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May be you should take a look at these fully home-grown system:There will be following categories:Guns, artillery, explosives,armored vehicles, artillery, missiles, aircrafts, othersGUNS:JVPC: Under trialsAAR(MCIWS): Under trialsLMG: Under developementCorner shotArtillery:Dhanush self propelled howitzerATAGS:BHIMExplosives:CL-20: Developed for arjun Mk-2, It is 60X more powerful than RDXERA Mk-II: Latest explosive reactive armour for all IA MBT, IFV and APCArmoured Vehicle:Yuktirath MPV(Upgraded version of earlier OFB 14 Ktn Aditya MPV): DRDO converted Aditya MPV to 42 Ktn MPV named it YuktirathNBC Recce Vehicle:DRDO TATA Kestrel:Arjun Mk1 MBT:Arjun Mk1a MBT:(earlier Mk2 with 68 ton weight)Arjun Mk2 MBT:(New mk 2 with 60 ton weight)IFV AbhayMissiles:TrishulAkashNagCanon Launched Guide missiles: To replace LAHAT for the Arjun MBTPrithvi Missile SeriesAgni missile seriesK Missile SeriesShauryaSagarikaBrahMosBrahMos IINirbhayPrahaarPinaka (guided +unguided)Varunastra torpedoAstraSAAW:smart anti airfield weaponBarak-8Sudarshan Guided missile kit:Anti-Radiation MissilePrithvi Air Defence (PAD) & Advanced Air Defence (AAD)SFDR(RAMJET AAM):RUDRA M-II ASM :RADARS:RWR suites for Mig 21/23/29 and su -30 mki and Jaguar.ArmyMultifunction Phased Array Radar and 3D Surveillance Radar for Akash Missile Weapon System (Rajendra & 3D CAR respectively).Low Level Light weight 2D Radar for mountainous terrain Air Defence (Bharani)3D -Tactical Control Radar for Air Defence (3D TCR)Short Range Battle Field Surveillance Radar (2D BFSR-SR)Weapon Locating Radar (3D WLR)Multi Mission Radar (MMSR) – in developmentFOPEN Radar – in developmentThrough wall detection Radar – in advanced development; prototypes readyGround Penetration Radar – in advanced development; prototypes readyAir ForceMultifunction Phased Array Radar and 3D Surveillance Radar for Akash Missile Weapon System (Rajendra and 3D CAR respectively)Active Phased Array Radar for AEW&C (First unit delivered to IAF for enhanced trials)Low level 2D Air Defence Radar (Indra-2)3D Low Level Light Weight Radar (Aslesha)3D Medium Range Surveillance Radar for Air Defence (Rohini derivative of 3D CAR)4D Active Array Medium Power radar for AD role (Arudhra MPR ready for user trials)Airborne Electronically Scanned Array Radar for Tejas Mark II (In development)Ground Controlled interception (delivered)SAR for UAVs (in development; prototypes delivered and in trials)UTTAM AESANavyMaritime Patrol Radar for fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft (superseded by more advanced system)Maritime Patrol Radar with RS and ISAR (XV-2004)3D Medium Range Surveillance Radar for ASW Corvettes (In production, variant of 3D CAR)Multifunction Phased Array Radar for Air Defence Ship (in development)Maritime Patrol Airborne Radar for UAV (In development)Coastal Surveillance Radar (CSR) (available for production)Apart from this other completely developed and productionised include :INDRARAJENDRASWORDFISHSWATI WEAPON LOCATING RADARBFSR-SRsupervision 2000DRDO-LSTARAIRCRAFTS:LCAAEW&CAMCAUGV:DAKSHRUDRAMASSMARSHIMBOT/SNOWBOT:Unmanned Recce vehicle:UAV:AURARustom IRustom IINishantNetralakshyaOthersArmour for HAL LCHThermobaric ammunitions for Arjun tankBullet proof jacketSuccessfull testing of Ku band seeker for ASTRA to replace russian seekerSANJEEVANI MK II, a device designed and developed to locate victims trapped under the debris was handed over to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Kerala Gov.Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) for INSAS and AK-47 rifle was introduced into service with order for 10,000 Launchers.The state-of-the-art microcontroller based system Instant Fire Detection & Suppression System (IFDSS) BMP-2/2K developed for providing protection against fire to the troops & engine compartment, was accepted by the Army. Production order worth Rs. 168 crores has been received.CuTi alloy was developed by DRDO to make hand tools which are heat and spark free.TOT given to Pune based startup for mass production.The Combat Free Fall (CFF) protection system to meet the requirements of high altitude paratrooper’s mission requirements was designed developed and is under limited series production.A Submarine Escape Set (SES) for escape from an abandoned submarine from depths of 100m was designed and developed. Navy has projected a requirement of over 400 suits.Holographic vision for small arms,ToT given to BEL and Several startups for production.Induction of PNVD for INSAS rifle started.High Nitrogen Steel for reducing ARJUN mk 2 weight.Dessert :-):EDIT 1 as suggested by Gaurav Chambare: Fuel cell amp for submarines, Dual barrel rocket launcher.EDIT 2 by Kalpesh: Missiles: QRSAM, BMD(Ashwin+Prithvi)EDIT 3: Some gentlemen made some half informed comment i will clear it one by one:UZI:Cartridge:9×19mm Parabellum, .22 LR, .45 ACP, .41 AEAction: Blowback, open boltRate of fire:600 rounds/minMuzzle velocity:400 m/s (9mm)Effective firing range:200 mFeed system:10-roundmagazine (.22 and .41 AE),16-round magazine (.45 ACP),20-, 25-, 32-, 40-, 50-round magazines (9 mm)magazinesSights:Iron sightsJVPC:JVPC fires 5.56 rounds but uzi doesn’t.JVPC has higher R.O.F than Uzi.Before calling it a failure we should know the fact that Indian army’s carbine tender was issued only two days back(REQ:CQB Carbine with 5.56 mm caliber having minimum range of 200 meters and a hit target with accuracy better than four minutes of angle). Hence with make in india in mind there are only two contenders: Galil ACE and DRDO JVPC.ARJUN Mk-1: Don’t have sloped armors. Yeah, remember 93 improvements on Mk-1 for Mk-2You notice some change in turret , your suggestion were already included?Arjun can’t be airdropped: Ok, The last pic before the “EDIT 1”, Check No:40 on list, it mentions Heavy Drop System, What do you think it is? A platform to land fat kids in park?NO, it is developed to land tanks , APCs and IFVs which includes T-72 to Arjun Mk-2, BMP2s.Arjun is rejected: No, it isn’t, as lately and finally the DGQA is working with DRDO as it has realised lately that they have to giveup love for russian and foreign equipments as present leadership is not in a good mood to import stuff.Arjun is failure: No, Arjun’s developement has been sabotaged many times just like LCA, LCA survived and thrived but Arjun is struggling. Reason is strong import lobby eg: The new engine of brand new arjun before 24 hours of a field trial was checked and found to be perfectly fine and just before trials it broke down.The CAG himself has blamed the army for the delay.CAG blames Army for delay in Arjun tanks’ inductionThis is the final report released by CAG on results of T-90 vs Arjun MBT and judge was IWI(Israel) :Dhanush howitzer rejected: It is 155/45 howitzer, With requirement of 414 ,114 on order and IA preparing docs for placing further order 300. On 414 with 114 ordered do you really think army rejected it for M-777?M-777 and Dhanush are different machines with different purpose.LCA-Tejas, Kaveri engine: No comments, better check my profile, you would get sufficient info on it.Nirbhay: Failure: No, Time consuming: yesEDIT 4(Queries by Chandan Sharma):Excalibur is interim rifle till INSAS is replaced, army has not rejected it.OFB 7.62*51 rifle has started its testing with IA on Jun 12 this month(as per reports) for “shoot to kill” category.Any news on AK-100 or Travor or IWI being selected as stated by any social media fanboys is speculation.Corner shot shown in pics is indigenously developed by DRDO and not the imported one.AEW&C not AWACS, It doesn’t matter which platforms it is flying on, all that matters is the radar above it, that’s completely indigenous AESA radar.AWACS and AEW&C are surveillance assets, hence highest priority is given to onboard surveillance equipments so a civil airliner is bought and money is spent on R&D of onboard equipments and not on aircraft as it would add atleast 1bn$ to the actual budget.Ex- Defense minister himself blamed the GSQR as “Specification made out of Marvel Comics weapons”Sitting at the end of an monitor on comfy sofa and in an AC room and criticising DRDO does nothing is easy? 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A wooden paddle with a nail-studded leather face (Perforating paddle)So, can you guess the function of the object of the pictured above. Rudimentary hair brush for an animal or person? Meat tenderizer? Aerator for the gardens? Or perhaps a horrific device intended for torture? If you guessed any of the above, you are unfortunately wrong. Imagine my surprise when I learned that the simple object above was a tool used by postal employees over 100 years ago to combat the transmission of viruses and bacteria through the mail.Since the dawn of written communications, missives sent by card or letter have been the source of both joy and pain for recipients. During times of epidemics or our current pandemic, however, the mail is viewed with extra wariness.“The mail is something you welcome in times of normalcy, but just like any other kind of outside influence, it’s something that has been subjected to suspicion when there are times of strife, and when there’s an epidemic,” says Lynn Heidelbaugh, a curator at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. Recipients worry whether the mail might bring contagion, “purely because it may have arrived from elsewhere and that elsewhere has been reporting infectious disease,” she says.[1]In the late 19th century, before sanitizing sprays, disinfectant wipes, latex gloves and masks, American post offices responded to persistent yellow fever epidemics with perforating paddles, used in the fumigation of the mail. The practice of disinfecting mail — whether it was exposing letters to burnt perfume, tobacco or cyanide gas — originated hundreds of years before the birth of the United States.[2] The most common method of disinfection during the colonial period was soaking letters in vinegar.[3]Perforating paddleOne such paddle used by the Board of Health in Montgomery, Alabama is on display at the National Postal Museum. Looking more like a diabolical hairbrush than a public health safety tool, the perforating paddle was used like a hammer to poke numerous holes in envelopes in order to allow the contents to get a full measure of fumigation, the second step in sanitizing the mail.[4] Using the paddle, mail carriers perforated the letters and dispersed them on wire netting shelves in a railway car, where fumes from sulfur in iron kettles fumigated the envelopes.[5]Use of the paddles followed by fumigation with gases like sulfur dioxide or formalin was widespread by the late 19th century. The practice proved both reassuring and annoying.“Your very kind letter—came here—punched as full of holes as your Donax sieve, and smelling of hellfire and brimstone—let a clean letter come from the pure of the Green Mountains and the cursed fools at the fumigating station seize it, punch it so that it is almost illegible, then pump an unbearable stink into it,” General F.E. Spinner, a former U.S. Treasurer, wrote to a Vermont friend in 1887.[6]Aedes aegypti, which transmitted the virus that caused Yellow Fever. (Evolutionary genetics of Aedes mosquitoes: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus)Yellow fever was a dreaded disease. Although many people contracted a mild form, about half of those infected died of the illness. There were at least 35 outbreaks in the United States between 1702 and 1800, and annual outbreaks took place from 1800 to 1879.[7] As late as the 1890s, no one knew where the contagion came from or how it spread. The Marine Hospital Service, precursor to the U.S. Public Health Service, hypothesized in 1898 that yellow fever was spread by fomites, or materials such as bedding, clothing and other objects touched by someone with the disease.[8] That led to concern that contaminants could arrive on letters sent in the mail.Perforating paddleThe Smithsonian’s paddle is likely from 1899, when yellow fever began to wane, with just a few mild outbreaks in New Orleans, and the Mississippi cities of Vicksburg, Natchez and Gulfport.[9] The paddle has a drawing of a mosquito on the back side; added some time after 1900 when Major Walter Reed, an Army surgeon, proved demonstrably that mosquitos transmitted the virus that caused yellow fever.[10] Handwritten above the mosquito is a peculiar verse: “Bacillus Horribilus/Multi Dentura, (Yellow Fever germ),” which is neither the correct name for the pathogen, nor the correct identification, since it is actually a virus, as Reed demonstrated.[11]Disinfection had been practiced for hundreds of years, starting in Europe in the 1300s and eventually was adopted in the New World, including by the American colonies.[12] In the U.S., perforation, fumigation and often, quarantine, have been used to respond to scarlet fever, diphtheria, influenza, typhoid, tuberculosis, leprosy, poliomyelitis, cholera, smallpox and most recently, anthrax[13]. Mail has been gassed in rail cars, baked in ovens and irradiated.[14] Although it did not likely change anything, the postal service continued to perforate and fumigate mail into the early 1900s, “probably due to custom and public demand.”[15]Sanitizing was not necessarily an illogical response. Mail handlers have been sickened with smallpox, which is particularly virulent and can live on many surfaces and even be revived from a dormant state.[16] Reports in the medical literature in 1901 traced two separate smallpox outbreaks to recipients of letters from areas where smallpox was endemic at the time.[17]And then there were the anthrax attacks in 2001. At least five envelopes full of anthrax spores were mailed to politicians and the media.[18] Twenty-two people contracted anthrax, five of whom died, including two postal workers at the Brentwood post office in Maryland.[19] Thirty-five postal facilities and commercial mailrooms were contaminated, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.DISINFECTED MAIL / EXPONETThe Postal Service soon began irradiating mail sent to zip codes in Washington D.C. associated with federal government agencies, and still does. The irradiated mail is aired out for a few days before it is sent on to the recipients.[20] Sometimes that mail might arrive in a plastic bag noting that it had been sanitized—akin to the old days when mail would be given a special stamp letting the recipient know it had been fumigated.[21]Yellow fever, a flavivirus, has parallels to SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID. There are still no effective treatments for yellow fever.[22] For many, especially in tropical Africa, South and Central America, where it is endemic, the main way to avoid it is behavioral: taking steps to minimize exposure to mosquitos.[23] But unlike with SARS-CoV-2, there is a yellow fever vaccine.In response to the novel coronavirus, the USPS has instigated procedures to clean its mail facilities and retail operations and to ensure that postal workers and carriers wear face coverings and maintain appropriate distances from each other and customers.[24] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognizes that while it may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.[25]But plenty of Americans are again worried about fomites, including whether mail and packages can bring the virus into their house. A National Institutes of Health-sponsored study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in mid-March ramped up anxieties.[26] The researchers found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could survive up to 24 hours on cardboard. However, it was at a greatly reduced level of infectivity. And, the authors advised caution on interpreting their cardboard finding, saying that there was a ton of variation in the experiment that caused statistical “noise.”[27]Since that time, only one other study has shed any light on how the virus acts on various surfaces. The study, published in the British medical journal The Lancet, was reassuring in terms of the mail, finding that “no infectious virus could be recovered from printing and tissue papers” after three hours.[28] But it took up to four days for infectious particles to disappear from paper money. Lab studies may not reflect real-world conditions, so it's possible that the virus' lifespan would be even shorter in practical situations, where conditions are not monitored or controlled. By comparison, the same study found that the novel coronavirus could survive for up to a week on plastic or stainless steel.[29] That means that even if a piece of mail was to become contaminated with the COVID-19-causing virus, the virus would likely die before it reached your mailbox.Coronavirus lifespan on certain surfacesSARS-CoV-2 is very short lived on porous surfaces, such as cardboard and paper.[30] Once outside the body, the virus is easily rendered non-infectious, because its fragile lipid envelope can be damaged or destroyed with alcohol, soap or ultraviolet light.[31] The core of the virus, the genome and the protein wrapping it will be exposed, rendering it unable to reproduce. The studies so far suggest the virus persists on surfaces and can be a route of transmission, raising the question, does the presence of virus actually mean infectivity? Just because you can detect virus on a surface doesn’t mean it could actually infect you, even with direct hand to mouth transmission.If the mail was carrying infection, it likely would have been exposed by now. We haven’t seen a big outbreak in mail carriers in any country. It is argued that the mail is not a likely medium of infection. A mail carrier or delivery person would have to cough or sneeze on the item, expel enough virus to be infectious, then have it remain wet for long enough so that when someone touched it, and then touched their nose, mouth, or eyes, infection could occur.Opening your mail is considered a low risk activity. Spread of the virus from domestic or international mail, products or packaging is unlikely.[32] Transmission is more likely to come from an individual living or visiting your home. If people are concerned, they should not bring it into their house right away. Initial studies suggest that 24 hours is more than sufficient to kill the virus. If someone can lower their level of worry by cleaning cardboard or segregating mail, there’s no harm or need for a spiked mail paddle.Footnotes[1] Perforation Paddle[2] https://www.jstor.org/stable/44441235[3] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/27/yellow-fever-covid-keeping-mail-safe/%3foutputType=amp[4] Perforation Paddle[5] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/06/27/yellow-fever-covid-keeping-mail-safe/%3foutputType=amp[6] Mail Handlers Used to Poke Holes in Envelopes to Battle Germs and Viruses[7] https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article-pdf/166/suppl_1/3/24281357/milmed-166-suppl_1-3.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiDnprAvOzrAhVMK80KHYe8CSMQFjAAegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2TU-cFIpkvSRhDe11U1UzC[8] Marine Hospital Service - Wikipedia[9] Yellow Fever killed many people in Alabama - here are the years & places of most severe epidemics[10] Major Walter Reed and the Eradication of Yellow Fever[11] Mail Handlers Used to Poke Holes in Envelopes to Battle Germs and Viruses[12] http://OIE › doc › gedPDF Web results History of disinfection from early times until the end of the 18th century - OIE[13] Perforating paddle[14] Mail Irradiation | US EPA[15] The Emmet F. Pearson Collection of Disinfected Mail - PubMed[16] Osler and the Infected Letter[17] An Analysis of the United States and United Kingdom Smallpox Epidemics (1901–5) – The Special Relationship that Tested Public Health Strategies for Disease Control[18] Amerithrax or Anthrax Investigation | Federal Bureau of Investigation[19] StackPath[20] https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08938r.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiPxInd6evrAhVMVs0KHeldAAkQFjABegQIDhAI&usg=AOvVaw0sPsi5e9BzcnqoHb8cmDkz[21] Discussion on Disinfected Covers, and Fumigated Mail[22] Yellow fever symptoms and treatments[23] Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas: a historical and epidemiological perspective[24] Coronavirus Information for Members[25] USPS Statement on Coronavirus[26] Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 | NEJM[27] Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 | NEJM[28] Exaggerated risk of transmission of COVID-19 by fomites[29] Hundreds of USPS workers have tested positive for the coronavirus, but it still may be safer to get postal mail than other types of packages[30] Coronavirus lifespan on certain surfaces[31] UV Lights and Lamps: Ultraviolet-C Radiation, Disinfection, and Corona[32] Hundreds of USPS workers have tested positive for the coronavirus, but it still may be safer to get postal mail than other types of packages

You might have penned your question: 'whether to self-fund or open up the opportunity to other investors?'Having worked as an entrepreneur on both sides of these competing business funding models I have these few observations. Self-funding is great for the entrepreneur for a fast start, early wins, and control; self-funding is also great in the early stages to get your enterprise value to the low-millions, where your seed round will not severely punish you.However the downside to self-funding is that it is riskier in terms the enterprise being all your money AND the risk of overshooting or undershooting the market without true validation of the model in the marketplace. In my view, tender offers, not tire kicking, validates the model, and this is done through customers purchases AND investor funding.In my view, the commercial waste-yard is lined with many fool entrepreneurs who self-funded their way to the poor house. I would rather have an awesome teamed pool of funding sources all committed to the enterprise, each contributing their goodwill, each refining the pitch, and all providing their contacts, resources, network, and mindshare and end up with a high-probability of success enterprise owning 20-40% of something, than risk a low-probability of success of doing it all on my own wherein I own 100% of nothing.I think you are right to focus on bringing in a valuable cast of investors who bring you 'smart' money.So here are my 'must haves' for funding viability:1. A real business opportunity, preferably disruptive, protectable, niche market focused, with high growth and profits potential, a growing cache of real customers, allowing the entrepreneurs to figure out how to fine tune the model while cash flowing;2. A team that is first rate, with "A" players in the key seats, and if you do not have "A" players, commitments from "A" players willing to join you when you have funding. Though I must say, the right "A" players will work for low or no salary if given an attractive basket of stakeholder terms, pre-funding.3. Your technology, service, offering, whatever must work at a sufficient level to have customers who refer their friends and peers to your system. Evidence of your technology working includes new sign-ups; low attrition; positive 'valid' reviews of your technology; and a positive upward trending demand curve for your product/service.4. Intellectual property protection; you have your patents filed; preferably utility patents in hand; your patents when read appear to be valid with claims that are protectable; you have established a protective web of offense and defense protection around your technology, including tradecraft that need not be publicized.5. If you have all of the above, then here is the package you need:(a) Absolutely must have a solid financial model in MS Excel; many variations out there to choose from; many part-time CFOs out there to help you put a defensible model together for low-dollars; amend the model to show your true costs, ramp up in labor and COGS, variable inputs, assumptions, cost of capital, use of capital, etc. Make sure your financial model formulas are correct; many a company has been underfunded or overstated goals with bad spreadsheet calculations. Your model will be best when you can be asked a question like... what if we invested X, then what is our return on Y? If your model is interactive, a simple key stroke or two, and the calculations are made.(b) Investor slide deck; 10-12 slides max. Many good examples already in this thread. My focus; the problem, the market size, the customer, your technology, your team, your edge over competition, your financial model projections, use of capital, other.(c) 2-page Executive Summary Business Plan. Use discipline, and keep it to two pages. You should spend hours on this document and refine it until the message is so simple that everyone gets the model.(d) Financials. These must be reasonable, up to date, and no surprises. If you are selling, but not positive cashflow yet, don't hide this, nor make unreasonable expectations of how fast you will turn the corner. Your credibility depends on the validity of these financials. Remember, when investors are looking at you... the financials are one of their measures to determine... can we trust you. Poorly prepared, frequently changing, and error prone financials will get you a "no" in funding, as quickly as showing up to an job interview late; so don't do it.(e) Due diligence docs. Prepare early your documents that will be needed to verify the enterprise is viable, real, and valuable. Speed is the currency of business, and if you can turn around questions quickly.... with accuracy and relevancy, you appear to have game, and are more likely to get funded.I could go on.... however if you have these five items, you will be well prepared with many offers and then you can do your own defensive due diligence to accept your best funding sources and investor partners.