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Does anybody know how is pipapav offshore patrol vessel construction going on any news plz post it..........????:blink:
 
Indian Minister Rejects Charges Connected With Sub Deal


NEW DELHI — Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the ruling United Progressive Alliance Party’s presidential nominee, has denied accusations from a prominent social activist who said Mukherjee has been slow to look into charges of corruption involving India’s purchase of Scorpene submarines.

Arvind Kejriwal, an associate of Anna Hazare, who has been spearheading a movement against corruption in public life here, has demanded an inquiry into the charges against Mukherjee ahead of the July 19 presidential election.

In a June 17 news conference, Kejriwal noted the Scorpene deal was contracted with France in 2005, when Mukherjee was defense minister, but Mukherjee has failed to investigate allegations of kickbacks paid to Indian officials in connection with the deal.

“The president’s post is the highest constitutional office of the country, and the person donning it must be aboveboard and free from any allegation,” Kejriwal said.

Denying the charges, Mukherjee said June 18 that the allegations were “false, self-seeking, mala-fide and made with ulterior motive and lacking any form of responsibility.”

State-owned Mazagon Docks Ltd. is building the six Scorpenes at its Mumbai shipyard under license from France’s DCNS.

The submarines were due for delivery beginning this year under a $3.9 billion agreement between India and France. However, the delivery has been delayed to 2015, and the cost of the project has gone up by nearly $1 billion.

Indian Minister Rejects Charges Connected With Sub Deal | Defense News | defensenews.com
 
6 Qing class submarines which pakistan navy is getting.
i saw in some news is the biggest conventional submarine in world won't that be a threat to our navy they will be getting it before we get 1st scorpene submarine.
how will indian navy counter this threat.................:undecided:
 
Naval ship repair yard gets new machine shop - The Times of India


KOCHI: A machine shop was inaugurated on Friday at the Naval Ship Repair Yard (NSRY), Kochi as part of its modernization drive to cater to advanced platforms and expansion of the Indian Navy.

At present, NRSY undertakes maintenance and repair of warships and other craft of Southern Naval Command and visiting ships.

It was inaugurated by 82-year-old P K Ponnappan Pillai who retired as the first principal foreman of the yard in 1991. Vice Admiral Satish Soni, flag officer commanding in chief, Southern Naval Command was present.
 
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‘INS Viraat visit attests to strong Oman-India ties’ | Oman Observer

India’s only aircraft carrier, the Indian Naval Ship Viraat, sailed into Port Sultan Qaboos here yesterday on its maiden port call — a visit that attested to the strategic nature of relations between the two friendly countries, a top naval official said.
Captain Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Commanding Officer of INS Viraat, said the two-day port visit engendered “deep pride and honour” in the roughly 1,000-strong complement of officers and sailors on board the Indian Navy’s flagship.
“It is with a deep sense of honour and privilege that we have come here to Muscat,” Capt Singh told journalists on the aircraft deck of INS Viraat, flanked by his senior colleagues as well as pilots of the impressive array of fighter aircraft and helicopters on board the carrier. “We have a great bilateral relationship with the Sultanate of Oman. For this very reason, this ship is here,” he added.
INS Viraat is accompanied by the stealth frigate INS Talwar and indigenously built guided missile frigate INS Ganga on its historic visit to the Sultanate. During the two days at berth, all three ships will take on supplies of
fuel and rations before the trio return to the Indian Ocean as part of their current deployment.
Commissioned into the Indian Navy on May 12, 1987, INS Viraat operates the short-take-off fighter aircraft Sea Harriers with vertical landing capability, and the antisubmarine helicopter Sea King 42B and Chetak helicopters for search 1340298515026827700 and rescue purposes.
For self-defence, the carrier is equipped with an anti-missile defence system and long-range surveillance system integrated with a Maritime Domain Awareness network with other fleet ships and shore headquarters. These surveillance systems and sensors of the integral air assets and other screen ships of the formation enable INS Viraat to maintain an enhanced surveillance bubble around the force.
The Sea Harrier fighters are equipped with anti-shipping missiles (AShM), long-range beyond visual range air-to-air missiles (AAM), bombs and rockets. The Sea King helicopters are equipped with long-range radar, ESM suite, dunking Sonar and sonobuoys. Armaments carried by this helicopter include anti-submarine torpedoes, depth charges and anti-shipping missiles (AShM).
The ship is manned by approximately 140 officers and 1400 sailors and has facilities and amenities to cater for requirements of all personnel onboard.
Accompanying INS Viraat are frigates INS Talwar and INS Ganga of the Carrier Task Group. While Ganga has been indigenously built, Talwar was built in Russia according to Indian design requirements. Both Talwar and Ganga are manned by around 30 officers and 300 sailors each.
INS Talwar is fitted with long-range air survelliance radar and credible sonar for detection of submarines. INS Talwar carries one Air Early Warning (AEW) helicopter Kamov 31 as a force multiplier against air threats. The arsenal on board Talwar include long-range anti-shipping hypersonic cruise missiles, medium-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, medium-range gun, close-in weapon system, anti-submarine rockets and torpedoes. Talwar is being commanded 1340298530016829200 by Captain S K Chauhan.
INS Ganga is armed with guided missiles, medium-range gun, anti-missile defence SAM system, close-in weapon system, anti-submarine torpedoes and a state-of-the-art towed array sonar. Ganga has been designed to carry two Sea King 42B anti-submarine helicopters. The frigate is commanded by Captain B R Prakash.
Underscoring the friendly nature of the visit, INS Viraat will be open to the general public (Omanis and Indian nationals only) from 10 am to 4 pm today. Visitors are required to carry proof of identity when they arrive at the Main Gate of Port Sultan Qaboos. Shuttle buses will be available to ferry the visitors from the Jibroo yard to the dock where the carrier is at berth.
 
Indian Navy year wise planned induction (not a complete list) till 2015:

2012 - INS Chakra (SSN), INS Teg (frigate), INS Sahyadri (frigate), INS Kamorta (corvette), INS Kolkata (destroyer), INS Vikramaditya (AC), INS Arihant (SSBN), INS Tarkash (frigate)

2013 - INS Trikand (frigate), INS Kochi (destroyer), INS Kadmatt (corvette)

2014 - INS Chennai (destroyer), INS Kiltan (corvette)

2015 - INS Kavaratti (corvette), 1 Scorpene submarine, INS Arindham (SSBN), INS Vikrant (AC)



IF SOMEONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON SARYU CLASS OPVs & OPVs BUILT BY PIPAVAV, PLEASE SHARE IT HERE.
 
How Indian Navy is expanding and modernizing | NDTV.com


New Delhi: Last fortnight, Vikramaditya, formerly Adm. Gorshkov, a 45,000-tonne displacement aircraft carrier built in Russia began its sea trials, six months before it is handed over to the Indian Navy on December 4, the Navy Day.

Last week, four frontline warships finished a port call in Shanghai at the end of a sustained overseas deployment as part of India's 'Look East' Policy. The four Indian Navy ships, Rana, Shivalik, Karmukh and Shakti, under the command of Rear Admiral P Ajit Kumar, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet are on an operational deployment to the South China Sea and North West Pacific. Earlier in the deployment, the first bi-lateral maritime exercise between India and Japan 'JIMEX 12' (Japan India Maritime Exercise) was conducted, coinciding with the commemoration of 60 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan.

According to the Indian Navy, even as the four ships of the Eastern Fleet are in the South China Sea, another ship, INS Savitri is currently in Port Victoria, Seychelles. INS Savitri will participate in the National Day celebrations of Seychelles and thereafter be deployed for about two months to undertake surveillance of the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) of Seychelles and Mauritius.


The Indian Navy continues to maintain one Dornier aircraft in Seychelles to provide aerial surveillance for the Seychelles EEZ. Another Dornier aircraft is actively flying from Maldives to meet Maldivian requirements of EEZ surveillance and anti-piracy patrols.

INS Tabar, is on a sustained deployment in the Gulf of Aden on convoy escort and anti-piracy patrol.

Four ships of the Western Fleet have just begun on an overseas deployment to Horn of Africa, Red Sea and the Western Mediterranean under the command of Rear Admiral AR Karve, Flag Officer Commanding, Western Fleet.

Suddenly, the Indian Navy is the service to watch out for.

Quietly, it has gathered pace in acquisition and modernisation together. Currently it is in the middle of a planned expansion designed to cater to emerging maritime security challenges in the Indian Ocean Region and beyond.

For instance, in April, India's latest naval base, INS Dweeprakshak(Island protector) was put into operation at Kavaratti in Lakshawadeep, the tiny island chain, southwest Kerala. Although the Indian navy has had a small presence on the strategically important islands for the past decade, its decision to open a permanent base emanated from recent incidents of piracy very close to these islands. At least 100 pirates were caught and several piracy attempts foiled in the vicinity by the Indian Navy in recent times.

In a statement, the Navy said: "Indian Navy has been operating a detachment at Kavaratti since early eighties. With the commissioning of INS Dweeprakshak, the island territories would see calibrated strengthening of assets in step with their growing relevance to the security calculus of the Nation. A firmer footing in the islands, which are spread outside some of the busiest shipping lanes of the world, would provide the necessary wherewithal to the Indian Navy to discharge its responsibilities suitably. Indian Naval Warships on patrol would now extend their reach farther with base support from INS Dweeprakshak."

The establishment of this base is in keeping with the announcement made by the Chief of Naval Staff, Adm.Nirmal Verma. "The Navy is also in the process offsetting up Operational Turn Around (OTR) bases, Forward Operating Bases and Naval Air Enclaves along the coast which would enhance the reach and sustainability of our surveillance effort. In 2011the Navy has provided a renewed impetus and focus towards creation of operational and administrative infrastructure in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands. These islands are the country's strategic outposts and augmentation of the facilities would enhance our reach and enable extended presence in the area," he had said in December2011.

The Navy's long-term Maritime Capabilities Perspective Plan in fact has identified a mix of two major roles for the force: One, the traditional blue water operational capability and two, a plan to effectively counter threats closer to the coast.

According to the report of the Standing Committee on Defence, tabled in Parliament in the last week of April, the Navy's short-term plan has the following objectives:

- Augment airborne maritime surveillance, strike, Anti Submarine Warfare and air defence capability through induction of shore-based aircraft, integral helos, carrier based aircraft, space based AIS and UAVs, along with suitable weapons and sensors.

- Develop ASW (anti-submarine warfare) capability through induction of suitable platforms, weapons and sensors.

- Build adequate standoff capability for sea lift and Expeditionary Operations to achieve desired power projection force levels, influence events ashore and undertake Military Operations Other Than War.

- Induct assets and develop suitable infrastructure to augment forces available for Low Intensity Maritime Operations (LIMO), protection of off- shore assets and Coastal Security framework.

- Induct force multipliers like satellite based global communications, reconnaissance and network enabled platforms to achieve Battle-Space dominance capability and perform network centric operations.

- Induct state-of-the-art equipment and specialised platforms for Special Forces to enhance niche capabilities to conduct Maritime Intervention Operations and other envisaged roles.

- Develop support infrastructure in island territories to support the planned force levels as well as support infrastructure for ships/submarines/aircrafts at ports and airbases.

Given the extensive plans presented to the Parliament, it is evident now that the Indian Navy is in the middle of its most ambitious expansion plan in the past three decades. Senior officers point out that the Indian Navy's perspective-planning in terms of 'force-levels' is now driven by a conceptual shift from 'numbers' of platforms -- that is, from the old 'bean-counting' philosophy -- to one that concentrates on 'capabilities'.

Naval HQ says 50 modern ships are currently on order with majority being built Indian shipyards. The Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence was informed last month that while Indian shipyards have made remarkable progress in building hulls and associated equipment but still lags behind in building and manufacturing weapons and sensors.

Traditionally the Indian navy has sourced most of its ships from the former Soviet Union but over the past decade, defence planners have leaned hard on Indian shipbuilding yards to deliver a variety of warship for the Indian Navy.

Two stealth ships-INS Shivalik and INS Satpura-- commissioned recently have been designed and built by public sector Mazgaon Docks Limited. The order books of India's oldest government-owned shipbuilders are full with the Navy wanting four more such guided missile frigates over the next five years.

There are more acquisitions in the pipeline. They include: four anti-submarine corvettes, four guided missile destroyers, three stealth frigates, six Scorpene submarines (being built at Mazgaon Docks with French technology and help) and two nuclear-powered submarines.

India's conventional diesel-powered submarine fleet is down to single digits right now but with the Russian-built Nerpa class nuclear submarine (leased for a decade) joining service earlier this year, the submarine arm has got a major boost. But the biggest force accretion in recent years has come in the form of Boeing Pi-8long range maritime reconnaissance (LRMR) plane that gives the Indian Navy a reach and capability to mount surveillance way beyond its traditional areas of influence.

According to its near-term plans, the Indian Navy has ambitions to become a three Battle Carrier Groups force by 2020.

While it's most prestigious acquisition-Russian Aircraft Carrier Admiral Gorshkov, to be renamed INS Vikramaditya-is likely to be inducted into the fleet latest by March 2013, one more carrier being built indigenously will most likely join the service by 2015.

Currently India operates a lone Aircraft Carrier, INS Viraat, a British-built 1960s vintage ship that is on an extended lease of life thanks to the Navy's innovative engineers and planners.

Vikramaditya, once inducted, will give India the much needed edge in its maritime capabilities since it will come with the latest MiG-29 K series of aircraft. Indian Naval Aviators are already hard at work training themselves on the planes but away from the ship.

Defence Minister AK Antony in fact told the Naval Commanders conference last month: "India's strategic location in the Indian Ocean and the professional capability of our Navy bestows upon us a natural ability to play a leading role in ensuring peace and stability in the Indian Ocean Region."

Little wonder than the US wants India and especially the Indian Navy to play a major role in its quest to form new and lasting regional alliances in Asia as articulated by visiting secretary of defence Leon Panetta.

(This article was originally written for a defence magazine 'Purple Beret')
 
India plans to operate two carriers any given time: Navy chief

New Delhi, June 25: India is planning to operate at least two aircraft carriers at any given time, once its indigenous programme for such large warships is complete.
This was stated by Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma in an address delivered at the International Institute for Strategic Studies at London today.

Verma, who is in Britain on a three-day bilateral visit, informed the gathering that "the indigenous aircraft carrier programme is planned to be a continuing process over the next decade-plus, with the Indian Navy's medium term aim being to have at least two fully operational and combat worthy carriers available at any given time."

The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) is under construction at the public sector Cochin Shipyard in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The keel laying for the first IAC, christened INS Vikrant and to weigh about 45,000 tonnes, was done in February 2009 and it is likely to join the Indian Navy service by 2016, as per the revised construction schedule.

India also plans to build another, larger IAC that will weigh about 65,000 tonnes and is likely to be called INS Vishal.

It is already operating the ageing INS Viraat, which has completed close to 53 years of naval service having been HMS Hermes in the British Royal Navy before being bought by India in 1987. Viraat, which has already completed 25 years of service in the Indian Navy, is expected to retire after INS Vikrant is inducted.

Moreover, the Russian-origin INS Vikramaditya (erstwhile Russian Navy's Admiral Gorshkov) is undergoing sea trials ahead of its induction into the Indian Navy in December this year.

Expressing pride in India's progress along the road of indigenous shipbuilding, Admiral Verma said the Indian Navy had articulated a perspective plan for development of the force up to 2027, a plan that was "capability-based rather than threat-based".

On the emerging global geopolitical scenario, the Indian Navy chief said, "The global gaze is focusing increasingly on the Asia-Pacific region which underlines the significance of the Indian Ocean in global security affairs."

Painting a picture of an intensely competitive and dynamic Asia, the admiral stressed the need to develop and prepare accordingly.

He drew the attention of those gathered to the possible state of affairs in 2025, saying, "By the year 2025, three of the world's four largest economies will be in Asia. The region is also recognised as the primary loci of ostensible non-state threats in the world. Juxtaposed with these entities are three of the world's four largest Armies, and atleast four declared nuclear weapon states."

Regarding the improving resource allocation to the Indian Navy in India's carefully controlled defence budget, he observed that "there is an increasing realisation that the destiny of our nation is entwined with our maritime destiny."

Verma was speaking on 'Metamorphosis of Matters Maritime: An Indian Perspective'. (IANS)

India plans to operate two carriers any given time: Navy chief

India plans to operate two carriers any given time: Navy chief

New Delhi, June 25: India is planning to operate at least two aircraft carriers at any given time, once its indigenous programme for such large warships is complete.
This was stated by Indian Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma in an address delivered at the International Institute for Strategic Studies at London today.

Verma, who is in Britain on a three-day bilateral visit, informed the gathering that "the indigenous aircraft carrier programme is planned to be a continuing process over the next decade-plus, with the Indian Navy's medium term aim being to have at least two fully operational and combat worthy carriers available at any given time."

The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) is under construction at the public sector Cochin Shipyard in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The keel laying for the first IAC, christened INS Vikrant and to weigh about 45,000 tonnes, was done in February 2009 and it is likely to join the Indian Navy service by 2016, as per the revised construction schedule.

India also plans to build another, larger IAC that will weigh about 65,000 tonnes and is likely to be called INS Vishal.

It is already operating the ageing INS Viraat, which has completed close to 53 years of naval service having been HMS Hermes in the British Royal Navy before being bought by India in 1987. Viraat, which has already completed 25 years of service in the Indian Navy, is expected to retire after INS Vikrant is inducted.

Moreover, the Russian-origin INS Vikramaditya (erstwhile Russian Navy's Admiral Gorshkov) is undergoing sea trials ahead of its induction into the Indian Navy in December this year.

Expressing pride in India's progress along the road of indigenous shipbuilding, Admiral Verma said the Indian Navy had articulated a perspective plan for development of the force up to 2027, a plan that was "capability-based rather than threat-based".

On the emerging global geopolitical scenario, the Indian Navy chief said, "The global gaze is focusing increasingly on the Asia-Pacific region which underlines the significance of the Indian Ocean in global security affairs."

Painting a picture of an intensely competitive and dynamic Asia, the admiral stressed the need to develop and prepare accordingly.

He drew the attention of those gathered to the possible state of affairs in 2025, saying, "By the year 2025, three of the world's four largest economies will be in Asia. The region is also recognised as the primary loci of ostensible non-state threats in the world. Juxtaposed with these entities are three of the world's four largest Armies, and atleast four declared nuclear weapon states."

Regarding the improving resource allocation to the Indian Navy in India's carefully controlled defence budget, he observed that "there is an increasing realisation that the destiny of our nation is entwined with our maritime destiny."

Verma was speaking on 'Metamorphosis of Matters Maritime: An Indian Perspective'. (IANS)

India plans to operate two carriers any given time: Navy chief
 

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