Indian Navy News & Discussions

[kurup]

 

[Gessler]

The inner set of turboprops seem to be turning at a different speed than the outer set.

 

[Penguin]

The inner set of turboprops seem to be turning at a different speed than the outer set.

More like not turning. (notice the dude on the tarmack?)

 

[Gessler]

More like not turning. (notice the dude on the tarmack?)

Yeah...when does this usually happen? (inner set of props not active but outer set turning)

 

[Penguin]

Yeah...when does this usually happen? (inner set of props not active but outer set turning)

Don't know the exact engine start sequence, but I suspect it is in the process of starting up all its engines one (or a pair) at the time. If so, that suggests it is a normal event.

See also this AN-22 footage (same engines) eg

 

[kurup]

INS Vikrant and INS Viraat in 1990

INS Viraat and INS Vikramadithya in 2013

 

[Abingdonboy]

More like not turning. (notice the dude on the tarmack?)

Yeah...when does this usually happen? (inner set of props not active but outer set turning)

Don't know the exact engine start sequence, but I suspect it is in the process of starting up all its engines one (or a pair) at the time. If so, that suggests it is a normal event.

See also this AN-22 footage (same engines) eg

I suppose it's also possible/likely that this bird is just taxiing so doesn't need to have all 4 engines on as 2 will provide enough power to taxi the plane on the ground. I've seen C-130s do the same with 3 engines on.

 

[Penguin]

I suppose it's also possible/likely that this bird is just taxiing so doesn't need to have all 4 engines on as 2 will provide enough power to taxi the plane on the ground. I've seen C-130s do the same with 3 engines on.

Crossed my mind too but there's a dude on the tarmac in front of the plane plus some small vehicle (may be some sort of geneator to assist engine start, or a tow vehicle.) so I don't think it is rolling.

 

[Gessler]

Chart of PDMS (naval version of SR-SAM Maitri, I think) displayed for first time in DEFEXPO 2014.

Pic from TRISHUL

 

[Agent_47]

Spotted these pictures of the elusive lead ship of the Kolkata-class (Project 15A) of stealth destroyers at Defexpo. The Kolkata is likely to be handed over to the Indian Navy by the end of next month. With sea trials complete, the ship is currently in dry-dock, chairman of Mazagon Docks Ltd told my network colleague at the show last week. One of the most exciting shipbuilding efforts the country has ever undertaken.

 

[Gessler]

Indian private firm Larsen & Toubro indicates it is designing and building a swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV). This
poster was up at the L&T stand at DefExpo. Under development by L&T Heavy Engineering, this image depicts it
as a dry type delivery vehicle for up to four marine commandos.

Love how it reminds me of this.

Executives I spoke to at the stand said it was being developed and built in-house and would be offered to the
Indian Navy once it was complete (like the Adamya AUV).

Separately, it is known that in 2012, the Indian MoD approved a navy requirement of four special operational
vessels (SOVs) for the MARCOS, apparently to be built at the Hindustan Shipyard Ltd in Visakhapatnam. It is not
clear if L&T is involved with that classified programme.

Livefist: L&T Developing Bond-Style Mini-Sub For Navy?

 

[Nova2]

Australian Navy frigate HMAS Darwin visits Southern Command - Frontier India

HMAS darwin at souther commond:Kochi.

 

[SpArK]

Australian frigate HMAS (Her Majesty’s Australian Ship) Darwin berths at Kochi

 

[thestringshredder]

Navy kicks off largest combat exercise with dedicated satellite above

NEW DELHI: With an all-seeing eye 36,000km above the equator, the Navy has kicked off its largest exercise with both the western and eastern fleets amassing in the Bay of Bengal for intensive combat manoeuvres.

"Tropex" or the theatre-level readiness and operational exercise underway across the eastern seaboard with over 50 warships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat and nuclear submarine INS Chakra, as well as scores of fighters, helicopters and drones is a yearly feature.

But what is new this year is that the month-long exercise is being held for the first time under the gaze of India's first dedicated military satellite GSAT-7 or "Rukmini", which has a 2,000-nautical mile footprint over the critical Indian Ocean region (IOR).

This geostationary naval communication and surveillance satellite, launched in August last year, is beaming signals from its UHF, S, Ku and C-band transponders to network all Indian warships, submarines and aircraft with operational centres ashore through high-speed encrypted data-links.

"The exercise, with Admiral DK Joshi and Eastern Naval Command chief Vice Admiral Anil Chopra embarked on board warships, is being conducted with two completely networked fleets widely dispersed across the IOR in a dense maritime environment," said an officer.

Apart from IAF chipping in with its Sukhoi-30MKIs, Jaguars and IL-78 midair refuellers, the Navy has for the first time also deployed its newly-acquired P-8I long range patrol aircraft or "intelligent hawk eyes" for the wargames.

The US has till now delivered three of these eight sensor and radar-packed aircraft, contracted for $2.1 billion in 2009. Armed with potent anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the P-8Is are working in conjunction with medium-range Dorniers and Israeli Searcher-II and Heron UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to create a three-tier surveillance grid in the heavily-militarized IOR.

With the western fleet coming all the way around the Indian peninsula, the "theatre" for the exercise is also significant since India is steadily bolstering military force-levels on the eastern coast and Andaman and Nicobar archipelago to counter China's strategic moves in the IOR.

Rukmini, with it being first Indian communication satellite to have the high-power UHF (ultra high-frequency) transponder, is a critical cog in all this. Fast shedding its "I see, I kill" kind of solitary operations, the entire Navy is now getting networked for all to get a composite picture of the IOR and swiftly respond to any exigency.

India has been a very slow starter in the use of space for military operations despite having a robust civilian programme. Space, without actual militarization, can be effectively exploited to keep tabs on enemy movements across land and maritime borders.

Link - Navy kicks off largest combat exercise with dedicated satellite above - The Times of India

 

[Abingdonboy]

And not a single pic will be realised of this mammoth exercise