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Indian Navy - News Folder - January 2004
Re: Indian Navy - News Folder - January 2004
India and Russia clear decks for sale of Gorshkov
[Indian Express, 04 January 2004]
After weeks of hard negotiations, India has cleared the acquisition of the 45,000 tonne aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov from Russia. "We have resolved the contentious issues and drawn up a comprehensive agreement to cover the sale, after sale services and supply of spares for the carrier", top most defence ministry officials said. Though the officials were tightlipped beyond this, sources said that the over 2 billion US dollars deal covering the complete refitting of the carrier, sale of 28 Mig-29k fighters and 6 Kamov 31 anti submarine helicopters would be signed during the visit of the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov to India from January 20.
[Indian Express, 04 January 2004]
After weeks of hard negotiations, India has cleared the acquisition of the 45,000 tonne aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov from Russia. "We have resolved the contentious issues and drawn up a comprehensive agreement to cover the sale, after sale services and supply of spares for the carrier", top most defence ministry officials said. Though the officials were tightlipped beyond this, sources said that the over 2 billion US dollars deal covering the complete refitting of the carrier, sale of 28 Mig-29k fighters and 6 Kamov 31 anti submarine helicopters would be signed during the visit of the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov to India from January 20.
Re: Indian Navy - News Folder - January 2004
Navy to ready LCA variant by 2010
[UNI, 06 January 2004]
Mumbai: The naval variant of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is expected to be operational by 2009-10 Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Madhvendra Singh said today. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and its agencies are working on the naval variant of the indigenous aircraft, Admiral Singh told reporters at INS Hamla, a logistics training centre that turned 50 today. "Two prototypes have been ordered," he said. "It is on the design board and the prototypes are expected to fly by 2007 and these aircraft are expected to be operational by 2009-10," Admiral Singh, who is the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, said.
He said that the Naval version will be different from the ones being developed for the Indian Air Force. "It will have a more strengthened fuselage and undercarriage, a tail hook (for arrester wires), canard wings and nose droop," he explained and added that the naval version would be able to operate from on board aircraft carriers. Asked about the ex-Soviet aircraft carrier 'Admiral Gorshkov', he said: "Negotiations are over and a cost for refit and repairs had been arrived at." He hoped that the 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier of Russian-origin would be able to join the Indian Navy in the next few years.
[UNI, 06 January 2004]
Mumbai: The naval variant of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is expected to be operational by 2009-10 Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Madhvendra Singh said today. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and its agencies are working on the naval variant of the indigenous aircraft, Admiral Singh told reporters at INS Hamla, a logistics training centre that turned 50 today. "Two prototypes have been ordered," he said. "It is on the design board and the prototypes are expected to fly by 2007 and these aircraft are expected to be operational by 2009-10," Admiral Singh, who is the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, said.
He said that the Naval version will be different from the ones being developed for the Indian Air Force. "It will have a more strengthened fuselage and undercarriage, a tail hook (for arrester wires), canard wings and nose droop," he explained and added that the naval version would be able to operate from on board aircraft carriers. Asked about the ex-Soviet aircraft carrier 'Admiral Gorshkov', he said: "Negotiations are over and a cost for refit and repairs had been arrived at." He hoped that the 40,000-tonne aircraft carrier of Russian-origin would be able to join the Indian Navy in the next few years.
Re: Indian Navy - News Folder - January 2004
Fast track vessel inducted in Indian Navy
[Times of India, 14 January 2004]
PANAJI: Vice Admiral P C Bhasin commissioned the Extra Fast Attack Craft T-83 built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL). The T-83 is the 3rd in series being built by GSL in collaboration with IAI Ramta of Israel.The T-83 was launched in Nov or Dec 2003.
[Times of India, 14 January 2004]
PANAJI: Vice Admiral P C Bhasin commissioned the Extra Fast Attack Craft T-83 built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL). The T-83 is the 3rd in series being built by GSL in collaboration with IAI Ramta of Israel.The T-83 was launched in Nov or Dec 2003.
Re: Indian Navy - News Folder - January 2004
Gorshkov deal likely within a week
[Panaji, 14 January 2004]
Vice-Admiral P C Bhasin, Chief of Material, Indian Navy said that the mutual agreement concerning transfer of the Russian aircraft-carrier, Admiral Gorshkov to India, will be signed by the governments of India and Russia, within next week. The ship is 3 times bigger than the Vikrant and has a capacity to carry 2 squadrons of MiG-29 aircraft, he added. Speaking to the reporters, after commissioning the Indian Naval Fast Attack Craft (INFAC) T-83, at the Goa Shipyard Ltd dock, today, Vice-Admiral Bhasin said that the Indian Navy also has plans for inducting three more Talwar Class ships. (NOTE: these are likely to have a different propulsion system and some modifications - as expected). The Talwar Class stealth-technology ships are an impressive version of the Russian Krivak Class ships, re-designed to meet the requirements of the Indian Navy. They have a displacement of 4,000 tonnes and speed of 30 knots, and are capable of accomplishing a wide scale of missions in the ocean, primarily, finding and eliminating submarines and large surface ships.
The price negotiations for these ships (more Krivaks/Talwars), in all probability, would be completed in next ten days, he informed. Further speaking, he said that the first phase of the Seabird naval base project being set up at Karwar, Karnataka, would be commissioned in January 2005 and the concerned persons will start functioning for the project by the end of this year. The work for the first phase of the project is 3 months ahead of schedule and also within the allotted budget, he added. The Rs 36,000 crore project would turn Karwar into an important defence centre in the country, once completed. Vice Admiral Bhasin also revealed that the Maharashtra Govt has agreed to financially support the conversion of the legendary warship, Vikrant into a maritime museum.
He also came out with the information that the Indian Navy has taken up an ambitious 30-year project of constructing submarines at the Mazgaon docks, in Mumbai. The technology used for these submarines would be indigenous as well as that imported from other countries, he pointed out. The Chief of Material said that in the context of the country’s economic interests in the Indian Ocean region, the navy’s role will remain vital and it expects to maintain a sustained growth. The Indian Navy has many new projects on the anvil, in which Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) will have a greater role to play, he maintained. Vice Admiral Bhasin further said that these projects include building of four similar fast attack crafts and two survey vessels, in addition to mine counter measures vessels (MCMV) and air cushion vessels (ACV).
The project of building these vessels at GSL would be spread over a period of ten years, he observed, pointing out that MCMV will be very useful in protecting the harbours from mines. The yard has already delivered over 40 ships to the Navy as well as the Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Bhasin noted, adding that there has been a huge technological quantum jump in this sector. He also had a word of praise for the GSL’s strides in computerisation and project monitoring techniques. Further speaking, he informed that though Indian Navy had embarked on its indigenous warship production program, only four decades ago, it has grown manifolds from the small flotilla inherited in 1947 to the present day formidable naval strength. The Flag Officer Goa Area (FOGA), Rear Admiral Sunil Damle, in his address said that the Indian Navy has grown over the years to face any challenges, irrespective of whether they are posed underwater, on water surface or in air.
The Chairman and Managing Director of GSL, Rear Admiral (retd) Sampath Pillai said that the Goa Shipyard Ltd has proposed a maintenance plan to the navy and was hopeful of it being accepted. It will ensure optimal operational readiness and the maximum appropriate exploitation of the fine ship and others like her, in the years to come, he added. Rear Admiral (retd) Pillai also said that the fourth XFAC, Yard 1185, scheduled to be launched next month, will be delivered to the navy in March, later this year, six months ahead of the schedule. NOTE: this would make it the 5th XFAC in IN service, not the fourth. The CSO (Tech) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan and Controller Warship Production, Rear Admiral P Jaitly were also present during the occasion. INFAC T-83 is an attack vessel endowed with the state-of-the-art Typhoon and MSIS systems integrated with 20 mm gun. The system is capable of tracking and engaging water-borne saboteur in pitch dark conditions. Being only 25 metre in length and of light weight aluminum construction, the ship can attain a phenomenal speed of 47 knots.
[Panaji, 14 January 2004]
Vice-Admiral P C Bhasin, Chief of Material, Indian Navy said that the mutual agreement concerning transfer of the Russian aircraft-carrier, Admiral Gorshkov to India, will be signed by the governments of India and Russia, within next week. The ship is 3 times bigger than the Vikrant and has a capacity to carry 2 squadrons of MiG-29 aircraft, he added. Speaking to the reporters, after commissioning the Indian Naval Fast Attack Craft (INFAC) T-83, at the Goa Shipyard Ltd dock, today, Vice-Admiral Bhasin said that the Indian Navy also has plans for inducting three more Talwar Class ships. (NOTE: these are likely to have a different propulsion system and some modifications - as expected). The Talwar Class stealth-technology ships are an impressive version of the Russian Krivak Class ships, re-designed to meet the requirements of the Indian Navy. They have a displacement of 4,000 tonnes and speed of 30 knots, and are capable of accomplishing a wide scale of missions in the ocean, primarily, finding and eliminating submarines and large surface ships.
The price negotiations for these ships (more Krivaks/Talwars), in all probability, would be completed in next ten days, he informed. Further speaking, he said that the first phase of the Seabird naval base project being set up at Karwar, Karnataka, would be commissioned in January 2005 and the concerned persons will start functioning for the project by the end of this year. The work for the first phase of the project is 3 months ahead of schedule and also within the allotted budget, he added. The Rs 36,000 crore project would turn Karwar into an important defence centre in the country, once completed. Vice Admiral Bhasin also revealed that the Maharashtra Govt has agreed to financially support the conversion of the legendary warship, Vikrant into a maritime museum.
He also came out with the information that the Indian Navy has taken up an ambitious 30-year project of constructing submarines at the Mazgaon docks, in Mumbai. The technology used for these submarines would be indigenous as well as that imported from other countries, he pointed out. The Chief of Material said that in the context of the country’s economic interests in the Indian Ocean region, the navy’s role will remain vital and it expects to maintain a sustained growth. The Indian Navy has many new projects on the anvil, in which Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) will have a greater role to play, he maintained. Vice Admiral Bhasin further said that these projects include building of four similar fast attack crafts and two survey vessels, in addition to mine counter measures vessels (MCMV) and air cushion vessels (ACV).
The project of building these vessels at GSL would be spread over a period of ten years, he observed, pointing out that MCMV will be very useful in protecting the harbours from mines. The yard has already delivered over 40 ships to the Navy as well as the Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Bhasin noted, adding that there has been a huge technological quantum jump in this sector. He also had a word of praise for the GSL’s strides in computerisation and project monitoring techniques. Further speaking, he informed that though Indian Navy had embarked on its indigenous warship production program, only four decades ago, it has grown manifolds from the small flotilla inherited in 1947 to the present day formidable naval strength. The Flag Officer Goa Area (FOGA), Rear Admiral Sunil Damle, in his address said that the Indian Navy has grown over the years to face any challenges, irrespective of whether they are posed underwater, on water surface or in air.
The Chairman and Managing Director of GSL, Rear Admiral (retd) Sampath Pillai said that the Goa Shipyard Ltd has proposed a maintenance plan to the navy and was hopeful of it being accepted. It will ensure optimal operational readiness and the maximum appropriate exploitation of the fine ship and others like her, in the years to come, he added. Rear Admiral (retd) Pillai also said that the fourth XFAC, Yard 1185, scheduled to be launched next month, will be delivered to the navy in March, later this year, six months ahead of the schedule. NOTE: this would make it the 5th XFAC in IN service, not the fourth. The CSO (Tech) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan and Controller Warship Production, Rear Admiral P Jaitly were also present during the occasion. INFAC T-83 is an attack vessel endowed with the state-of-the-art Typhoon and MSIS systems integrated with 20 mm gun. The system is capable of tracking and engaging water-borne saboteur in pitch dark conditions. Being only 25 metre in length and of light weight aluminum construction, the ship can attain a phenomenal speed of 47 knots.
Re: Indian Navy - News Folder - January 2004
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