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India Set To Transfer A Newly Built Dornier Do-228 Aircraft To Seychelles

The Dornier Do-228 Transport Aircraft, made by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited [HAL], will soon be transferred for operation by the Seychelles Air Force.
The aircrafts are built in India, under license from its original manufacturers the, then, Dornier GmBH company, at HAL's Transport Aircraft Division [TAD]. This news was reported in the latest edition of HAL-Connect,

"TAD, Kanpur Division will deliver a Do-228 aircraft to Seychelles Air Force shortly. The Division conducted a four week training program for the Seychelles aircrew from November 19 to December 15, 2012, to acquaint with the operation of the aircraft. The training program was designed to cover all relevant aspects of the aircraft including airframe, power plant, avionics, auto flight, electrical power, aircraft electrical as well as mechanical system and aircraft flying procedures.

Shri D. Balasubramanian, GM and Shri V.K.Joshi , COP, TAD, Kanpur released the Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) for Seychelles DO-228 aircraft. GM also felicitated four pilots of Seychelles Air Force with training certificates. Shri Arup Chatterjee, AGM (Planning) handed over the soft copy of the training material to Seychelles air crew."
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https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=.../HAL-CONNECT/HAL-%20CONNECT%20-ISSUE%2049.pdf

India has had a strong & long-standing relation with the island nation, that extends into the military domain. The Indian Navy [IN] has been carrying out deterrence patrols of its Exclusive Economic Zone [EEZ], for years now, sanitising the waters of the menace of piracy, along with undertaking maritime surveys. Even as Seychelles own aircraft, which India is gifting it, along with 2 Chetak Helicopters, was being built, IN's own Do-228 had been stationed there, carrying out tasks, essentially anti-piracy related, which this new plane will perform. Besides this, India has been regularly undertaking training programmes for their security & defence personals. A few years back, an agreement was signed, whereby India would impart training to their Special Forces Unit in carrying out missions like deep sea diving, VIP protection & undertaking Special Forces-specific operations, if need arises. It is also going to install a radar system estimated to be worth $10 million USD. In all likelihood, it would be linked to India's own radar chain, as has said to have been done with the ones set up in Maldives. Besides this, India has also pledged $5 million USD for building up Seychelles' capability to fight the menace of piracy on its own - a major threat to the tourism-dependant nation.

India Set To Transfer A Newly Built Dornier Do-228 Aircraft To Seychelles - AA Me, IN

 

[Abingdonboy]

India Set To Transfer A Newly Built Dornier Do-228 Aircraft To Seychelles

The Dornier Do-228 Transport Aircraft, made by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited [HAL], will soon be transferred for operation by the Seychelles Air Force.
The aircrafts are built in India, under license from its original manufacturers the, then, Dornier GmBH company, at HAL's Transport Aircraft Division [TAD]. This news was reported in the latest edition of HAL-Connect,

"TAD, Kanpur Division will deliver a Do-228 aircraft to Seychelles Air Force shortly. The Division conducted a four week training program for the Seychelles aircrew from November 19 to December 15, 2012, to acquaint with the operation of the aircraft. The training program was designed to cover all relevant aspects of the aircraft including airframe, power plant, avionics, auto flight, electrical power, aircraft electrical as well as mechanical system and aircraft flying procedures.

Shri D. Balasubramanian, GM and Shri V.K.Joshi , COP, TAD, Kanpur released the Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) for Seychelles DO-228 aircraft. GM also felicitated four pilots of Seychelles Air Force with training certificates. Shri Arup Chatterjee, AGM (Planning) handed over the soft copy of the training material to Seychelles air crew."
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https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=.../HAL-CONNECT/HAL-%20CONNECT%20-ISSUE%2049.pdf

India has had a strong & long-standing relation with the island nation, that extends into the military domain. The Indian Navy [IN] has been carrying out deterrence patrols of its Exclusive Economic Zone [EEZ], for years now, sanitising the waters of the menace of piracy, along with undertaking maritime surveys. Even as Seychelles own aircraft, which India is gifting it, along with 2 Chetak Helicopters, was being built, IN's own Do-228 had been stationed there, carrying out tasks, essentially anti-piracy related, which this new plane will perform. Besides this, India has been regularly undertaking training programmes for their security & defence personals. A few years back, an agreement was signed, whereby India would impart training to their Special Forces Unit in carrying out missions like deep sea diving, VIP protection & undertaking Special Forces-specific operations, if need arises. It is also going to install a radar system estimated to be worth $10 million USD. In all likelihood, it would be linked to India's own radar chain, as has said to have been done with the ones set up in Maldives. Besides this, India has also pledged $5 million USD for building up Seychelles' capability to fight the menace of piracy on its own - a major threat to the tourism-dependant nation.

India Set To Transfer A Newly Built Dornier Do-228 Aircraft To Seychelles - AA Me, IN

Am impressed with the security relationship India is building up with many of the smaller states in the Indian Ocean.

 

[Penguin]

Following the insolvency of Fairchild-Dornier, Ruag acquired the Do 228 type certificate in 2003 and developed the Do 228NG, which was launched in 2007. Deliveries began in 2011 and eight have been sold so far, including to the Bangladeshi and German navies. India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is also offering the Dornier 228 platform – it already has Do 228s flying with the Indian Navy and Coast Guard, as well as Mauritius (two) and the Seychelles has just bought one.

he Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) bought a production licence and manufactures the 228 for the Asian market sphere. Approximately 270 Do 228 were built at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and Kanpur, India. In August 2006, 127 Dornier Do 228 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service.[1]
In 2009, RUAG started building a Dornier 228 New Generation in Germany with the fuselage, wings and tail unit manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Kanpur (India) and transported to Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, where RUAG Aviation carries out aircraft final assembly, customized equipment installation, product conformity inspection and aircraft delivery.

Dornier Do 228 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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Two Indian naval ships were near Maldives on Feb 7: Maldives ex-Defence Minister

On the morning of February 7, 2012 two Indian naval ships had been operating 23 miles off Maldives, but the then President Mohamed Nasheed had refused to allow India to intervene, former Defence Minister Tholhath Ibrahim Kaleyfaanu has told a Parliamentary Committee.

Nasheed had rejected the notion of Indian involvement on that day which saw the downfall of his government, when the then Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem had suggested that the Indian government would extend its assistance, Tholhath told the Parliament’s Government Accountability Committee currently reviewing the Commission of National Inquiry’s (CoNI) report into the transfer of power on February 7.

“President said no. We cannot allow India to intervene in this matter. I will never agree to that. So it cannot be done,” Tholhath said. “Two ships were operating quite close, around 23 miles off Maldives. But the President was insistent. He didn’t want to seek any assistance from India in the matter.”

Tholhath further added that Nasheed was the one who knew that the Indian navy ships were in Maldivian territory which could have been relayed to him by Naseem.

When Committee Chair and Thoddoo constituency MP Ali Waheed had asked him why the Indian ships had been so close to Maldives, Tholhath said “I really don’t know.”

“I had no information on those ships. All I know is it was only on that morning I find out about those ships,” he said.

“There was no confirmation that the ships were in fact so close to Maldives. I don’t know any other details.”

In response to a question of how to confirm the presence of the Indian ships on February 7, Tholhath said “the Maldives coast guard can verify it.”

Two Indian naval ships were near Maldives on Feb 7: ex-Defence Minister | idrw.org

 

[arp2041]

NDTV Exclusive Report on K-5 LAUNCH:

NDTV witnesses history being made at missile launch | NDTV.com

 

[trident2010]

^^^ K-5 or K-15?

 

[Ammyy]

^^^ K-5 or K-15?

This time its K15 just wait for K5 some more years

 

[trident2010]

This time its K15 just wait for K5 some more years

SLBM with 5000-6000 KM range and MIRV's. Can't wait !!

 

[RPK]

Navy plans to issue bid for over 120 multirole choppers - Indian Express


In could be the world's biggest tender for helicopters, the Indian Navy is planning to issue a bid for procuring more than 120 multirole choppers expected to be worth around Rs 35,000 crore.

The navy had recently issued a global request for information in this regard and has plans of acquiring more than 120 Naval Multirole Helicopters (NMRH), navy sources said here.

The navy had recently asked global helicopter vendors to provide details about their choppers in this category and is planning to issue a global request for proposal in this regard in near future, they said.

The navy is planning to procure these new NMRH for carrying out anti-submarine warfare, special forces' operations and anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare.

The companies expected to take part in the tender include all major chopper manufacturers like European Eurocopter and Agusta Westland and American Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin.

"We are planning to offer our EC725 helicopter once the Indian Navy issues a tender for these NMRH," Eurocopter's Vice President for South Asia region Rainner Farid said here.

The Indian Navy is already holding a competition for procuring 16 multirole helicopters in which European NH-90 and American Sikorsky S-70 Bravo are in the race.

The navy at present relies on its fleet of Sea King helicopters which were inducted in two different phases in the 80s.

The navy would require these multirole choppers in view of its expanding fleet size and expansion in its area of responsibility with the government stating that country's strategic interest ranges from the Gulf of Aden to the Malacca Straits.

 

[RPK]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-at-Goa-Shipyard-Ltd/articleshow/18232184.cms

Keel-laying ceremony of new class offshore patrol vessels at Goa Shipyard Ltd


The keel-laying ceremony of the second of the new class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), indigenously designed in-house and being built by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) for the Indian Coast Guard, was held at GSL on January 28. VAdm MP Muralidharan, AVSM & Bar, NM Director General Indian Coast Guard, did the honours in the presence of GSL's chairman and managing director RAdm (Retd) Vineet Bakhshi, VSM, IG SPS Basra YSM, PTM, TM, Commander Indian Coast Guard Region (West), DIG S D Bhanot,TM COMDIS (Goa), and senior officials of the Coast Guard and GSL. The keel-laying ceremony for the second of the new class OPVs comes on the heels of commissioning of the Indian Navy's largest patrol vessel 'INS Saryu' at GSL on January 21. It may be recalled that the contract for the construction of six OPVs for the Indian Coast Guard was signed on May 9, 2012, and the first keel-laying ceremony to mark the commencement of the series construction of the new class OPVs was held at GSL on September 28.

LPG burn victim succumbs: Vinod Amonkar, 55, who was undergoing treatment for burn injuries sustained by him in a fire following a LPG leakage at his home in Fatorda last week, succumbed to his injuries on Monday. Vinod and his 28-year old son Vallabh were injured in the incident.

Pesticide suspected to have caused labourer's death: Rajendra Tiwari, 50, a resident of Khadapabandh-Ponda, succumbed to poisoning while undergoing treatment at Goa Medical College (GMC) and hospital at Bambolim late Sunday night. It is suspected that Tiwari, a labourer, on Sunday morning drank water which was mixed with pesticide, while working in a garden at Curti. But police said that the exact cause of death would be revealed after his postmortem on Tuesday. On drinking water, Tiwari felt giddy and he returned to his rented room. After his condition worsened, his roommate summoned 108 ambulance and he was rushed to the GMC. He died while undergoing treatment. The police have registered the case as an unnatural death under Section 174 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

BJP's G Y Bhandare passes away: G Y Bhandare, a founder member of Bharatiya Janata Party, died in Mumbai in his sleep on Monday. He had founded BJP's Goa unit and was its flag bearer for many years in the 80s and early 90s. Bhandare was an executive member of national BJP for a long time and also a member of Bombay stock exchange. He was 90.

Goa-Mumbai leg of AAI's cyling expedition flagged off: The All India relay cycling expedition of Airports Authority of India (AAI) was flagged off on January 26 from the Dabolim airport by chief secretary B Vijayan. The expedition is from Trivandrum to Jammu which will be in nine legs. There are eight participants in the Dabolim-Mumbai leg, which is expected to be covered in seven days. The expedition has been organized by AAI's sports control board with a view to promote national integration.

The expedition started at Trivandrum on January 7 and is expected to culminate at Jammu on March 15. The relay cyclists are expected to cover 3,825 km in 68 days, touching 10 airports and passing through eight states. Airport director M Suresh, AAI's regional executive director (Western region) A K Sharma and M N N Rao, general manager (project) were among those present.

 

[Abingdonboy]

India to present Dornier aircraft to Seychelles - Times Of India

 

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