HAL, CPWD - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Who won the Raksha Mantri award for excellence in performance?

a. HAL
b. SAIL
c. NALCO
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: HAL

Explanation:
Minister of Defence, Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley gave away Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 in recognition of exemplary performance amongst Ordnance Factories and the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).

For the year 2015-16 : -

INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS

S.No.AwardInstitution
1.Excellence in PerformanceHindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru
2.Best Performance in ExportsBharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru
BEST PERFORMING DIVISION/FACTORY/SHIPYARD AWARDS
S.No.AwardInstitution
1.Best performing Division among DPSUsNaval Systems (Radar Systems & Fire Control Systems), Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru
2. Best performing Factory of OFBOrdnance Factory Medak, Telangana
3.Best performing Shipyard among ShipyardsGoa Shipyard Limited, Goa
GROUP/INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
S.No.AwardSub CategoryInstitution
1.IndigenisationOn Order Projects

Own initiative Projects
1. Development & Engineering Division, Light Weight Portable Laser Target Designator (LWPLTD) Group, Bharat Electronics Limited, Pune for Light Weight Portable Laser Target Designator

2. Indigenization Cell, Engine Division, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru for Indigenous Development of Adour - 871 Low Pressure Compressor Vane – 1 Assembly
2.Design EffortOn Order Projects1.Development & Engineering Network Centric System 3 (NCS3) Group / Air Defence Control and Reporting System [ADC&RS], NSC-Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Bharat Electronics Limited, Ghaziabad for Test Bed for Automated Air Defence Control and Reporting System (ADC&RS) for the Field Force of Army.
2.Central Design Office, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited, Kolkata forDetailed Design of CGS Barracuda.
3.InnovationOn Order Projects


Own initiative projects
Aircraft Upgrade Research & Design Centre (AURDC), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Ojhar, (MIG) Nasik for Integration of BrahMos Missile on Su-30MKI.

Awarded jointly to 1. Engineering Deptt., Shipbuilding Div., Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for Shafting Work. 2. Shipbuilding Div., Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for Innovation in welding techniques at HSL.
3.Engineering Ship Repair Complex, Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for Rudder Carrier Bearing Modification.


2)   Upgraded Jaguar Darin III has been given clearance. What is it?

a. An aircraft
b. A satellite
c. A missile system
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: An aircraft

Explanation:
In a massive milestone for the military aviation sector, upgraded Jaguar DARIN III twin seat aircraft has received initial operational clearance.

The aircraft is equipped with world class avionics system.

Total design and development covering systems requirement capture, specification preparation, software, hardware, electrical and mechanical design and development were carried out indigenously at HAL’s Mission and Combat System Research and Design Centre (MCSRDC) and aircraft modification was done at Overhaul Division.

DARIN III upgrade is the best in terms of data handling and overall capabilities


3)   Public sector aerospace and defence major HAL has inaugurated which aircraft (BTA model)?

a. NTT 40
b. HTT 40
c. CTT 40
d. ATT 40
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: HTT 40

Explanation:
Public-sector aerospace and defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has inaugurated indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) HTT-40

  • It only took one year for the company to fly the first prototype after launching the detailed design of the aircraft by earmarking internal resources only in August 2013 and completing the detailed design phase by May 2015.
  • Digital Mock Up (DMU), real time systems clash analysis, laser tracking of assembly jigs, six degree of freedom, mathematical model and complete glass cockpit are among the many first initiatives of the project.
  • According to HAL, HTT-40 has been designed to meet the current requirement of the IAF with the provision for role expansion to attach weapons to the trainer aircraft.