Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta Spells Out Vision 2022

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LiveFist: Cochin Shipyard to build 5 aircraft carriers

Cochin Shipyard to build 5 aircraft carriers

The keel of India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, to be the second warship christened INS Vikrant, will be laid on February 28 at Kochi. But it is now clear that while Cochin Shipyards will build three aircraft carriers in the current 37,500-ton category (the second and third are to be christened INS Viraat and INS Vishaal apparently), design work has already begun in earnest to develop and build two more aircraft carriers with not only much larger displacements, but possibly nuclear propulsion as well.


Unlike what the model in the photograph depicts, the new INS Vikrant will almost definitely be inaugurated with a flight of MiG-29Ks as its commissioning deck birds rather than the Naval Light Combat Aircraft (the Express has a report about this today). More details soon.


I am not sure about 5 but definitely 3 AC are on place by 2022.

 

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The Hindu : National : Seabed array system prototype tested

Seabed array system prototype tested

S. Anandan

Kochi: Just when coastal India broods over measures to counter seaborne threats, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is in the process of developing an integrated costal defence system under its Project Nayan.

“The development of seabed array system, forming its pivot, is making steadfast progress and we have tested the prototype successfully,” a top source told The Hindu.

“The idea is to get alerted when objects traverse the waters. The echo emanating from various objects like fish, various types of ships, submarines and the like have been calibrated and identified for the purpose. Now that the prototype is ready, we need to test it as a system with multiple layers and at various depths,” said the source.

Water medium

The array would transmit the ricocheted signal to the top water medium, maybe a sonobuoy, which in turn would be transmitted to the shore-based command and control centre by way of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or a satellite.

“Once the capability is unambiguously demonstrated, it will be installed initially at Karwar under Project Seabird. However, for the entire system to come into being, we require an exclusive ocean satellite. That, however, has not come so far,” said the source

Another project

In progress, however, is another ambitious programme that will augment the DRDO’s underwater detection capabilities. Oceanic waves are photographed, in multiple pixels, using a remote sensing satellite.

As in the seabed array system, various types of waves created by movement of different objects are standardised and using signal processing, the cause of a definite kind of wave is recognised.

Encouraging

“In its nascent stage, initial trials pertaining to wave-identification have been highly encouraging. At present, we are developing the method of signal processing but we need to demonstrate it at the system level and in real-time to call it a full-fledged programme,” the source said.

 

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well,another good project by DRDO ,hopefully it will completed in time.

“Once the capability is unambiguously demonstrated, it will be installed initially at Karwar under Project Seabird. However, for the entire system to come into being, we require an exclusive ocean satellite. That, however, has not come so far,” said the source

In progress, however, is another ambitious programme that will augment the DRDO’s underwater detection capabilities. Oceanic waves are photographed, in multiple pixels, using a remote sensing satellite.

Now,after IAF ,IN also want a satellite.

 

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514564 : National : Ordnance Unit develops anti-submarine rocket for Navy

Ordnance Unit develops anti-submarine rocket for Navy

Published: March 2,2009



Tiruchirapalli , Mar 2 The Heavy Alloys Penetrator Project (HAPP) ordnance factory here has developed an anti- submarine rocket (RGB-12) for the Indian Navy, 10 of which are under user trials at Pena, Pune, a top official said.
R R Yadava, factory General Manager, told reporters here that R&D efforts in reverse engineering had been used to develop the missile. A pilot batch of improved version of the rockets with enhanced capabilities was also being developed (RGB-60) for user trials by August 2009, he said.

The rockets were so far imported by the Navy and so indigenous efforts would save foreign exchange, he said.

The factory, originally established to manufacture kinetic energy products like FSAPDS ( Fins Stabilised Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot) for the Indian Army, has diversified since the Sabots are not used at present.

HAPP possesses state-of-the-art facilities, skilled manpower and has one of the largest powder metallurgy plants in Asia, dealing with tungsten alloys for manufacture of penetrators for kinetic energy projectiles, he said.

In recent times, HAPP had established bulk manufacturing of tungsten alloy pre-fragments for PINAKA rocket, Bomb Body for 81mm mortar bombs, base Bleed and adapters for 155 ERFB shells.

 

[Contrarian]

well,another good project by DRDO ,hopefully it will completed in time.




Now,after IAF ,IN also want a satellite.

Its obvious, eventually, all the three services will have their own satellite. IAF i think will have one by 2011.

 

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INS Viraat's 'power projection' trip to Gulf likely


New Delhi (PTI): In a show of its naval might, India is likely to deploy briefly its lone aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden and West Asia this August and September.

"INS Viraat is likely to sail for about a month-and-a-half in the Arabian Sea and may go up to the Gulf of Aden after the refit programme at the Cochin Shipyard," Navy officers said here on Tuesday.

"It is only a power projection visit and is not for anti-piracy operations," they said. When the warship returns to India, the Navy plans to celebrate the golden jubilee of the ship's service, both in the Indian Navy and in its previous avatar as HMS Hermes in the British Royal Navy.

Viraat had moved into Cochin Shipyard's dry dock late last year to undergo the mandatory maintenance refit and repair and is likely to stay there till the end of June. "This warship, the largest at present in the Indian Navy with a 29,000-tonne displacement, can be dry docked only in the Cochin Shipyard, being the only such facility in the country," the shipyard's officials said.

When the work on the aircraft carrier is over, it would sail as a carrier battle group along with Navy's destroyers, frigates and other warships in the Arabian Sea.

The Hindu News Update Service

 

[nitesh]

The Hindu News Update Service

INS Viraat's 'power projection' trip to Gulf likely

New Delhi (PTI): In a show of its naval might, India is likely to deploy briefly its lone aircraft carrier, INS Viraat, in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden and West Asia this August and September.

"INS Viraat is likely to sail for about a month-and-a-half in the Arabian Sea and may go up to the Gulf of Aden after the refit programme at the Cochin Shipyard," Navy officers said here on Tuesday.

"It is only a power projection visit and is not for anti-piracy operations," they said. When the warship returns to India, the Navy plans to celebrate the golden jubilee of the ship's service, both in the Indian Navy and in its previous avatar as HMS Hermes in the British Royal Navy.

Viraat had moved into Cochin Shipyard's dry dock late last year to undergo the mandatory maintenance refit and repair and is likely to stay there till the end of June. "This warship, the largest at present in the Indian Navy with a 29,000-tonne displacement, can be dry docked only in the Cochin Shipyard, being the only such facility in the country," the shipyard's officials said.

When the work on the aircraft carrier is over, it would sail as a carrier battle group along with Navy's destroyers, frigates and other warships in the Arabian Sea.

 

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In line with the tradition of naming new warships of the same type on decommissioned ones, India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) being built at Kochi may be named after the legendary INS Vikrant which the Navy operated successfully during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

"It is a tradition in the Navy to name new warships of the same type on decommissioned warships. The idea is no warship ever dies. The new warship continues the legacy and is always referred to as a continuation of the decommissioned warship. In accordance with tradition, the IAC, in all likelihood, will be named INS Vikrant," Navy officers said here on Monday.

However, they said, it was too premature, as the IAC building has just begun and it may take a while before a decision on its name is taken.

"First a list of names are suggested and then the President of India, who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, takes a decision and approves the name. The decision is likely to come just before its commissioning in 2015," he said.

The IAC is also being designed from the very beginning as India's first warship that will provide separate accommodation facilities for women naval personnel who may sail on warships once the government decides to allow them to do so

India?s indigenous aircraft carrier may be named INS Vikrant www.idrw.org / Indian Defense Research Wing

 

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Ship building firm Bharti Shipyard on Friday said it has bagged a Rs 281 crore contract from the ministry of defence for supplying 15 interceptor boats for Indian coast guard.

These vessels are lightweight specialised high speed crafts used for patrolling and interception, Bharti Shipyard said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

With this contract, the order book of Bharti Shipyard has crossed the Rs 5,000 crore mark and now stands at Rs 5,093 crore, the company further said.

The private sector firm designs and constructs various types of sea going, coastal harbour, inland crafts vessels and it currently owns five shipyards in the country.

Shares of Bharti Shipyard were trading at Rs 49 at BSE in morning trade, down by 0.41% over the previous close.
Bharti Shipyard bags Rs 281cr contract from defence ministry-India-The Times of India

 

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If the United States ranks near the bottom amongst India’s defence suppliers, Washington’s penchant for imposing sanctions and restrictions has much to do with it. Now, the US appears to have shot itself in the foot again. The Indian Navy chose to power its indigenously designed, cutting-edge stealth warship, the INS Shivalik, with gas turbines from American company General Electric (GE). But even as the Shivalik readies for sea trials, the US State Department has ordered GE to stop all work on the turbines it has supplied.

Vice Admiral HS Malhi (Retired), chairman and managing director of Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), which built the Shivalik, has confirmed to Business Standard that GE has received instructions to stop operationalising (making ready for operations) the two new LM 2500 gas turbines that it supplied for the Shivalik. GE has told MDL that there could be up to three months delay, while the new US administration reviews its military relations with several countries. India is not alone in facing this ban; GE has been told to stop work even with close US allies like the UK and Australia.

MDL has clearly been taken by surprise. Says Admiral Malhi, “It is quite surprising that such a letter has been received from GE. They said the (US) State Department could take up to 3-4 months to re-look at relations with these countries. We don’t have that kind of time; we have to deliver the ship to the navy.”

The Shivalik stealth frigate is powered by four engines, in what is termed a CODOG (COmbined Diesel Or Gas) arrangement. Normal operations are powered by two Pielstick diesel engines, supplied by France. The gas turbines kick in for short bursts during combat, when extra power is needed. They are less fuel-efficient than diesel engines, but provide high performance. This is the first time that US turbines have been installed in an Indian-built frigate.

MDL is now exploring whether it can use another GE subsidiary to operationalise the Shivalik’s turbines, without invalidating GE’s warranty. According to Admiral Malhi, “If GE allows us to use one of its licensees, the delay can be cut down to a month. GE is not averse to that, as long as no American person is involved in the work.”

GE has not responded to an email, asking for details of this delay. The US State Department has also ignored a request for information. A spokesperson of the US Embassy in New Delhi has sidestepped the question, replying by email that, “The State Department has not instructed GE in the conduct of this direct commercial sale. Aspects of this sale were subject to export licensing, which is conducted through the State Department.”

When asked to comment specifically on blanket orders from the State Department to GE regarding commercial defence dealings with India, the US Embassy did not respond.

Recent Indian frigates were powered by Russian turbines. But GE’s LM 2500 gas turbines were chosen for three Project 17 frigates (of which INS Shivalik is the first) because of their better reliability. More than one thousand LM 2500 turbines power more than 400 warships in 30 navies across the world. In addition, the LM 2500 is used for power generation in luxury cruise liners like the QE II.

US defence industry sources indicate that GE is upset by the State Department’s directives, which clearly damage GE’s commercial interests. The ban, suggest sources, was imposed by an “over-enthusiastic State Department bureaucrat”, keen to display that the Obama administration was on the ball from the beginning. But in India, the ban is already generating talk of an unwise choice in going for a US engine.

New Indian stealth warship halted by US bar on GE

 

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Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan

India's nuclear submarine plan surfaces
Siddharth Srivastava

NEW DELHI - Expressing fears about cross-border terrorism in the wake of the November 26 Mumbai attack and keeping a close eye on China's military expansion, India announced plans this week to hike its defense budget by 34% to 1.4 trillion rupees (US$30 billion) and last week revealed that its project to build three nuclear-powered submarines is nearing completion.
"Things are in the final stage now in the Advanced Technology Vessel [nuclear-submarines] project. There were [mainly technical] bottlenecks earlier ... they are over now," Defense Minister A K Antony said on February 12.
The Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project is part of India's $3 billion plan to build five submarines and complete what it calls
a "triad" of nuclear weapon launch capability - from air, land and sea. India is concurrently developing the K-15 ballistic missile, which can be nuclear-tipped and launched from submarines.
Defense sources have told Asia Times Online that New Delhi has been actively seeking out assistance from France in the implementation of the ATV project, and that Russian engineers are already involved. The sources said that the sea trials of the nuclear-powered submarines should begin this month and that the submarines should be operational within the next three years.
The secretive ATV nuclear backed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) project began in the late 1970's and is being implemented at a secret dry dock in Visakhapatnam, India's Eastern Naval command base. Observers have said that the submarines are a critical addition to India's weapons capabilities.
In a grim reminder of the possible dangers facing India from the sea, India's Naval chief Admiral Suresh Mehta warned this week that terrorists could smuggle "dirty" nuclear bombs via the nation's ports as they lack adequate security measures. Terrorists also used a sea route to infiltrate Mumbai.
Nuclear-powered submarines with their greater speed, power, range and the length of time they can stay submerged compared to conventional diesel-electric submarines are effective for sudden strikes as well as fast and stealthy protection from attacks.
New Delhi has been concerned about Beijing's strengthening of bilateral ties with Islamabad, particularly given recent tension on sea projects such as at the Gwadar port. China has also been developing ties with Sri Lanka and Myanmar to deepen its control over a complex energy-security conflict being aggressively played out in the region.

Given the ongoing tussle between India and China to control the waters of the Indian Ocean, the New Delhi government has been put under tremendous pressure from the navy to ramp up India's sea power. China has already spoken of creating three ocean-going fleets to patrol the areas of Japan and Korea, the western Pacific, the Malacca Strait and the Indian Ocean.
The ATV project has been in the spotlight as India's other attempt to procure a nuclear submarine this year received a setback when Russia "indefinitely" postponed delivery of the Akula-II class Nerpa nuclear submarine, citing incomplete sea trials and a lack of funds.
Further, the Amur shipyard in Russia's far east, where the sub is being built, is yet to finalize a new team following an accident in November in which 20 members were killed. The accident has led Indian media to describe the submarine as "cursed".
India has been looking at developing underseas capabilities to launch nuclear weapons, after gaining some competence in land-based nuclear delivery platforms for the domestically developed ballistic missiles Prithvi and Agni.
India has already developed a submarine-launched supersonic missile, a modification of the BrahMos cruise missiles, an achievement previously limited to only advanced nations such as the US, France and Russia. Ship and land launched versions of the BrahMos are being introduced in the navy and army.
The state-controlled Defense Research and Development Organization is also undertaking a joint development project with Israel Aerospace Industries to develop a surface-to-air missile which can be launched from land and ships.
Upgrade and renovation of India's navy will be an important aspect of India's US$50 billion defense modernization exercise. Under the plan, the projects code named 75 and 76 entail the production of 24 underwater vessels valued at US$20 billion to meet the challenges across the Indian Ocean.
In 2007, construction of the highly-advanced Scorpene submarine began at the upgraded Mazgon Dock in Mumbai as part of a US$3.5 billion deal for six such French submarines. As the Scorpene deal involves transfer of technology, it should be beneficial for both nations as India gains new technology and French firms gain a possible foothold in the big Indian market.
But significant delays are now expected in India's acquisition of the aircraft carriers Admiral Gorskov from Russia and two that are being developed at home. In early 2007, India purchased the 36-year-old US warship the USS Trenton (re-christened INS Jalashwa) with a gross tonnage of 16,900 tons for US$50 million.
The Trenton is the first ever US warship owned by the Indian Navy and the second largest that India possesses after the INS Viraat aircraft carrier. The Indian Navy plans to add 40 new warships to its fleet and the government plans to invest over 500 billion rupees (over US$12 billion) over the next 10 years on warships.
The government has encouraged the private sector to play a bigger role in the nation's defense, and India's largest engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro has announced plans to build defense warships and paramilitary vessels at a proposed facility in Tamil Nadu.
After the rude awakening of the Mumbai terror attacks, others branches of the military are also now pushing for more upgrades and additions.
The Indian Air Force, for example, is seeking 42 fighter squadrons up from the current 32 or 33 squadrons (each with 14 to 18 jets), to offset the phasing out of older Russian planes. The army, which has been allocated a large piece of the military outlay, is seeking more tanks and howitzer field guns.

 

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Firepower for Indian Navy after 26/11
By: Subroto Roy Date: 2009-03-05

The navy has acquired a composite ballistic launcher that has been developed by DRDO
Following the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, the Indian Navy is doing all to better its armory. The navy has acquires a composite ballistic launcher that has been developed by the Defense Research Development Organisation (DRDO) in Pune.
AM Apte, director of Armament Development and Research Enterprise (ARDE), told MiD DAY that the launcher had already been tested and would be ready for production in a year's time.
Meant for close-range weapon system, which would be operated from a warship, the launcher can fire from three guns that would be integrated with a computer. Also, the weapon system will have such a might, that it can penetrate special homogenised armoured steel of more than 500 mm thickness.
Demonstrating the components of the launcher, a senior scientist, said, "The launcher has already been supplied to users. However, we attached three more units to it and have tested it for the Indian Navy."
He added that the weapon system could identify its target and fire on its own adjusting the horizontal and vertical movements when remotely controlled from within a cabin.


Firepower for Indian Navy after 26/11

 

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must watch video

 

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TRISHUL: CMS, Radars & VLS Modules Of Project 1135.6 FFG & Project 17 FFG

The top two diagrams illustrate the EMDINA combat management system (CMS) originally co-designed by the Indian Navy's Weapons and Electronic Systems Engineering Establishment (WESEE) and TATA Power as part of project MEDINA. This centralised CMS architecture has been adopted for the Navy's three Project 17 guided-missile frigates (FFG), three Project 15A guided-missile destroyers (DDG), and the four Project 28 ASW guided-missile corvettes. The following two diagrams illustrate the EMCCA Computer Aided Action Information System (CAAIS), also co-developed by WESEE and TATA Power, under Project MECCA and is presently on board the three Project 16 FFGs, three Project 16A FFGs and three Project 15 DDGs. The Fregat-M2EM radar can be found on board all six Project 1135.6 FFGs and the three Project 17 FFGs, while the Fregat MAE-4K radar has been developed by FSUE Salyut for installation on board the aft mast of the Project 1135.6 FFG and Project 17 FFG. However, these have not yet been installed, and the Indian Navy will likely select a L-band radar of either Indian or Israeli origin. The SGPFS vertical launch system for the Club-M is the bottom-most illustration. This VLS is on board both the first three Project 1135.6 FFGs and Project 17 FFGs. For the follow-on three Project 1135.6 FFGs now being built by Russia's Kaliningrad-based Yantar Shipyard the UVLM system will be installed. The UVLM module is built by Larsen & Toubro for the BrahMos supersonic MRCM and it is this module that will also be on board the three upgraded Kashin 2-class DDGs and three Project 15A DDGs
to be Continue……

 

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rest of file are too heavy I can't upload you can check out though link :-
TRISHUL: CMS, Radars & VLS Modules Of Project 1135.6 FFG & Project 17 FFG