Can't help you Maz. Am not in Goa at the moment .maz wrote:Could I trouble our Dabolim based members to go to the naval aviation museum and take pics of any new updates like squadron histories and new photos, etc and kindly post them or email them to me so I can do a timeline feature on the 60 years of IN naval aviation?
Please contact me if you would like to help out.
Thanks in advance.
As per the agreement we signed with Russia couple years back, it would require Russian approval/consent for any changes that we intend to do on weapons' platform. Also in order for Bears to carry standoff weapons they would need to be upgraded to MN standard (someone can correct me on this) which would once again require Russian assistance. Brahmos on Il-38 is unlikely.Philip wrote:There is no bar to fitting Brahmos onto Bears.limited upgrade of the Bears would extend their service life.There was some news some time ago that a The missile is within the MTCR ,In fact there was a report some time ago that the plan to fit them onto IL-38s was shelved due to some technical problem.Plus ,Nirbhay is an Indian developed missile and no one can stop us from it being carried on any platform of ours.
New MiGs to add firepower to Indian Navy
LINKDefence Minister AK Anthony will commission the multi-role MiG-29K carrier-borne fighter jets into the Indian Navy today. These MiGs will form the Black Panthers Squadron, which will be based at the INS Hansa. The aircrafts will be part of the carrier INS Vikramaditya, currently undergoing sea trials in Russia and expected to be inducted later this year. With this commissioning, the Indian Navy,which is celebrating the diamond jubilee of its aviation wing, will give itself cutting edge in force multiplier and projection. ‘K’ in the aircraft’s name stands for ‘Korabelny’ meaning ‘Carrier Borne’ in Russian.
The MIG-29K is a potent carrier borne fighter, which,once integrated with ‘INS Vikramaditya’ will bolster the Navy’s potency with its multi-role capability, navy officials told Herald.Herald got a preview of the aircraft armed with its
arsenal, including advanced anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, bombs and sophisticated systems to support weapons delivery, that according to officials, will not only be able to dominate the air in all areas of conflict but also project power to meet the nation’s military objectives as well as enhance Indian Navy’s capability to exercise air
superiority in its area of influence.45 MIG-29K aircrafts have been ordered from Russia.
In April, the Defence Ministry approved the Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan(LTIPP) for 2012-27 as a way to ensure 24×7 intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance capability in the Indian Ocean and planning for a deterrent presence of at least one carrier task force each on India’s western and eastern seafronts. This means an integrated network of ships,aircraft, submarines, UAVs,helicopters, satellites and ground facilities. The Navy will raise a second squadron of MIG-29Ks for the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) being built at Kochi. Herald took an exclusive
look at the aircraft and spoke to the pilots who briefed the reporter about the advanced fighter aircraft at INS Hansa.
PANAJI: The Indian Navy is all set to induct a Boeing P-8I into its force this year, making it the second navy after the US to have such aircrafts, a senior naval official said.
The first long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, P-8I, would be inducted this year, the official said.
"The Indian Navy would be only the second operator of this aircraft after US Navy to operate the P8 Poseidon," he said adding that with the Russian-made TU 142M aircrafts, Boeing P-8Is were contracted in the year 2009.
"These inductions would augment the long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the Indian Navy," he added.
Induction of multi role helicopters (MRH) as replacement for Seaking 42As has also been planned, the official said.
"Naval utility helicopters as replacements for Chetak helicopters are also planned for induction in the near future," he added.
According to the press release issued by the navy, these helicopters would serve to enhance the fleet's integral air anti-submarine warfare capability and meet utility requirements.
The naval air arm has grown from a modest force to a small air force and today, has in its inventory approximately 220 aircrafts, 1300 officers and 9000 men.
In yet another major achievement, navy's light combat aircraft is presently under development and being progressed towards ski-jump trials at the shore-based test facility being developed at Goa, the release said.
Is the difference with the modern shipbuilding technique that the modules are functionally complete but in this case they will only be steel block?Excerpt: We completed 423 blocks weighing about 8,000 tonnes and the rest will be done by the end of 2009. The assembling began with Saturday’s formal function
India to commission its first supersonic naval fighter squadron
Rajat Pandit, TNN May 10, 2013,
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday will commission its first-ever squadron of naval supersonic fighters, the MiG-29K "air superiority" jets, which will eventually operate from the decks of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya ( Admiral Gorshkov) as well as the indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC).
Defence minister AK Antony will do the honours at the ceremony at the naval airbase INS Hansa in Goa, which will also mark the diamond jubilee celebrations of the fleet's "air arm" of the force. While celebrations are certainly in order, it also underlines the lack of long-term strategic planning and timely decision-making in the country.
The MiG-29Ks — the first 16 of the 45 fighters ordered from Russia for over $2 billion will constitute the INSAS 303 "Black Panthers" squadron — began arriving in India a couple of years ago but the 44,570-tonne Gorshkov will be ready for delivery only by end-2013 after being refurbished in Russia for $2.33 billion.
Similarly, the 40,000-tonne IAC being built at Cochin Shipyard will not be handed over to the Navy anytime before 2018, derailing the force's long-standing ambition to operate two full-fledged carrier battle groups (CBGs) by 2015. The 65,000-tonne IAC-II, in turn, remains merely on the drawing board as of now.
As earlier reported by TOI, India's only solitary carrier, the 54-year-old INS Viraat, is currently out of action while undergoing yet another life-extension refit. Moreover, it has only 11 Sea Harrier jump-jets left to operate from its deck, with no replacement of the fighters possible.
All this when the recent Pentagon report on China's growing military might holds Beijing is pursuing a robust carrier building programme after inducting its first carrier, the, the 65,000-tonne Liaoning, in September last year. "China is likely to build multiple aircraft carriers over the next decade," it said.
China, of course, will take some years to master the highly-complex art of operating its J-15 fighters from a moving airfield on the high seas and then transforming the entire package into a potent offensive weapons platform. India, in contrast, has been in the business of operating "flattops" for five decades now, commissioning as it did its first carrier INS Vikrant with SeaHawk jets way back in 1961.
It has long been realized that CBGs prowling on the high seas project power like nothing else on the globe. It's no wonder that as part of its impending pivot towards Asia-Pacific, the US plans to deploy at least six of its 11 CBGs — each American carrier is over 94,000 tonne and capable of handling 80-90 fighters — in the region. Asia-Pacific has emerged as the new strategic theatre for rivalry between US and China, with India too jostling for space with the latter in the Indian Ocean region.
However, India will be able to deploy two potent CBGs only after 2018 when INS Vikramaditya and IAC are able to operate together. This, however, does not detract from the sheer capabilities of the MiG-29Ks. With mid-air refuelling and an extended combat radius of operations as well as BVR (beyond visual range) and guided anti-ship missiles, MiG-29Ks will provide a "four-fold capability jump" over the Sea Harriers, say officers.
The MiG-29Ks, with a range of 1,300km and a service ceiling of 58,000-feet, are capable of STOBAR (short takeoff but arrested recovery) operations. They are armed with R-73 and RVV-AE guided air-to-air missiles, Kh-35E anti-ship missiles, KAB 500KR/OD TV guided bombs and S-8KOM rockets.
on google earth is a date tag somewhere on the bottom and a timeline feature that will bring up all older images of that snap. you can use that to know the date of latest image.suryag wrote:google maps for CSL show INS viraat in the repair centre and the Vikrant being towed in, do we know how old the satellite image is?
Most likely it will also be used by MiG-29K pilots for carrier landing practice.SagarAg wrote:Looks operational. Its built for testing N-LCA right??
IIRC, Soviets were initially considering CATOBAR carriers (1970s/80s) and also built a land based CAT facility. So yeah, there probably has been some research of that sort but there's like zero chance of developing it.sohamn wrote:Has there been any research been done to check the feasibility of converting Mig29K to a CATOBAR fighter?
The Naval commanders' conference is on today toi discuss specifically say reports the latest Chinese sub incursions into the IOR and its plan of encircling India through mil. bases at Gwadar and other port facilities in other IOR littoral countries.Singapore: India and China will order 100 new naval ships and submarines each by 2032 due to changing global security environment and increasing reliance on the sea for trade in the strategic region, according to a US-based naval consultancy. The new orders would include nuclear and conventional submarines and new aircraft carriers, a balanced mix of destroyers, frigates, smaller units, amphibious and logistics vessels, Coast Guard and maritime patrol forces, said Bob Nugent, the vice-president of AMI International.
The two countries combined would account for 30 by volume and 45 per cent by value of the 1048 naval vessels, worth about $200 billion, to be ordered by the Asia Pacific countries in next 20 years, he said. "We see the Asia Pacific market as about $200 billion worth of new ships and submarines," he said. The region has become second to the US.
"The Asia Pacific submarine investment is significant, with 100 to be ordered over 20 years, making it the single region buying more submarines than anywhere else in the world," Nugent told a press conference of the International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference to be held here on May 14-16.
India, China to order 100 naval ships each by 2032
The two countries combined would account for 30 by volume and 45 per cent by value of the 1048 naval vessels.
Comparatively, the US was projected to order 453 naval vessels, or about 14 per cent of the global orders, between 2012 and 2032. South Korea, Japan and Australia were expected to acquire 220 new vessels worth USD 62 billion during the next 20 years.
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam were also active in the market with the new ship and submarine acquisition programmes. Nugent said Asia Pacific's increasing trade, increasing reliance on the sea for trade and positive economic growths provide the fund for naval investments.
He noted the changing global security environment, saying there was a broader demand for all aspects of naval capabilities after the Cold War ended. There was also increased demand for maritime security in the growing economic zones and need to upgrade technologies in naval facilities.
"India's Scorpene procurement and follow-on P-75 submarine programme remain the centrepieces of the region's largest confirmed spender on new submarine capability. The launch of the indigenous Arihant nuclear submarine also marks a long-awaited next step in India's development as a global navy," said Nugent.
Meanwhile, China was forecast to add 16 conventional and nuclear powered hulls to the fleet over the next 5 years, the most number of new hulls of any Asia Pacific navies for that period. "China's submarine procurements are also influencing other navies in the region to fill submarine and anti-submarine capability gaps, notably in Vietnam, where the first of six new conventional submarines from Russia are expected to become operational within the next 12 months."
Meanwhile, 15 warships from across the globe have arrived in Singapore to participate in the exhibition and conference this week. The ships include India's INS Satpura, a Shivalik class Frigate and INS Kirch, a Kora class Corvette.
Some 30 chiefs of navy and coast guard, and heads of maritime agencies would be attending the conference while 194 naval and defence hardware and software companies would be participating in the three-day exhibition.
Carrier landing practice ??srai wrote:
Most likely it will also be used by MiG-29K pilots for carrier landing practice.
Is IN trying to land a jet from the front side of the carrier 