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Round One goes to IAF, but tussle between Army and IAF is not over yet warns Defence Analyst
PublishedSeptember 23, 2015 | Byadmin
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN)
India has finally agreed to clear long pending purchase of 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinooks Transport helicopters and the first round clearly goes to the Indian air force which can keep this new asset while Indian Army Pays the bill .
First Round might have been won by Indian Air force but Ego War is not yet over and likely to reignite once followup order is underway warned Defence Analyst Ranesh Rajan.
MOD already has approved follow-up order of 39 Apache attack helicopters which will likely go to Army Aviation Corps but it will likely will be contested by Indian Air force again Said Rajan since there is no final word on it by Defence ministry officials on the ongoing tussle .
Indian Air force likely will argue that follow-up orders of Apache or Chinooks helicopters should remain with IAF to avoid duplication of Assets While Indian Army likely will ask for Transfer of Assets to it Aviation Corps which are currently been ordered and paid out of Army Budget.
Tussle is not new, it all started when IAF was allowed to keep Mil Mi-26 and Mil Mi-24/35 Helicopters which was too brought from funds of Indian Army, Earlier argument made by IAF was that newly formed Army Aviation Corps didn’t have adequate Manpower and trained technicians to maintain this asset, but things have changed drastically now said, Rajan.
Army Aviation Corps now operates much bigger Helicopter fleet and have also invested heavy in creating establishments to expand its Aviation Corps in near future. Army is literally the force behind HAL’s Indigenous Light combat Helicopter (LCH) which is driving the program and have deputed senior most Test Pilots and technicians who have been instrumental in fine tuning the attack helicopter into much more lethal and agile bird , Army also have placed Double orders for LCH then IAF.
While IAF is making it an ego issue because they also fear that Army will start demanding build up of their own Aerial assets which they for long considered has their own domain. Sources close to idrw.org in past had informed us that Army had made plans to operate their own Mi-17-V Transport helicopters and were also considering procurement of light to Medium Fixed wing Transport aircrafts for their logistical needs which were quietly turned down by MOD.
It’s a tussle which is unlikely to end soon, more the Army expands its Aviation Corps stronger it will get which in turn will demand to operate more and bigger Aerial assets in future said Rajan and added that Ministry of Defense ( MOD) will have to play a balancing role which will ensure effectiveness of the assets but also avoid unnecessary duplication of Assets.
PublishedSeptember 23, 2015 | Byadmin
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK (INN)
India has finally agreed to clear long pending purchase of 22 Apache attack helicopters and 15 Chinooks Transport helicopters and the first round clearly goes to the Indian air force which can keep this new asset while Indian Army Pays the bill .
First Round might have been won by Indian Air force but Ego War is not yet over and likely to reignite once followup order is underway warned Defence Analyst Ranesh Rajan.
MOD already has approved follow-up order of 39 Apache attack helicopters which will likely go to Army Aviation Corps but it will likely will be contested by Indian Air force again Said Rajan since there is no final word on it by Defence ministry officials on the ongoing tussle .
Indian Air force likely will argue that follow-up orders of Apache or Chinooks helicopters should remain with IAF to avoid duplication of Assets While Indian Army likely will ask for Transfer of Assets to it Aviation Corps which are currently been ordered and paid out of Army Budget.
Tussle is not new, it all started when IAF was allowed to keep Mil Mi-26 and Mil Mi-24/35 Helicopters which was too brought from funds of Indian Army, Earlier argument made by IAF was that newly formed Army Aviation Corps didn’t have adequate Manpower and trained technicians to maintain this asset, but things have changed drastically now said, Rajan.
Army Aviation Corps now operates much bigger Helicopter fleet and have also invested heavy in creating establishments to expand its Aviation Corps in near future. Army is literally the force behind HAL’s Indigenous Light combat Helicopter (LCH) which is driving the program and have deputed senior most Test Pilots and technicians who have been instrumental in fine tuning the attack helicopter into much more lethal and agile bird , Army also have placed Double orders for LCH then IAF.
While IAF is making it an ego issue because they also fear that Army will start demanding build up of their own Aerial assets which they for long considered has their own domain. Sources close to idrw.org in past had informed us that Army had made plans to operate their own Mi-17-V Transport helicopters and were also considering procurement of light to Medium Fixed wing Transport aircrafts for their logistical needs which were quietly turned down by MOD.
It’s a tussle which is unlikely to end soon, more the Army expands its Aviation Corps stronger it will get which in turn will demand to operate more and bigger Aerial assets in future said Rajan and added that Ministry of Defense ( MOD) will have to play a balancing role which will ensure effectiveness of the assets but also avoid unnecessary duplication of Assets.
