The defense industry is a very diverse industry. This
industry has an immediate impact on the everyone's lives. In most industrial
countries, the aerospace and defense industry is a cooperation of public and
private industries. Several countries have a space program under the command
of the respective government, such as NASA in the United States, ESA in
Europe, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in India, RKA in Russia,
China National Space Administration in China etc. Aerospace manufacturing as
an industry comprises producing aircrafts, guided missiles, space vehicles,
aircraft engines, propulsion units, and related parts. Defense has grown to
be one of the most exciting and diverse and fast paced fields of today.
India is today considered one of the largest aviation industry in the Third
World. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is India's gigantic aeronautical
organization and it is also one of the major aerospace complexes in the
world. The defense industry manufacture and/or distribute aerospace or
defense products and/or provide aerospace or defense services.
Rubber products in Defense Industry
Rubber is a widely used product in the defense industry. Rubber products
are used for military use for personnel and equipment mobility in extreme
conditions. One of the most common product used in the defense industry is
the rubber track. Rubber tracks when installed on military vehicles provide
mobility in snow, slush, mud, sand, swamp and tundra conditions. Vehicles
with rubber track is available to your law enforcement, search and rescue,
or fire fighters and they gain an advantage over adverse weather conditions,
remote locations and seemingly impossible terrain. In the snow country,
rubber tracks installed on 4 wheel drive search and rescue or law
enforcement vehicles can safely get personnel to the scene where help is
needed. When bad weather makes rural roadways muddy, or difficult to travel,
rubber tracks can give you the ability to provide the services necessary to
save lives. Similarly for fire fighting and other rescue operations, rubber
hoses are used. Gloves, suits, tubings, conveyor belts are other products
used in the defense industry. Let us get to know more about rubber products
used in the rubber industry: