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Indian Navy establishes four Joint Operation Centres : Pradeep Kumar News

Indian Navy has operationalised four Joint Operation Centres at Western, Eastern and Southern Naval Commands and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In addition, the navy has issued Standard Operating Procedures for cordinations with Indian Coast Guards (ICG), Marine police, ports, customs etc. On May 10, Defence Minister A K Antony had reviewed the coastal security. Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma had briefed him on the steps taken to secure the coastline.....

 

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A very Nice promo Video for P-8I by BOEING...A must watch..

 

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Naval crew to train for Scorpene subs

Two Indian naval crews will be going to France to train for operating the Scorpene killer submarines , six of which are being built at Mazagon Docks (MDL) in Mumbai under the Rs 23,562 crore programme called Project-75 . “The Indian crews will begin the training with the French navy after some months. We now hope to get the first Scorpene by August 2015. Each submarine will have just a 36-member crew since automation levels in them are very high,” said an official. With India down to just 14 submarines now, the Navy is keen that the Scorpene project, which has been hit by a huge cost escalation and is running three years behind schedule, does not suffer any more slippages.

Both MDL as well as French collaborator DCNS, however, are confident that Project-75 is now fully on track. “The first Scorpene will be ‘launched’ into water in 2013, and will be ready for commissioning by August 2015 after extensive harbour and sea trials,” said a top DCNS official.

“The target is to deliver the sixth submarine by 2018, one every nine months after the first one in 2015. The third and fourth submarines are already under construction at MDL,” the official added.

Navy, on its part, is keeping its fingers crossed about the Scorpene project as well as its new programme called “Project-75 India” . The government of course is yet to finalize P-75 I, under which six new stealth submarines equipped with both tubelaunched missiles for landattack capabilities as well as AIP (air-independent propulsion ) are to be built with foreign collaboration for over Rs 50,000 crore.

Projections show the force will have only five of its existing 10 Russian Kiloclass and four German HDW submarines by 2020. Consequently , even with the six Scorpenes, India will be far short of the at least 18 conventional submarines required to deter Pakistan and China, both of which are rapidly augmenting their underwater combat arms.

Naval crew to train for Scorpene subs | idrw.org

 

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Karwar Naval Base Phase I Completed – Brings to Life Rajiv’s Dream: Anthony

Defence Minister Shri AK Anthony, today commissioned a civilian township at Amadalli marking the completion of all construction activities associated with Phase-I of the magnificent Naval base at Karwar.

Speaking on the occasion the honorable minister complemented all the engineers and the contractors, associated with the project, for developing world class infrastructure at Amadalli for the defence civilians. He pointed out that “The completion of Phase-I activities of the Naval Base has brought to life the dream of our late Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi, who had laid the foundation stone for this Naval Base on 24 October, 1986.”

He highlighted the fact that “The growth of the Karwar naval base provided considerable impetus to the economy of the Uttar Kannada region.” Adding further he said “the Ministry of Defence had allotted a sum of Rs. 126.96 Cr to the State for rehabilitation of local inhabitants; all the rehabilitation centers have been established, pukka houses provided to the families with electricity, drainage and also pukka roads and schools have been set up in the rehabilitation centers”. He pointed out that “Over 1000 children from the project affected families have been enrolled in ITIs since 1998 providing valuable technical training to the young people and additionally approximately 178 persons from the affected families have also been enrolled in the Indian Navy”. He observed, with satisfaction that, almost 50% complement of the Naval Civilians employed by the Naval Base has either been from the Project Affected Families or from the Karwar region.

Even as Phase-I of the Karwar naval base project is completed, planning for the second phase of the project involving augmentation of facilities at the Naval base to cater for basing of additional ships and submarines at Karwar is well underway and work is likely to commence once the Cabinet approves the expansion.

It may be recalled that just yesterday while addressing the Unified Commander’s Conference, in New Delhi, the Defence Minister whilst stating that India always desired friendly relations with all its neighbours added that “we must keep up the ongoing process of upgrading our military structure”.

This expansion of the base would also provide an economic fillip to the Uttar Kannada region and bring better job opportunities and economic well being of the local population.

Admiral Nirmal Verma, Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral DK Joshi, Flag-Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command were among the others present at the inauguration ceremony.

 

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Navy likely to induct 'Kawach' rockets in 2013

NAGPUR: The state of the art 'Kawach' rockets being developed by Ordnance Factories Board (OFB) is likely to be inducted into Indian Navy sometime in 2013.

"We have made two prototype and first trial has been successfully conducted while the second trial will be conducted sometime this year before its final induction into the Indian Navy in 2013," OFB Director General and Chairman, D M Gupta Gupta told a press conference, here today.

Kawach to be launched from Navy submarines will have a range of 40 kms.

He also informed that the OFB is in the process of investing Rs 6800 crore over the next five years and will be taking up many new products like new generation assault rifles, very short range air defence missiles, latest generation artillery guns and ammunitions through technology transfer.

 

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Saab Locates Sea Gripen Work In U.K. | AVIATION WEEK

In a bid to advance its concept for a carrier-borne Gripen, Saab says it will establish a design center in the U.K. to flesh out the concept.

Saab CEO Hakan Buskhe says the Sea Gripen concept design phase will take 12-18 months and he believes Saab could deliver starting in 2018 if it secures a contract. A flight demonstrator also may be built.

The decision to base the work in London is linked to design expertise in the U.K. rather than the fact the British government is moving to a catapult-and-arresting-gear carrier approach. Instead, India and Brazil are seen as potential customers for the Sea Gripen.

The Swedish company discussed its plans with the U.K. Defense Ministry and made the announcement as part of a larger push into the U.K., despite a declining defense budget there. “We believe we have a gap to fill,” Buskhe says.

The Sea Gripen would be low-cost and low-risk, featuring upgrades going into the Gripen NG, he says.

Saab has drawn up a list of companies it is interested in approaching for partnership on the Sea Gripen, but BAE Systems—Saab’s main partner previously on the Gripen development program—is not among them. “We haven’t been focused on BAE Systems. We have come to the conclusion that we should not try that again,” Buskhe says.

Saab’s announcement comes after Eurofighter revived its concept of a naval Typhoon at Bengaluru earlier this year.

Speaking about Saab’s failure to be shortlisted for India’s Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft competition, Buskhe says, “I believe the main difference between India and Brazil is that India wants an ‘off-the-shelf’ product. It was also difficult to convince them we had a good radar.”

Buskhe reinforces that he has not given up hope entirely, noting that “they haven’t told us to pack our things and go home.” Saab, Lockheed Martin and Boeing are awaiting more detail on why they lost out to the Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale, which remain in the running for the Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft program

 

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New pic of INS Vikramaditya

Photo Post: Vikramaditya

 

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Its not a new pic....

 

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New pic of INS Vikramaditya

Photo Post: Vikramaditya

its a very old picture sir

 

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10+2 Cadet (B. Tech) Entry Scheme at Indian Navy | idrw.org


10+2 Cadet (B. Tech) Entry Scheme Jan 2012:

Indian Navy has given a recruitment notification for the recruitment of 10+2 Cadet (B. Tech) Entry Scheme (Permanent Commission) vacancies for Unmarried Male candidates in Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala. Who are eligible candidates may apply through offline on or before 28-06-2011.

The details regarding age limit, educational qualification, pay scale and other details of nausena-bharti.nic.in is given below…

Nausena Bharti vacancy details:

Name of the posts: 10+2 Cadet (B. Tech) Entry Scheme (Permanent Commission).

Age limit: The candidate’s age limit is 17 to 19.5 years, that means born between 02-07-1992 and 01-01-1995 both dates inclusive.

Educational qualification: Candidates pass in Senior Secondary Examination (10+2 pattern) or equivalent from a university/Board with at least 70% marks in physics, chemistry and mathematics at least 50% marks in English. Either in class X or class XII.

Selection process: The mode of selection is Intelligence test/discussion test/psychological test/group task test/group discussion and interview basis.

How to apply: The eligible candidates may send their application in prescribed format, along with attested copies of necessary certificates, to the following address by ordinary post only, on or before 28-06-2011, Post Bag No. 4, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110011.

Last date for receipt of application: 28-06-2011.

For more details regarding age limit, educational qualification, pay scale, how to apply, selection process, application fee, last date for receipt of application and other details of nausena-bharti.nic.in is available at given below link…

Nausena Bharti Advt details

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Chindits: INS Kabra Joins The Navy
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India’s latest warship, INS Kabra was
commissioned today at Naval Base Kochi by Vice
Admiral KN Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-
Chief, Southern Naval Command. The ship is
named after an island of the Andaman and
Nicobar archipelago. The commissioning
ceremony involved announcement of the
commissioning warrant signed by the Chief of
the Naval Staff, hoisting the Naval Ensign and
National Flag on board to the tune of the National
Anthem and breaking of the commissioning
pendant atop the ship.
Vice Admiral Sushil in his address to the
assembled gathering underscored the importance
ofrelatively smaller ships like Fast Attack Crafts
for a blue water Navy stating that these are
essential inventory in peacetime, for Low
Intensity Conflicts and anti piracy operations. Rear
Admiral KC Shekar (Retd), Chairman and
Managing Director Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers,said that INS Kabra is a cost effective
and fuel efficient platform. Admiral Shekar also
informed the audience that certain modifications
from the original design have been carried out on
the ship based on inputs from the Navy.
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By the looks of it I think its gonna get VLS shtil.only teg is gonna get a launcher?by the way what ship is that?