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India's leading defence shipyard, Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) has submitted a proposal to the Indian Navy to construct offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) armed with missiles.

"We have submitted a proposal to the Indian Navy that all the future OPVs should be developed with the missile on board.

That will give more combat muscle to the vessel. If fitted with missile, the pricing of the vessel goes up only by ten per cent," GSL's Chairman and Managing Director Rear Admiral (retd) Shekhar Mital told PTI Thursday on the sidelines of ongoing "Make in Goa" programme held jointly by GSL and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

He said GSL has the technology to construct next generation missile boats and missile corvettes which will strengthen Indian Navy's prowess off shore.

Mital, the retired Naval officer, said any kind of missiles can be fitted on these OPVs.

"We can even have BRAHMOS on the vessel. Basically, the technology would be surface-to-surface, which is ship-to-ship missiles. It won't be surface to air missiles," the CMD said.

The GSL is currently working on Defence Ministry's order of twelve mine countermeasure vessels (MCMV) costing Rs 32,000 crore.

Mital said the GSL currently has order of six OPVs for the Indian Coast Guard, two for Sri Lankan Navy, two for the Mauritian Coast Guard.

"The price negotiations has also been completed for five more OPVs for the Coast Guard," he added.

The CMD said that the proposal of fitting missiles on OPVs will not include those vessels which are already under construction or whose price negotiations are done.

"If Navy approves, we can do it for the future orders," he added.

Speaking about the MCMVs, Mital said the Request for Proposal (RFP) for technology transfer for these vessels would be opened in 2-3 months.

The actual construction of these vessels will start after three years.

He conceded that GSL is exploring the possibility of taking technology from Korean companies.
 

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Helicopters Airbus teams up with Indian Mahindra Group to produce military helicopters

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(Defensa.com) Helicopters Airbus has joined with a subsidiary of Mahindra Group (Mahindra Defence) to produce helicopters to meet military requirements in India. The size of both companies-the Asian group invoice 16,900 million annually, with 220,000 employees in hundreds of countries-will ensure a strong association to present the best solutions for rotary wing aircraft for China and expand local manufacturing capabilities, as part of its ambition Make in India.

They have begun discussions for the creation of a joint venture to act as prime contractor on the military contests in India, including those of reconnaissance and surveillance helicopters and utility and multirole naval. It has dedicated companies to meet the needs of the three armed forces, with products ranging from armored vehicles, equipment underwater warfare, radar and surveillance systems.

Mahindra Defence has extensive experience in engineering, automotive and fixed wing and has made substantial investments in the manufacture of aircraft components and Airbus Helicopters will build in India the next generation of helicopters, which not only respond to the needs of export of such nation, but it will have export potential in the future, being the first manufacturer of this type of aircraft within the Make in India initiative.

This will create hundreds of jobs for highly qualified and provide a flow of advanced technologies to the country if elected in quizzes. Mahindra Aerospace has ventured into the field of commercial aircraft in Australia and aerostructures manufacturing since 2008, currently producing the Airvan 8 certified on 38 country, with over 200 aircraft in service, and is developing a 10-seat turboprop, the Airvan 10 whose approval is expected this year.

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Indian Coast Guard Commissions Its Third Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) ICGS Rani Durgavati
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ICGS Rani Durgavati, the 3rd Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) of its kind of the Indian Coast Guard was commissioned at Visakhapatnam by Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (Eastern Naval Command) in the presence of Inspector General SP Sharma PTM, TM Commander Coast Guard Region (East) and other senior dignitaries of the Central and State Govt. the ship is named after Rani Durgavati who was the Gond queen. She was the wife of Daalpat Shah and was famous for defeating the army of Baz Bahadur and bravely fighting against the Mughal Army.

The 51 mtr inshore patrol vessel, ICGS Rani Durgavati, the third of its class has been designed and built indigenously by M/s Hindustan Shipyard Limited. The ship, is equipped with the most advanced and sophisticated navigational and communication sensors and equipment. The ship is propelled by three MTU 4000 series diesel engine of 2720 kw capacity at 2100 rpm each coupled with three 71S2 Rolls Royce Kamewa jets to a maximum speed of 34 knots. At economical speed of 14 knots it has an endurance of 1500 nautical miles. The special features of the ship include an Integrated Bridge System (IBS), Integrated Machinery Control Systems (IMCS), and an indigenously built gun mount with fire control systems. The ship is designed to carry one rigid inflatable boat and two Geminis for search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol.

ICGS “Rani Durgavati” is manned by 05 officers and 34 men and is commanded by Commandant S Zakir Hussain. The ship will be based at Karaikal under the administrative and operation control of the commander, Coast Guard Region (East).

The ship on joining the Coast Guard fleet will enhance Coast Guard’s capability in furthering its, mandate of maritime safety, maritime security, environmental protection and coastal security on the eastern sea board.

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With even Pakistan now sporting an armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed with Chinese assistance, India has decided to accelerate the development of its own weaponized drone fleet. The process of weaponizing an indigenously developed UAV has commenced and the elements required to operate an armed drone fleet, such as a high accuracy satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) and dedicated military communication satellites, are being put in place. Work is also underway on a stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).

Despite this, India still has to make some progress on the collision avoidance technology needed to give its drones the flexibility to use civilian airspace. It will also need to increase satellite bandwidth considerably to increase the tempo of armed UAV flights. In the next few years limited use of drone strikes near India’s borders on terrorist targets may be on the table, in keeping with the emerging Modi-Doval doctrine that authorized the recent cross-border strike in Myanmar.

Status

While the Indian military has long operated Israeli Searcher and Heron drones for C4ISTAR roles and even possesses anti-radiation suicide drones from the same source, it does not as yet have missile firing drones such as the Predator its inventory. India is now looking to change that with its Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) beginning serious work on weaponizing the indigenously developed Rustom-I Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV.

According to the DRDO, it has integrated a locally developed anti-tank missile called the HELINA with the Rustom-I. Taxi trials have been completed, with flight trials expected to commence this year. The idea is to have the weaponized configuration of the Rustom-I ready by the middle of next year. This sudden urgency is perhaps in no small measure due to the recent test-firing of a laser guided missile by Pakistan’s Burraq drone, which was developed with Chinese assistance and which resembles the CASC CH-3 drone.

While integration with missiles such as the HELINA also indicate a potential anti-armor role for the Rustom-I, it could certainly be used in strikes on remote terrorist camps or for that matter on small vessels on the high seas. Indeed, the first military user of the Rustom-I is likely to be the Indian Navy rather than the Indian Army, which still wants certain features added to the Rustom-I before it agrees to induct it.

A key enabler for armed UAV flights in India would be the new domestically developed SBAS called GAGAN, which has already received certification for both en-route navigation as well as precision vertical guidance for assisting planes to land safely and beamed its first signals earlier this year. While GAGAN was designed to assist civil aviation in India, the enhancement of satellite navigation (SATNAV) signals that it provides is obviously available to Indian military users as well. Indeed, Indian defense scientists along with local industry have also developed a lightweight GAGAN receiver module that can be fitted aboard UAVs and is capable of receiving “refined” signals from the American GPS, Russian GLONASS, and Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System which will become fully operational in the near future.

GAGAN is crucial for waypoint navigation of Indian UAVs and will assist them to both “get back home” in the event of a link failure with their ground control stations (GCS) as well as make emergency landings on alternate airfields. Both of these aspects naturally assume even greater importance when a UAV carries on board weapons. Of course, the availability of high quality SATNAV signals are also very important for precision strike purposes.

Indian armed drones in the future will also be able to operate over extended ranges as the Indian military inducts more dedicated military communication satellites. Again, the Indian Navy is a front runner in this department having fully integrated the GSAT-7 communication satellite in its order of battle and used it to network ships and aircrafts in missile firing exercises. GSAT-7 can also relay signals in the Ku-band and this can be used to control Indian UAVs, which will feature a Ku-band transmitter data link. The Indian Air force and Army are meanwhile looking forward to their own joint military communication satellite called GSAT-7A, which will also have Ku-band transponders.

In some ways the stage is being set for the indigenous UCAV program that is currently focused on developing a sufficiently stealthy platform, release of weapons from an internal weapons bay, and materials for all-aspect stealth. The first flight of this UCAV is expected to take place in the early 2020s. By that time, the support elements required to exploit such a system are likely to have matured in India.

Challenges

GAGAN notwithstanding, Indian armed UAV operations will remain restricted to military airspace until such time that India makes progress on a collision avoidance system. For this technology, India is currently tapping the U.S. and France, but it remains to be seen how much assistance will be forthcoming in this arena. Without a collision avoidance system, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation will obviously not conclude an agreement with the military to allow UAVs to transit civil airspace. Moreover until the Indian military can put up a large enough constellation of military communication satellites, armed drone operations will be somewhat limited in scope and tempo. There will be a reliance on short distance VHF links unless greater satellite bandwidth is made available. This means that Indian armed UAV operations will take place close to Indian airspace in the early years of deployment. It will also limit basing options for Indian armed drones.

In any case, the Rustom-I is not a long-range system and it is perhaps the Rustom-II, still under development and expected to be able to fly for up to 30 hours at a stretch, which will assume the mantle of India’s frontline armed drone in the years ahead. Development of the Rustom-II has been delayed on account of challenges with efficient design as well as the cancellation of export licenses by the U.S. State Department of the American origin actuators that were being used in the Rustom-II. India has now had to develop indigenous replacements for those actuators and the Rustom-II will fly with those this year.

The episode may, however, have catalyzed India’s ongoing bid to join the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Wassenaar Arrangement, both of which seek to restrict the flow of dual-use items that go into UAV development. India had voluntarily chosen to synchronize its export-control regimes with the MTCR in 2008 during the heyday of the Indo-U.S. nuclear civil agreement and is now looking to use its excellent non-proliferation record to ensure that such events do not get in the way of its UAV development programs by formally joining that association.

Doctrine

Indeed, unlike China, India’s armed UAV fleet will essentially be for its own use and not meant for the export market, something that is being signaled via its bid to join the MTCR. Armed drones for India are actually both a symmetric response to what the Chinese and Pakistanis have been doing in this arena as well as a response to asymmetric tactics being used by India’s rivals. Armed drones are intended to expand the response options available to the Indian military as it has to mount more operations to neutralize terrorist elements based out of remote facilities in neighboring countries.

The employment of armed drones for precision strikes will make it easier for the Indian military to neutralize targets of opportunity in scenarios where sending in special forces would be too risky or complicated. Once lightweight UAV specific munitions that minimize collateral damage become available, armed drones could also potentially prosecute targets co-located with civilian hamlets. Overall, the pursuit of armed drones is in consonance with the Modi-Doval doctrine which seeks to position India as a state that is not averse to deploying hard power for national security requirements.
 

aksha

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I think the MKIs are capable enough to last another 10 years easy with very minor upgrades.


i beleive some of the tech are old

even the the tejas has a better glass cockpit than the MKI not to mention a superior HMDS

they have been facing problems with the r77 missile,something has to be done about it as well,
they have a few options like derby's which they will be buying in numbers for the tejas , the astra mk1 , or whatever BVR missile the Russians are developing for the PAK FA

and besides being a big fighter it will need a more powerful radar (iribris perhaps) and perhaps the latest RAM from the PAK FA programme.

the MKI uses oxygen cylinders , they plan to replace it with
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developed for the tejas programme

there are a lot of other things like like israeli EW etc

all these above changes require OEM agreement, and a deal has to be struck


MKIs are capable enough to last another 10 years easy with very minor upgrades.
the last of them are meant to last till 2050.

Wouldn't the $$ may be better off invested in PAK-FA ?
the PAK FA in early days will be an unknown commodity

and nowhere in the numbers of the su30

better trust the devil you know than the devil you don't'
 
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@Jeff Head , i have seem to have a problem quoting others,

as you can see from the screenshot given, and no one else seems to have this problem
I do not know why.

Did this just start recently? Are you using the same computer? Did you do any upgrades, either hardware or software? New O/S?

Aksha said:
i would beleive that they would love to have more, permitted that they have the funds.
I think the order has already been approved by the Indian government...just not placed yet.

aksha said:
the p8i was delivered on time, one of the few things that didn't throw the indian navy's timelines awry
Boeing tends to be very good on deliveries on schedule.
 
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