Indian Navy News & Discussions

[jarves]

 

[Krate M]

What about the LHD/LPD or FSS? The first 2 or so units of each are to be built in a foreign shipyard to speed up induction.

Here's your answer. I wish though that this did not involve HSL.
India to ramp up amphibious capabilities with four warships
The RFP was sent to ABG, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), and Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering.

The successful private shipyard and its foreign collaborator will be given order for two such ships and the two others will be made by the MoD-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, at the same price being paid to the private builder.

@eowyn posting that article in full, has very nice info.
All warships, submarines being built in India: Navy Chief - Oneindia

The Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan said on Saturday that the Indian Navy has become a Builders' Navy from a Buyers' Navy. "Not a single ship or a submarine is on order any more abroad. Future warships will be built in India," he said during the Second Admiral R L Pereira Memorial Lecture in city. "In Navy we believe that every ship has a soul. Every ship reflects the personality of the captain. Salt in our blood, sweat and tears same as the salt in the sea," Admiral Dhowan said. He termed Admiral Pereira as a great leader and charismatic person. Admiral Pereira was India's 9th Navy Chief and served from 1979 to 1982. The talk was organized by the Navy Foundation, Bengaluru Chapter in association with Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Maritime patrol stepped up
The Navy Chief said that the maritime patrol along India's coastline has been stepped up to ward-off any possible threats. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the 2nd Admiral R L Pereira Memorial Lecture in city, the Admiral said India's maritime interests will be backed by ‘24x7 surveillance' by the Indian Navy. "As part of the increased security measures in the last few months, we have deployed warships and UAVs," the Navy Chief said. He refused to comment on the ongoing sea trials by INS Arihant.

Navy Chief pats NLCA team
Admiral Dhowan met with the Naval LCA team from Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and congratulated them for the recent successful NP-1 trials in Goa. The NLCA had its maiden flight from the Shore-Based Test Facility (SBTF) in Goa, thereby crossing a critical milestone. The Navy Chief also interacted with Cmde C D Balaji (Retd) Project Director LCA (Navy) and Commodore Jaideep Maolankar, the pilot who undertook the historic ski-jump take-off from SBTF. Later speaking to OneIndia, Cmde Balaji (Retd) said that the second prototype of NLCA (NP-2) will soon have its maiden flight. "We are done with most of the tests barring a few. We are hopeful that the NP-2 will have its first flight within a weeks' time," Cmde Balaji (Retd) told OneIndia.

DRDO adds more teeth to Tejas
In a related development, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said on Saturday that an advanced electronic warfare suite (EW suite) developed by Bengaluru-based Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), was flown on Tejas for the first time. DRDO spokesperson Ravi Gupta said that the Tejas PV1, on which the EW suite was fitted, was also equipped with a jammer. "It gives the pilot an additional capability of nullifying the effect of detected radar threat by appropriate mode of jamming," he said. DRDO chief Dr Avinash Chander said that the warfare suite added an important capability to Tejas. DRDO claimed that Tejas is the first fighter aircraft of India fitted with a radar warner and jammer equipment.

 

[ni8mare]

 

[Levina]

Barak 8 - IAI - YouTube

 

[Kinetic]

We took ToT for Scorpene with lot of extra money. Can anyone please tell me what is the use? Why MDL still can't make a submarine while even DRDO supplying the crucial AIP?

 

[Agent_47]

We took ToT for Scorpene with lot of extra money. Can anyone please tell me what is the use? Why MDL still can't make a submarine while even DRDO supplying the crucial AIP?

Same goes with ToT of U209 !

 

[Kinetic]

Same goes with ToT of U209 !

Same will happen to new P-75I.

These losers!!! Playing with public money.

Antony was defence minister for last 8 years!!! This guy entirely destroyed the the things. This questions to AK Antony...

Why MDL was not show-caused for extra thousands of crores of rupees spent for ToT?? Why a parallel plan for Indian submarine design and production did not start at that time with respect to adopting Scorpene techs??? What was the purpose of ToT than?

The worst defence minister ever
The worst defence minister ever: AK Antony's tenure, the longest for a defence minister, has seen scams, crises, unpreparedness
Sandeep Unnithan March 7, 2014
The worst defence minister ever: AK Antony's tenure, the longest for a defence minister, has seen scams, crises, unpreparedness : Special Report - India Today

Bloody money hungry bastards!

@jarves @Abingdonboy @levina
@ptltejas @RISING SUN
@nik22
and others....

 

[Agent_47]

We took ToT for Scorpene with lot of extra money. Can anyone please tell me what is the use? Why MDL still can't make a submarine while even DRDO supplying the crucial AIP?

I always wondered why don't they kick start indigenous diesel attack submarine program when we have build U209 and scorpion with ToT. Considering we have a requirement of 24 SSKs by 2030.

 

[Kinetic]

I always wondered why don't they kick start indigenous diesel attack submarine program when we have build U209 and scorpion with ToT. Considering we have a requirement of 24 SSKs by 2030.

If India starts making them than who will pay the babus $$$?

 

[Agent_47]

 

[CONNAN]

Same will happen to new P-75I.

These losers!!! Playing with public money.

Antony was defence minister for last 8 years!!! This guy entirely destroyed the the things. This questions to AK Antony...

Why MDL was not show-caused for extra thousands of crores of rupees spent for ToT?? Why a parallel plan for Indian submarine design and production did not start at that time with respect to adopting Scorpene techs??? What was the purpose of ToT than?

The worst defence minister ever
The worst defence minister ever: AK Antony's tenure, the longest for a defence minister, has seen scams, crises, unpreparedness
Sandeep Unnithan March 7, 2014
The worst defence minister ever: AK Antony's tenure, the longest for a defence minister, has seen scams, crises, unpreparedness : Special Report - India Today

Bloody money hungry bastards!

@jarves @Abingdonboy @levina
@ptltejas @RISING SUN
@nik22
and others....

 

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Krate M]

U209 = Bofors of navy. There were allegations of bribery and then we stopped making more. This is a template for scuttling critical defence acquisition in India.
Lot of lobbying and cloak and dagger

 

[sancho]

Not sure if posted before, but interesting infos on the MESMA and Fuel Cell AIP, as well as the battery systems of the Scorpene subs:

 

[Gabriel92]