‘No more imported warships’

[ironman]

‘No more imported warships’​

Manu Pubby
Thu Nov 11 2010, 01:48 hrs
New Delhi:

In a significant announcement, Defence Minister A K Antony has indicated that the Indian Navy will no longer rely on imports when it comes to warships as all future procurements will be made in India. The minister also announced that private shipbuilders in the country will be given a level playing field and will have to compete with public sector shipyards for defence contracts.

Antony said that in January, the Defence Ministry will come up with a new procurement policy that will contain ‘drastic steps’ to speed up the goal of decreasing dependence of imports for defence platforms. Antony said that at the moment, almost 70 per cent of defence equipment is imported.

Conceding that the public sector undertakings alone will not be able to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces, Antony said that the ministry is formulating a new policy to give the private sector more opportunities. Antony hinted that the Navy would be the first force to get rid of dependence on foreign suppliers for major platforms.

‘No more imported warships’

 

[ironman]

Private Indian shipyard wins right to build large-scale warships
Pipavav Shipyard has been granted a licence to build large-scale warships for the Indian Navy, the private Indian shipbuilder has announced. The licence, issued by the Indian government, allows the company to act as a prime constructor on indigenous programmes to build submarines, destroyers, frigates, landing platform docks, corvettes and aircraft carriers.

[first posted to Jane's Defence Industry - Analysis and news for the global defence industry - 04 November 2010]

 

[Nothing]

This will stop talks about purchasing new AC from UK.

 

[shekhar]

This will stop talks about purchasing new AC from UK.

i think its still possible.......
what they will do with extra AC who will purchase , china i dont think so only nation left is india and not to forget DM recently said india will have 3 AC (before 2020)which is possible only if we go for british AC

 

[Trichy]

i think its still possible.......
what they will do with extra AC who will purchase , china i dont think so only nation left is india and not to forget DM recently said india will have 3 AC (before 2020)which is possible only if we go for british AC

no IAC-I will be deployed in IN around 2015, it going to left the Dock in 2012-2013 for sea trails after that the IAC-II kickstart in the dock. Already Paper works for IAC-II starts as so...

 

[Nothing]

no IAC-I will be deployed in IN around 2015, it going to left the Dock in 2012-2013 for sea trails after that the IAC-II kickstart in the dock. Already Paper works for IAC-II starts as so...

IAC-II will start soon after IAC-I will left docs for trial.
We need big defense project like IAC in country which will provide 1000's of direct and indirect jobs as well as opportunity to our local industry to gain expertise on advance technology.

May after some 20-25 odd years we can start exporting was ships to other nations

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no IAC-I will be deployed in IN around 2015, it going to left the Dock in 2012-2013 for sea trails after that the IAC-II kickstart in the dock. Already Paper works for IAC-II starts as so...

IAC-II will start soon after IAC-I will start trials.
We need big defense project like IAC in country which will provide 1000's of direct and indirect jobs as well as opportunity to our local industry to gain expertise on advance technology.

May after some 20-25 odd years we can start exporting was ships to other nations.

 

[unicorn148]

Name Pennant Tonnage Laid down Launched Sea trials Commissioning Details
INS Vikrant 40,000 Feb 2009 Dec 2010 [17] 2013 2014 [18] Conventional-powered STOBAR carrier
INS Vishal 65,000 Mid 2011 2012 2015 2017 [19] Conventional-powered CATOBAR carrier

 

[RPK]

http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defe... private shipyards to manufacture naval ships

In a major policy shift, the Indian government will allow private Indian shipyards to construct naval ships, an activity which was previously limited to state owned ship building companies. This will open up the field for foreign investment in Indian shipyards and see a major infusion of technology and finance into the domestic shipbuilding industry.


The Indian Navy has one of the most ambitious ship induction programs in the world as part of its master plan to become a blue water navy in the 21st century. The Defence Minister A K Antony has said that starting Janaury 2011, state owned shipyards will have to compete with private ones for ship building contracts.

"Government has taken a decision that from January 2011 onwards, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) will not give any nominations to the defence shipyards for Naval projects and they will have to compete with the private shipyards for the tenders," Antony said Wednesday in a report quoted to a news agency.

The Government will procure equipment for the Navy under 'Buy Indian Make Indian' category where both PSU and private sector shipyards will have to compete for tenders, he said.

He said initially the policy would be applicable for Navy only, gradually it would be extended to acquisition by the Indian Army and Air Force as well forces.