar kind of licensing agreement for explosive detection kit between DRDO an Indian company, named, Vantage Integrated Security Solutions (P) Ltd. The DRDO – FICCI Accelerated Technology Assessment & Commercialisation (ATAC) programme is a unique initiative that aims for commercialisation of cutting edge technologies developed by various labs of DRDO for civilian applications.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Prahlada, Distinguished Scientist & Chief Controller R&D (Aeronautics & Services Interaction), DRDO, the key architect of DRDO-FICCI ATAC initiative, said “the ATAC programme has achieved a major milestone with the US Company taking DRDO technology for use by US homeland security and for international markets.” Dr Prahlada further said that the present technology can also be helpful to control illegal trafficking of the explosive materials as it can equally detect and identify explosive materials in the pre- and post-blast scenarios.

Mr S. Sundaresh, Distinguished Scientist & Chief Controller R&D (Armaments & Combat Engg.) stated that the technology is very effective and is in use by Indian security forces and would now help the international community also. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Subhananda Rao, Distinguished Scientist & Director HEMRL, Pune informed that through the explosive detection kit, the security forces can instantly identify the explosive that was used for the detonation in the aftermath of a blast. They just have to take a sample of the residues from the scene of the crime and test it against the chemicals given in the kit. The change in colour tells them if the explosive used is RDX, TNT, PETN or any other chemical. Highlighting the features of the technology Mr  S. Radhakrishnan, Director, DIITM, DRDO informed that the present technology is being widely used by the bomb detection squads of the Indian Army, paramilitary and police in Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Mr Radhakrishnan further informed that the present licensing agreement with M/s Crowe & Company is a major milestone and it also signifies DRDO solution for a global problem.

Ms Faye Crowe, President of Crowe & Company said that after getting the necessary approvals from the US regulatory institutions they are planning to introduce the explosive detection kit to the US army and US homeland security forces and in other international markets.

On the occasion of the signing of MoU, Mr Nirankar Saxena Director, FICCI said that he was delighted to see DRDO technology entering into the international domain for addressing one of the major concerns related to homeland security.

HH/NN

(Release ID :71788)

 

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Chinks in the Armour – What ail DRDO, India’s Premier Defence Organigation?

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‘The LCA won’t take off in the near future’

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The Light Combat Aircraft is perhaps the most ambitious of all DRDO projects. But 17 years and four postponements of its test flight later, the multi-role fighter meant to replace the MiG-21 is still a dream.

What has happened to the LCA, the most technologically complex challenge that DRDO had taken up? Air force officers, DRDO scientists and defence experts say it remains grounded because of “scores of technical problems.”

The delay has hurt the air force badly and dented the DRDO’s image. A country that has not designed a jet fighter in decades had been waiting long for one. India had designed and produced the HF-24 aircraft in the early 1960s, but its engine was British.

Such was the enthusiasm behind the LCA that in 1985 the then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi showcased it as a symbol of the new era of co-operation and friendship between India and the United States. Gandhi even overrode the claims of the French and Germans who had been collaborating with DRDO and the Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautical Limited for the LCA production.

The original deadline to fly the aircraft was 1993. The cost, Rs 5.6 billion. The DRDO and HAL did roll out an LCA in the presence of then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao on November 17, 1995. DRDO top brass then announced that the maiden flight would take place in early 1997. The dates were revised to June 1998 and then to February 1999.

Years passed by, but no test flight took place. Today the deadline for the LCA has become a joke in defence circles.

The most scathing criticism of the project came from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India who, in his 1999 report, said: ‘Even at the end of 1998, the LCA had not crossed the development stage. Its production and induction into the air force remains only a distant possibility.’

The CAG report went on to add that the airframe for LCA developed by the DRDO’s Bangalore laboratory, the Aeronautical Development Agency ‘is deficient in vital parameters of aerodynamic configuration, volume and most importantly, the weight.’

The first phase of the project consumed Rs 25 billion, overshooting the estimated Rs 5.6 billion. Worse, due to the delay, the air force was compelled to upgrade its MiG Bis aircraft at a cost of Rs 21.35 billion.

Scientists at DRDO, ADA and HAL concede one thing: the LCA has run into some serious technical problems. LCA is a meticulous fly-by-wire aircraft, which is critically dependent on software to fly.

“But over the years, we have not been successful in fully testing the software. Therefore, we face difficulties in integrating the system,” admits an engineer at HAL.

Since the aircraft depends on computers, no pilot wants to risk a flight test without thoroughly validating the system. Scientists say the trials intended to test the dynamic stability of the airframe and the LCA’s engine-flight control system has been successful. Though the engine and the electronics are in the advanced test mode, the aircraft’s ability to withstand low pressure and temperature at high altitudes is suspect.

“There is reason enough to worry that the LCA will not take off in the near future,” says Bangalore-based aviation expert P N Srivastava.

“I feel the delay is primarily due to the fact that it took years for a country like India to get the advanced technology for the project,” he says. “The idea for LCA was born without having any requisite technology on our side,” Srivastava points out.

DRDO officials put forward one reason for the project delay — sanctions from the United States after the Pokhran nuclear blasts. In a bid to force India to put the nuclear genie back into the bottle, the US has pulled out of the project soon after the tests.

Thus, just one week after the explosions in May 1998, many scientists working on different fields linked to the LCA at aerospace giant Lockheed Martin in Binghamton, New York, were asked to pack their bags for India by the United States. The Indian engineers were working to validate a computerised control law software for onboard computers which will ultimately fly the aircraft.

As it imposed sanctions, the US also denied key components like hydraulic actuators — that help manoeuvre the aircraft, gain altitude and determine the trajectory — and the ring-laser gyros to make inertial navigation systems.

“One of the main reasons for the delay is that technological sanctions from the US hit us badly. Had it not been for the nuclear blasts, our deadline to test fly the aircraft would have been successful in December 1998,” says a senior DRDO official.

Lockheed Martin refused to give the DRDO the flight control computer, which was in the US for testing, when sanctions were announced, he added.

Another major hurdle for DRDO is the LCA’s engine. As per its agreement with the US, India was allowed to purchase frontline 404 engines from General Electric. In fact, DRDO imported 11 such engines and fitted them on to the early versions of the aircraft, pending the development of the indigenous Kaveri engine being developed by Bangalore’s Gas Turbine Research Establishment.

But after the nuclear tests, GE withdrew its technical support personnel from India and DRDO was forced to depend only on Kaveri. Sources now say it will take at least two years to determine whether Kaveri engines can withstand the low pressure and temperature at high altitudes.

No one at DRDO, ADA and HAL believes that the LCA will fly before 2005.

Experts say the delay should be examined in the context of a country that has not designed and produced a jet fighter since the 1960s. Development of every vital component of the LCA — airframe, multimode radar, flight control system, Kaveri engine, digital electronic engine control – are said to be beset with problems.

Scientists at DRDO, for their part, hold the defence ministry partially responsible for the delay. Between 1990 and 1994, all work came to a virtual standstill as the defence ministry refused to release the much-needed foreign exchange because of economic stringency.

But the biggest worry for DRDO is not the bureaucratic delays and sanctions, but the Indian air force. Faced with diminishing number of its ageing fleet, the IAF holds DRDO responsible for promising to deliver the LCA before year 2,000, thereby considerably upsetting many of its aircraft acquisition plans.

Suspecting that DRDO will never deliver the LCA, the IAF has now embarked on an ambitious project to upgrade 100 MiG-21 aircraft.

Despite the heavy odds, DRDO still remains confident that it will roll out the country’s first indigenous aircraft before 2002.

“We will induct 200 LCAs into the Indian Air Force between 2003 and 2010,” Dr Abdul Kalam told a group of aeronautical scientists before he handed over DRDO’s charges to Dr Vasudev K Aatre.

But there aren’t many who believe that promise will be fulfilled.

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DRDO’s Nag missile fails in user trials

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New Delhi: The long-delayed Nag anti-tank missile project of the DRDO has suffered yet another setback as its user trials held recently failed.

In the trials held in Rajasthan in presence of senior Lt Gen-rank officers from the Army and top DRDO officials, the modified carrier of the missile called NAMICA also under-performed, DRDO sources told a news agency here.

In the trials held at the Mahajan firing range, four Nag missiles were fired of which only one could hit the target whereas the remaining failed to do so due to glitches in the equipment on-board the weapon, they said.

Army officials present at the test-firings were not happy with the performance of the missile and have asked the defence research agency to come better prepared for the trials to be held in the future, they said.

The missile has been under development as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP) initiated in early 1980s and is now expected to take few more years to reach the induction stage.

Sources said the carrier of the Nag missile called NAMICA — a modified Russian-origin BMP-II personnel carrier, also failed to satisfy the users in displaying its capabilities in water during the trials.

However, the NAMICA met the requirements of the user in terms of its cross-country capabilities, they said.

When contacted for his reaction, DRDO spokesperson Ravi Gupta said the trials were a “partial success”.

“The Advanced Target Acquisition systems with both the Gunner and Commander have performed well,” he claimed.

The spokesperson said these trials have “brought out certain deviations in the engine performance of the NAMICA BMP-II and those were being assessed by the experts.”

So far, DRDO has carried out more than 50 test-launches of the missile since it started its development in the 80s.

The DRDO is also working on developing the helicopter-launched Nag missile called the HELINA and its trials are also expected to be held soon.

The Indian Army has been awaiting the induction of the Nag missile for a long time now. In absence of any indigenous system, it uses the French-origin Milan anti-tank missiles and is also in negotiations with the US for procuring a significant number of Javelin anti-tank guided missiles.

PTI