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India, US kick off talks on cooperation in construction of aircraft carriers
NEW DELHI: India has now kicked off discussions with the US on collaboration in technologies associated with aircraft carriers, in a move which comes soon after the defence ministry here set the ball rolling for construction of the country's largest-ever warship, the 65,000-tonne INS Vishal.
The India-US joint working group on aircraft carrier technologies met for the first time in the US from August 12 to 14, which also saw the Indian delegation led by Western Naval Command chief Vice Admiral SPS Cheema visit the under-construction supercarrier Gerald Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
Aircraft carriers like Ford, which will have EMALS (electromagnetic aircraft launch systems) technology to replace the traditional steam catapults for launching aircraft, are of special interest to India since it wants INS Vishal to have similar systems.
The USS Carl Vinson. The electromagnetic aircraft launch system used by the US in its aircraft carriers is of special interest to India.
The US embassy, in a statement here, said the Indian delegation received briefs on the US Navy's management of aircraft carrier programs, met with senior Pentagon officials, and toured the R&D facilities for aircraft carrier launch and recovery systems as a first step towards exploring opportunities for cooperation.
"During the JWG, the US and Indian navies held candid and open discussions on various aspects of aircraft carrier development, including design, integration, test, evaluation, management and oversight of carrier construction," it added.
India has asked the US to share technology for EMALS developed by General Atomics under the bilateral Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI), which has so far discussed joint production of relatively modest projects ranging from hand-held drones to protection gear for soldiers.
The defence acquisitions council, chaired by Manohar Parrikar, had recently sanctioned an initial Rs 30 crore as seed money for the proposed project to construct INS Vishal. This second indigenously constructed carrier is likely to have nuclear propulsion for greater endurance as well as CATOBAR (catapult assisted take-off but arrested recovery) configuration for launching fighters as well as heavier aircraft from its deck, as reported earlier by TOI.
The INS Vishal project is important since the country's 56-year-old carrier INS Viraat is slated for retirement next year, which will leave India with only one operational aircraft carrier in the shape of INS Vikramaditya.
The 40,000-tonne indigenous aircraft carrier or INS Vikrant being currently built at Cochin Shipyard will be ready for induction only by 2018-2019. It will take well over a decade to construct INS Vishal, which can kick off only after its size, propulsion and the aircraft it will carry is finalized.
India, US kick off talks on cooperation in construction of aircraft carriers - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: India has now kicked off discussions with the US on collaboration in technologies associated with aircraft carriers, in a move which comes soon after the defence ministry here set the ball rolling for construction of the country's largest-ever warship, the 65,000-tonne INS Vishal.
The India-US joint working group on aircraft carrier technologies met for the first time in the US from August 12 to 14, which also saw the Indian delegation led by Western Naval Command chief Vice Admiral SPS Cheema visit the under-construction supercarrier Gerald Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
Aircraft carriers like Ford, which will have EMALS (electromagnetic aircraft launch systems) technology to replace the traditional steam catapults for launching aircraft, are of special interest to India since it wants INS Vishal to have similar systems.
The USS Carl Vinson. The electromagnetic aircraft launch system used by the US in its aircraft carriers is of special interest to India.
The US embassy, in a statement here, said the Indian delegation received briefs on the US Navy's management of aircraft carrier programs, met with senior Pentagon officials, and toured the R&D facilities for aircraft carrier launch and recovery systems as a first step towards exploring opportunities for cooperation.
"During the JWG, the US and Indian navies held candid and open discussions on various aspects of aircraft carrier development, including design, integration, test, evaluation, management and oversight of carrier construction," it added.
India has asked the US to share technology for EMALS developed by General Atomics under the bilateral Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI), which has so far discussed joint production of relatively modest projects ranging from hand-held drones to protection gear for soldiers.
The defence acquisitions council, chaired by Manohar Parrikar, had recently sanctioned an initial Rs 30 crore as seed money for the proposed project to construct INS Vishal. This second indigenously constructed carrier is likely to have nuclear propulsion for greater endurance as well as CATOBAR (catapult assisted take-off but arrested recovery) configuration for launching fighters as well as heavier aircraft from its deck, as reported earlier by TOI.
The INS Vishal project is important since the country's 56-year-old carrier INS Viraat is slated for retirement next year, which will leave India with only one operational aircraft carrier in the shape of INS Vikramaditya.
The 40,000-tonne indigenous aircraft carrier or INS Vikrant being currently built at Cochin Shipyard will be ready for induction only by 2018-2019. It will take well over a decade to construct INS Vishal, which can kick off only after its size, propulsion and the aircraft it will carry is finalized.
India, US kick off talks on cooperation in construction of aircraft carriers - The Times of India
It will be the start of FISHY wars!
