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With China demonstrating its blue water
ambition, the Indian Navy is all set to acquire its
first US-made long-range surveillance aircraft,
which can be used to keep an eye on the Chinese
movements. The first of the aircraft, known as P8I Poseidon, is
expected to land in India around May 15, said a
navy official. The US-origin aircraft will be based
in INS Rajali, a naval base on the Tamil Nadu coast. With a range of 8600 km and an endurance of 10
hours, P8I Poseidon can fly non-stop up to
Australia much beyond Indias neighbouring
maritime zones and augment Navys
surveillance capability by leaps and bounds. India is buying eight P8I, manufactured by
Boeing, at a cost of $2.1 billion. These aircraft will
replace the Russian Tu-142, inducted 25 years
ago. The Navy will receive the first three in 2013
and the remaining five will arrive by 2015. India
is the first customer of P8I, outside the USA. New Delhi is negotiating with Washington to buy
four additional P8Is from Boeing for further
expanding its maritime footprint. Acquisition of 12 P8I will complete the first phase
of the Navys requirement of 24 long range
maritime reconnaissance aircraft. The Russian-origin surveillance aircraft IL-38,
which were later fitted with Sea Dragon suite for
improved performance, would continue to fly for
at least one more decade, said Rear Admiral D M
Sudan, assistant chief of naval staff in charge of
air operations at Navy headquarters. The Navy has also received a new bunch of
fighters MiG 29K to operate from the decks of
aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which is
scheduled to be inducted by December, 2013. The first squadron of MiG 29K will be
commissioned at Goa on May 11. The second
squadron, for which aircraft have begun flying in
from Russia, will be stationed in Visakhapatnam.
Besides INS Vikramaditya, these Russian fighters
will also fly from Indigenous Aircraft Carrier in 2018, as indigenous naval fighter light combat
aircraft (Navy) is still a far cry. Carrier compatibility test for LCA (Navy) is
expected by the end of 2013, Sudan said on
Friday. The test is intended to check if the
indigenous fighter can fly from the decks of a
carrier and land with the support of an arrester-
hook. We currently have 214 aircraft (fixed and helicopters combined) in 19 squadrons, based in
eight stations. We plan to double the numbers in
a decade and add new naval air bases, he said.
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ambition, the Indian Navy is all set to acquire its
first US-made long-range surveillance aircraft,
which can be used to keep an eye on the Chinese
movements. The first of the aircraft, known as P8I Poseidon, is
expected to land in India around May 15, said a
navy official. The US-origin aircraft will be based
in INS Rajali, a naval base on the Tamil Nadu coast. With a range of 8600 km and an endurance of 10
hours, P8I Poseidon can fly non-stop up to
Australia much beyond Indias neighbouring
maritime zones and augment Navys
surveillance capability by leaps and bounds. India is buying eight P8I, manufactured by
Boeing, at a cost of $2.1 billion. These aircraft will
replace the Russian Tu-142, inducted 25 years
ago. The Navy will receive the first three in 2013
and the remaining five will arrive by 2015. India
is the first customer of P8I, outside the USA. New Delhi is negotiating with Washington to buy
four additional P8Is from Boeing for further
expanding its maritime footprint. Acquisition of 12 P8I will complete the first phase
of the Navys requirement of 24 long range
maritime reconnaissance aircraft. The Russian-origin surveillance aircraft IL-38,
which were later fitted with Sea Dragon suite for
improved performance, would continue to fly for
at least one more decade, said Rear Admiral D M
Sudan, assistant chief of naval staff in charge of
air operations at Navy headquarters. The Navy has also received a new bunch of
fighters MiG 29K to operate from the decks of
aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which is
scheduled to be inducted by December, 2013. The first squadron of MiG 29K will be
commissioned at Goa on May 11. The second
squadron, for which aircraft have begun flying in
from Russia, will be stationed in Visakhapatnam.
Besides INS Vikramaditya, these Russian fighters
will also fly from Indigenous Aircraft Carrier in 2018, as indigenous naval fighter light combat
aircraft (Navy) is still a far cry. Carrier compatibility test for LCA (Navy) is
expected by the end of 2013, Sudan said on
Friday. The test is intended to check if the
indigenous fighter can fly from the decks of a
carrier and land with the support of an arrester-
hook. We currently have 214 aircraft (fixed and helicopters combined) in 19 squadrons, based in
eight stations. We plan to double the numbers in
a decade and add new naval air bases, he said.
http://idrw.org/?p=21657
