Indian Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Phase 1 Completion in June

[S-DUCT]

Indian Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Phase 1 Completion in June


March 08, 2013, (Sawfnews.com) - The Indian Aircraft Carrier (IAC) which is currently being fitted with two refurbished gearboxes will be floated for the second time in June, marking the completion of Phase 1 of its construction.

The ship was to be floated after Phase 1 construction in December 2011. However, the gearboxes to be fitted on the ship were damaged in a road accident while being delivered to the shipyard. As a result, the ship was floated prematurely in December 2012 to vacate the dry dock it was occupying for commercial shipbuilding work.

According to The Hindu, the ship currently weighs 17,500 tons and when relaunched in June it will weigh 18,000 tons and be self propelling, complete with propulsion, shafting and other equipment.

On August 27, 2012, Minister of Defense Shri AK Antony told the parliament that the ship is now expected to be launched in 2013 and delivered in 2018.

 

[veekysingh]

Indian Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Phase 1 Completion in June


March 08, 2013, (Sawfnews.com) - The Indian Aircraft Carrier (IAC) which is currently being fitted with two refurbished gearboxes will be floated for the second time in June, marking the completion of Phase 1 of its construction.

The ship was to be floated after Phase 1 construction in December 2011. However, the gearboxes to be fitted on the ship were damaged in a road accident while being delivered to the shipyard. As a result, the ship was floated prematurely in December 2012 to vacate the dry dock it was occupying for commercial shipbuilding work.

According to The Hindu, the ship currently weighs 17,500 tons and when relaunched in June it will weigh 18,000 tons and be self propelling, complete with propulsion, shafting and other equipment.

On August 27, 2012, Minister of Defense Shri AK Antony told the parliament that the ship is now expected to be launched in 2013 and delivered in 2018.

well good to hear this. Now lets see when we will see killing machines flying from it.

 

[Sergi]

Long way to go. Hope we get it in 2018

 

[Cherokee]

However, the gearboxes to be fitted on the ship were damaged in a road accident while being delivered to the shipyard.

This makes me so Angry .. Seriously ????

 

[veekysingh]

This makes me so Angry .. Seriously ????

last time I read somewhere that previous company who was to make gearbox made them wrong so BHEL had to make new one. But now I m confuse :?

 

[Star Wars]

This makes me so Angry .. Seriously ????

Thats very old news ....

 

[Koovie]

This makes me so Angry .. Seriously ????

Thank God we are investing 100 billion USD in our infrastructure in the coming years

 

[anant_s]

Elecon Engineering is making gearboxes for the ship.

 

[Storm Force]

indian NAVY indengious weapons capability is as good as in ASIA including CHINA

I WISH THE INDIAN ARMY * AIRFORCE would look learn & start to del;iverr like our navy

 

[Koovie]

indian NAVY indengious weapons capability is as good as in ASIA including CHINA

I WISH THE INDIAN ARMY * AIRFORCE would look learn & start to del;iverr like our navy

No its not, its still sluggish and slow compared to China. And building ships and planes are two completely different aspects. HAL cant deliver what the IAF wants and we have access to some of the best tech in the world, so why should the IAF or anyone else buy Indian made stuff if it does not fit our requirements?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

indian NAVY indengious weapons capability is as good as in ASIA including CHINA

I WISH THE INDIAN ARMY * AIRFORCE would look learn & start to del;iverr like our navy

Like Koovie said no it's not.. If it brings out the same products in a much faster time, then you can say that.

 

[janon]

No its not, its still sluggish and slow compared to China. And building ships and planes are two completely different aspects. HAL cant deliver what the IAF wants and we have access to some of the best tech in the world, so why should the IAF or anyone else buy Indian made stuff if it does not fit our requirements?

To be fair, IN did not ask Cochin shipyard to build a ship that can do everything that the Vikrant can do, while being as small as the Vidyut.

That's what IAF did - it asked HAL to build something who's performance was as good as the best plane it had at the time (mirage 2000), while being as small and light as the smallest plane it had at the time (mig 21), while being more modern than the mirage in many respects. And this in a country that had no experience building any plane.

IAF asked HAL to give it the world's best fighter in its weight class - period. There is something to be said about having modest ambitions, and then progressively building better things.

 

[sancho]

That's what IAF did - it asked HAL to build something who's performance was as good as the best plane it had at the time (mirage 2000), while being as small and light as the smallest plane it had at the time (mig 21), while being more modern than the mirage in many respects. And this in a country that had no experience building any plane.

IAF asked HAL to give it the world's best fighter in its weight class - period. There is something to be said about having modest ambitions, and then progressively building better things.

Not really, IAF asked to build a modern light combat aircraft, which logically would be a 4th generation fighter. The size and the weight requiremtns, had nothing to do with the flight performance, but to have a fighter with a very low RCS. Infact, even the flight performance of LCA MK1 is very good and more than comparable to similar class fighters of the same generation:

TWRs, clean, full internal fuel, with AB thrust

JF 17 B1 - 0,99
LCA MK1 - 0,96
Mirage 2000 C - 0,93
Gripen C - 0,91
J10 A - 0,87

TWRs, clean, full internal fuel, with dry thrust

Gripen C - 0,62
LCA MK1 - 0,62
Mirage 2000 C - 0,61
JF 17 B1 - 0,58
J10 A - 0,57


The small size with lager wing area also resulted in very low wingloadings, which again improved the maneuverability, so what ADA/DRDO/HAL developed in these regards is very good and test pilots reportedly praise LCA to have a very good flight capability, even better than M2Ks, so it has nothing to do with IAFs requirements!
The problems came up during the planing and development stages, when it turned out to be more complicated than expected to develop an own engine, or radar, just like overweight and drag issues are the main problems to achieve development goals. Which again has nothing to do with IAF, but with failures and problems of the industry!
All that IAF can really be blamed for is, not to order and induct at least a squadron of MK1 trainers yet, to start pilot training and in service operations. Minor upgrades could be done later as well and FOC is often achieved in other countries after induction and fully integration of weapons and systems.

Again, without the failures of project management (ADA), development of engine and radar (DRDO, DRDO/HAL) and the problems during the development (ADA/HAL), the fighter would have been available years ago!

 

[janon]

Not really, IAF asked to build a modern light combat aircraft, which logically would be a 4th generation fighter. The size and the weight requiremtns, had nothing to do with the flight performance, but to have a fighter with a very low RCS. Infact, even the flight performance of LCA MK1 is very good and more than comparable to similar class fighters of the same generation:

Ok, but whatever the reason for those requirements, those were the requirements they put. That the fighter should have the performance of the mirage 2000, but still be within the footprint of a mig 21.

To ADA's credit, they did design such a fighter - which, as you rightly say, even exceeds the mirage in several respects.

And yet, the IAF doesn't want to order more than 40 Mk1, despite it being better than most light fighters out there, better than half the IAF's fleet today, and a terrific achievement by a country with no previous experience in the field. That shows a lack of commitment on the IAF's part to patronize the local industry. It's not like it would be at the expense of national security - the product they get would be better in most respects than the second best fighter they have right now.

The engine is something we should not have attempted, or at least should have been a separate endeavor from the LCA project from the beginning.

 

[Ayush]

2018 is a long time