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A K Antony to induct C-17 heavy-lift aircraft in Indian Air Force
PTI Aug 25, 2013, 06.08PM IST
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NEW DELHI: Giving a major boost to strategic airlift capabilities of the Air Force, Defence Minister A K Antony will formally induct the 75-80 tonne C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft into service on September 2 at the Hindon Air Base near here.

The Defence Minister will formally induct the aircraft procured from the US under a deal expected to be over Rs 20,000 crore into the newly formed 81 Squadron here, IAF officials said here.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com

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Boeing C-17 inducted into Indian air force

The Indian air force has formally inducted the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic transport.

To mark the occasion, a ceremony took place at air force station Hindan, the home base for the air force's C-17s. Flown by the newly-raised No. 81 Squadron 'Skylords', the Globemaster will greatly enhance India's airlift capabilities.

Credit: India
© India's Ministry of Defence

Present at the ceremony were Indian defence minister AK Antony, Indian air force head ACM NAK Browne, US ambassador to India Nancy Powell, as well as other senior officials from India's ministry of defence and air force, and USAF representatives.


© India's Ministry of Defence

The Indian air force received its first three C-17s in the months of June, July and August respectively this year. It will induct two more aircraft into service before the end of the year, with the remaining five to be delivered next year, completing the ten aircraft order.

The USAF has already completed the training of 20 pilots and 10 loadmasters for the Indian air force.

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Russia to hand over Vikramaditya on Nov. 15

Aircraft carrier is now on sea trials and expected to return to Sevmash Shipyard

INS Vikramaditya will be handed over to the Indian Navy on November 15 at a formal ceremony in the Russian northern seaport of Severodvinsk on the White Sea.

The delivery date was confirmed at talks Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur held in Moscow on Monday, according to informed sources.

A high-level Indian defence delegation paid a one-day visit to Moscow to prepare an annual session of the Indo-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation that will meet in Russia next month under the chair of the two Defence Ministers.

The upgraded and retrofitted aircraft carrier is now completing sea trials and is expected to return to the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk in the next few weeks.

The ship was to be delivered last December, but failed the sea trials after its boilers and some other systems malfunctioned. This time, all systems performed flawlessly, including daytime and night takeoff and landings by MiG-29K deck fighter planes, the sources said.

The sides were tight-lipped on the issue of India acquiring a second nuclear submarine from Russia, but the sources confirmed that Moscow was willing to lease another Akula class submarine if India paid for completing its construction. The submarine has been lying half-built at the Amur Shipyard in the Russian Far East since it was mothballed in the 1990s for lack of funds.

On the recent accident in which INS Sindhurakshak sank after rocked by explosions, the Russian side agreed to provide expert assistance for raising the submarine and carrying out its technical inspection.

Russia will also beef up its team of 100 engineers, now deployed in Vishakhapatnam in order to speed up midterm repairs to INS Sindhudhvaj and INS Sindhushashtra. The Russian side also offered to have two more Indian Navy Kilo class submarines undergo midterm repairs in Russia, the sources said.

In reviewing progress of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft, the sides noted with satisfaction the completion of preliminary design phase earlier this year. It is hoped that a contract for detailed design could be signed before the end of the year if the sides sort out the issue of costs.

http://www.thehindu.com

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Anti-missile shield for frontline Navy warships fast eroding


NEW DELHI: The anti-missile defensive shield protecting 14 frontline warships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat, is fast eroding but the government is dragging its feet on taking a decision one way or the other due to an ongoing CBI probe into the original deal.

The Navy has been pressing panic buttons for quite some time about its fast depleting stock of missiles to arm the Israeli Barak-I anti-missile defence (AMD) system - which intercept hostile incoming sea-skimming missiles at a 9km range - fitted on INS Viraat as well as guided-missile destroyers and stealth frigates.

Sources said that Navy chief Admiral DK Joshi has even written to defence minister AK Antony for an early decision on the acquisition of an additional 262 Barak-I missiles, at a cost of over $150 million, since it was a "critical operational requirement".

But the defence ministry had expressed helplessness due to the pending CBI investigation into the infamous Barak kickbacks case registered in October 2006. The law ministry and the attorney general, however, have now left it on the MoD to decide on the fresh procurement case. "The ball is firmly in the MoD's court now," said a source.

The law ministry had earlier held the case should not be sent to the Cabinet Committee on Security for approval till the CBI probe was completed. But the CBI has failed to make much headway "due to pending letters rogatory (letters of request)" in Israel and UK. "With Navy pressing for a fresh legal opinion, it was held the MoD get an external evaluation or audit done. Now, even that caveat has been removed," said the source.

But in the backdrop of the VVIP helicopter and other scams ahead of the 2014 general elections, the MoD seems reluctant to take a decision even though it "understands" the urgency for the Barak-I missiles.

It was after Pakistan acquired sea-skimming Exocet and Harpoon missiles, coupled with the failure of the indigenous Trishul AMD system, that the then NDA government had inked the initial Rs 1,160 crore deal for nine Barak-I AMD systems, along with 200 missiles worth Rs 350 crore, with Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Rafael in October 2000.

Subsequently, under the UPA-1 regime in October 2006, the CBI registered the FIR in the Barak kickbacks case to name former defence minister George Fernandes, his party associates Jaya Jaitly and R K Jain, alleged arms dealer Suresh Nanda and former Navy chief Admiral Sushil Kumar among the accused.

The irony is that the UPA government has refrained from blacklisting IAI and Rafael, despite banning other firms like Israeli Military Industries, Singapore Technologies Kinetics, Rheinmetall Air Defence (Zurich) and Corporation Defence of Russia in other corruption cases, on the ground that it would be counter-productive.

IAI and DRDO, for instance, are collaborating in two major but delayed projects to develop a long-range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) system for Rs 2,606 crore to arm Indian warships and a medium-range SAM system for IAF at a cost of Rs 10,076 crore.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

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L'Inde effectue avec succès un deuxième test du missile "Agni-V"  


Le lancement d'un missile balistique Agni-V  © AFP/ Le ministère de la Défense indien
17:55 15/09/2013


NEW DELHI, 15 septembre - RIA Novosti

L'Inde a mené dimanche matin un deuxième test réussi de son missile balistique Agni-V d'une portée de 5.000 km, rapporte la chaîne de télévision NDTV.

Le tir d'essai a été effectué à 4h13 UTC depuis  l'île de Wheeler, dans le golfe du Bengal, au large de l'Etat indien d'Orissa.

Le premier test de ce missile capable de porter une charge nucléaire a eu lieu en avril 2012.

La presse indienne souligne que le missile en question est capable d'atteindre Pékin, la Chine étant souvent considérée en Inde comme un ennemi militaire potentiel.

La conception du missile en question a débuté en 1983. Conçu pour emporter une ogive nucléaire de 1,5 tonne, Agni-V est un missile de trois étages de 17 mètres de long pesant près de 50 tonnes.  

Selon les sources auxquelles se réfère la chaîne NDTV, le missile doit subir encore plusieurs tests avant d'équiper l'armée indienne.

Les forces armées indiennes ont à l'heure actuelle à leur disposition des vecteurs terrestres (missiles de type Agni et Prithvi) et aériens (avions Dassault Mirage-2000 et SEPECAT Jaguar). New Delhi espère en outre acquérir la troisième composante de la triade nucléaire – posséder des sous-marins lanceurs  d'engins. En août dernier, le réacteur du sous-marin Arihant, le premier à avoir été construit en Inde, a été mis en service.  Les tests de ce dernier devraient prochainement débuter.

http://fr.rian.ru/defense/20130915/199308880.html

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India closes on new C-130J order


New Delhi has moved closer to finalising an order for a batch of six additional Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transports for the Indian air force following approval by the nation’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC).

The decision – taken on 13 September by the DAC, headed by defence minister A K Antony – to approve the purchase will now need final ratification from the the government’s Cabinet Committee on Security.

India had submitted a letter of request to the USA for the purchase of additional C-130Js in September last year, receiving clearance from the US administration in April.

The C-130Js will be purchased through the Foreign Military Sales route, as was the case for the first batch of six aircraft. The new transports will be based at Panagarh in India’s eastern state of West Bengal.

The six aircraft from the initial 2008 order are now in operation with the service’s 77 Sqn from Hindon air base.

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Le coup de grace pour arjun.

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MoD gives nod for procuring military planes, battle tanks

In a big boost to the country’s defence equipment expansion drive, the Union Ministry of Defence on Friday cleared two major proposals to buy six special operations planes and place an order for 236 Russian-origin battle tanks.

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http://newindianexpress.com/nation/MoD-gives-nod-for-procuring-military-planes-battle-tanks/2013/09/14/article1783923.ece

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US offers to co-develop new Javelin missile with India

US had proposed that her companies could join hands with Indian partners in setting up manufacturing facilities for five major systems in India


US Deputy Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, who arrives in India on a two-day visit on Monday, has masterminded a proposal that could dramatically boost US-India defence relations. The US department of defense (Pentagon) has written to India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), proposing the two countries collaborate in jointly developing a next-generation version of the Javelin anti-tank missile.

India has been offered a specific share of the development programme and requested to respond by a specific date. If India chooses not to participate, the Pentagon would go ahead with the programme on its own.

Last year, Carter had proposed US companies join hands with Indian partners in setting up manufacturing facilities for five major systems in India. These include the MH-60 Romeo multi-role helicopter, built by Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin; a delivery system for scatterable mines; and the M-45 127-mm rapid-fire naval gun. Later, the US proposed co-producing the Javelin missile, built by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

New Delhi has not yet responded to the proposal. Now, Carter has raised the ante with his proposal for co-developing the next-generation Javelin.

India has a successful co-development project with Russia for the BrahMos cruise missile, and with Israel for the long-range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) and medium-range surface-to-air missile (MR-SAM). But with the US, India has only bought equipment over the counter. American equipment has not even been manufactured in India with technology transfer, far less co-developed.

Speaking anonymously, US officials confirmed the co-development proposal would be on Carter’s discussion agenda during his meetings in New Delhi on Tuesday. Carter would meet a host of Indian officials, including National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon.

Senior MoD sources told Business Standard the US co-development proposal for the next-generation Javelin had been received and was being evaluated.

A senior DRDO source confirmed the US offer. “DRDO welcomes co-development of advanced weapon systems, provided there is real technological collaboration involved. India needs to fill its technology gaps and co-development should ensure both partners build upon their mutual strengths,” he said.

Carter’s proposal is part of a 15-month-old American push to intensify its defence relationship with India. Earlier, in response to New Delhi’s interest in the Javelin, the US state department had said fulfilling India’s requirement would “alter the regional military balance”. Worse, Washington refused to transfer key technologies New Delhi insisted upon as a part of the deal.

That approach changed dramatically since June 2012, when then US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta nominated Carter to break down the bureaucratic barriers in Washington that impeded the US-India defence relationship, which Washington had determined was pivotal to America’s future in Asia. A formal mechanism called the DTI — tellingly, the US called it the defence trade initiative, while India referred to it as defence technology initiative — was set up. Carter co-chairs the initiative, along with Shivshankar Menon.

A close watcher of the Pentagon says Carter has pushed the US bureaucracy hard to change its approach towards India. Earlier, US officials regarded India as just another non-NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) country, one with which America did not even have a formal alliance and which was unwilling to sign cooperative agreements with the US. “Before Carter got to work, releasing technology to India required a comprehensive justification to be made out. By April 2013, Pentagon officials needed to justify why a particular technology could not be released to India,” said the Pentagon watcher.

Now, the Javelin is a focus area for Carter. At one stage, MoD was close to buying a rival missile, the Israeli Spike, for its $1-1.5-billion tender for 8,400 missiles and 321 launcher units for the army’s 350-plus infantry units. But the MoD, wary of a single-vendor buy, ordered a “technology scan” to ascertain whether there was no missile in the market other than the Spike.

The FGM-148 Javelin, jointly built by US companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, is the world’s premier man-portable, anti-tank missile. It gives infantrymen, highly vulnerable to enemy tanks on the battlefield, a weapon with which to destroy heavy armoured vehicles from a distance of 2.5 km.

But the Israeli Spike, while not nearly as capable, is likely to be a good deal cheaper. If the MoD chooses price over capability, the Spike is likely to emerge the winner. “But if the MoD agrees to Washington’s co-development proposal, the Javelin would become the clear frontrunner for the $1-1.5-billion Indian contract. That is now a realistic prospect,” says a member of the US defence industry.

http://www.business-standard.com

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Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya finishes trials in Russia, delivery to India in mid-November

NEW DELHI: Moving a step closer towards its induction in the Navy, aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya has completed all its trials in Russia, where it is presently undergoing refit.

Vikramaditya, formerly known as Admiral Gorskhov, was undergoing trials during the last two months in the Barents Sea and the White Sea.

The carrier is on course to be handed over to the Indian Navy in November, sources said.

Once inducted, it will be the second aircraft carrier in the Navy after INS Viraat and give it an strategic advantage in the Indian Ocean.

Vikramaditya, which is already years past its original 2008 delivery date, was supposed to have been handed over on December 4, 2012, but sea trials in September that year revealed the ship's boilers were not fully functional.

It then returned to the shipyard to fix the problems that were detected during the sea trials.

The ship had demonstrated excellent seaworthiness, speed of 27.9 knots (about 52 km per hour) and manoeuvrability during the three-month sea trials.

India and Russia had signed a USD 947 million deal for 45,000-tonne Gorshkov in 2004. The deal amount was revised later to USD 2.3 billion.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

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US offers help for next generation aircraft carrier

The United States has offered to develop the next generation aircraft carrier technology with India, visiting deputy secretary of defence Ashton Carter said Wednesday.

The technology on offer, Electro Magnetic Aircraft Launch System, will be a quantum leap for the Indian Navy that currently relies on the Russian ski-launch technology.

Both Indian carriers, INS Vikramaditya, coming in November, and INS Vikrant, being built in Kochi, can ski-launch only light fighter aircraft. But EMALS would make it possible to launch heavy aircraft, including early warning systems, refuellers and transporters, from future ships. India has yet to freeze the design of the second indigenous carrier it plans to build after Vikrant.

Carter said the US is keen to develop and co-produce defence equipment with India on the lines of Brahmos, a missile developed jointly by India and Russia and which is on offer for export to a third country. One such technology that can be shared under the Defence Technology Initiative is EMALS, Carter said. "The US is developing and fielding that system and is offering the technology to India which has an aircraft carrier and is considering making more," he said.

Also on offer for joint development is the next generation anti-tank guided missile, Carter said.

The Javelin system has been on offer to India for years but it never managed to make the cut due to restrictions imposed by US law on transfer of technology, a critical factor guiding most of India's new defence acquisitions. But Carter said work has been done to amend bureaucratic processes and new version of this system can be jointly developed.

He emphasised that the US wishes to replicate, in part, the Russian model of cooperation with India. "That is exactly the same kind of thing where two industry teams are involved in the whole product life cycle; where the product is both co-produced and developed."

http://www.indianexpress.com

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US offers help for next generation aircraft carrier


The United States has offered to develop the next generation aircraft carrier technology with India, visiting deputy secretary of defence Ashton Carter said Wednesday.
The technology on offer, Electro Magnetic Aircraft Launch System, will be a quantum leap for the Indian Navy that currently relies on the Russian ski-launch technology.
Both Indian carriers, INS Vikramaditya, coming in November, and INS Vikrant, being built in Kochi, can ski-launch only light fighter aircraft. But EMALS would make it possible to launch heavy aircraft, including early warning systems, refuellers and transporters, from future ships. India has yet to freeze the design of the second indigenous carrier it plans to build after Vikrant.
Carter said the US is keen to develop and co-produce defence equipment with India on the lines of Brahmos, a missile developed jointly by India and Russia and which is on offer for export to a third country. One such technology that can be shared under the Defence Technology Initiative is EMALS, Carter said. "The US is developing and fielding that system and is offering the technology to India which has an aircraft carrier and is considering making more," he said.
Also on offer for joint development is the next generation anti-tank guided missile, Carter said.
The Javelin system has been on offer to India for years but it never managed to make the cut due to restrictions imposed by US law on transfer of technology, a critical factor guiding most of India's new defence acquisitions. But Carter said work has been done to amend bureaucratic processes and new version of this system can be jointly developed.
He emphasised that the US wishes to replicate, in part, the Russian model of cooperation with India. "That is exactly the same kind of thing where two industry teams are involved in the whole product life cycle; where the product is both co-produced and developed."

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/us-offers-help-for-next-generation-aircraft-carrier/1171004/

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Navy to float Rs 50,000 crore tender for six submarines


India is preparing to issue a `50,000 crore tender to build six hi-tech conventional submarines that have now been delayed by three years, with the Navy proposal all set to be placed before the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) soon.
Navy Chief Vice Admiral R K Dhowan said here on Monday that the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister A K Antony, had recently given its approval for the proposal to be taken up before the CCS, and once the nod from the government’s highest panel on military  matters comes, the tender will be issued.
The DAC, which had met on Friday last, had for the third time in three years extended the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the second line of submarine building, which has been codenamed ‘Project 75I’.
Dhowan was addressing a press conference to introduce the nation’s first-ever five-day naval systems exposition, called NAMEXPO-2013 and organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), at Kochi from September 23.
The DAC had first approved the AoN for Project 75I in July 2010, which had expired after two years. The AoN was revived by the DAC in August 2012, when the second approval was given, and the one provided on Friday turns out to be the third. The AoN is usually valid for the first two years and subsequently renewed for a year at a time.
The AoN normally expires if the Defence Ministry fails to issue the necessary tender for the defence procurement project within the approval period, which had happened twice in the case of Project 75I now.
In the context of submarine INS Sindhurakshak’s explosion and sinking on August 14, Dhowan said the Navy was considering a refit and repair of its existing fleet of conventional submarines, which stands at 13 at present. Sindhurakshak is a Russian-origin Kilo-class submarine and with it out of action, the Navy is left with only nine in this class. It also has four other HDW class submarines in the fleet.
Kilo-class submarines were first bought by India in the late 1980s and most of them have already served their effective life of 20 years. Regarding the reasons for organising NAMEXPO, when the biennial DEFEXPO in Delhi focused on naval systems too, Dhowan said the lack of Indian indigenous capability to manufacture weapons and sensors was a “concern and challenge” and stressed the need to tap the Indian industry’s potential.

http://newindianexpress.com/nation/Navy-to-float-Rs-50000-crore-tender-for-six-submarines/2013/09/17/article1788150.ece

INS Viraat ( R22 ), INS Jyoti ( A58 ), INS Jalashwa ( L41 ) et INS Karmuk ( P64 )




Destroyer INS Ranjit ( D53 ), classe Rajput ( 5000Tpc )


Frégate INS Satpura ( F48 ), classe Shivlak ( 6200Tpc )



Frégate INS Trishul ( F43 ), classe Talwar ( 4000Tpc )



Frégate INS Ganga ( F22 ), classe Godavari ( 3850 Tpc )


Corvette INS Karmuk ( P64 ), classe Kora ( 1350 Tpc )



INS Jalashwa ( L41 )


SM Kilo

M2000 avec Remora EW pod

Après plus de 9 ans de la signature du contrat pour l'achat de la modernisation de l'ex Admiral Gorchkov, l'Inde recevra l'INS Vikramaditya le 15-Nov prochain
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Contract for C-130J to be signed during PM's US Visit

At least one defence deal with the US, among half-a-dozen worth nearly `30,000 crore, is likely to be signed at the earliest. With the Defence Ministry giving its nod and the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) likely to give its approval, it is possible that a `4,000-crore government-to-government contract for six C-130J special operations planes may be inked when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in New York this month-end. He is scheduled to meet US President Barack Obama there.

Manmohan Singh will be travelling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, an annual fixture for the Indian PM this time of the year, when there is always a summit meeting with the US President.

“The Defence Ministry is working towards getting the contract for additional six C-130J planes signed soon, preferably during the PM’s New York visit,” a Defence Ministry official said, but did not categorically state that the deal would be completed. “Though all initial approvals have been obtained from the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the CCS is the next stop for the file on the plane purchases followed by the Finance Ministry vetting. With just about a week left, let’s hope for the best,” the official added.

Another deal for 145 M777 ultra light howitzers that the US is ready to sell to India for `3,500 crore through the foreign military sales route too has been pending for three years, but there is no indication that it would be signed anytime soon.

The good tidings in the bilateral defence relations were signalled by American Deputy Defence Secretary Ashton B Carter, who was in New Delhi for three days last week. Carter said US and India were moving forward from a seller-buyer relation in the defence trade sector to becoming equal partners through co-development and co-production.

After years of Indian complaints about how the US was placing hurdles in the form of its internal legal provisions on export of critical defence technology, Washington has now come to see the benefit of it easing these bottlenecks and even go beyond and work together with India.

Carter, who met National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, Defence Secretary R K Mathur and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, spoke about streamlining “bureaucratic processes” and making defence trade “more simple, responsive and effective”, in particular, “to move from a vendor/buyer relationship to one of partnership in co-developing and co-producing defence systems”. He also commented that no one nation could lay claim to the best of all defence technologies and there was scope for mutual benefit if all worked together and learnt from each other.

In this regard, Carter referred to the Defence Trade Technology Initiative (DTI) that was agreed to between the two nations when former US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta visited New Delhi a year ago, promising that the present US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, who took over in February, was committed to the DTI.

One system that the US is now ready to offer to India is the next generation Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Missile for the Army, on the lines of the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, an example Defence Minister A K Antony keeps referring to as a future partnership that the defence sector should look for.

http://newindianexpress.com

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Indian Navy receives first Hawk Trainer Jet


The 17 Hawk aircraft ordered by the Indian Navy form part of a contract for 57 aircraft signed in 2010 of which 40 are for the Indian Air Force. Among its 18 customers worldwide, India is the largest operator of the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer with 123 aircraft ordered to date, of which over 70 have been delivered to the Indian Air Force. Hawk trainers already in service with the Indian Air Force are performing well.

Adding to the Indian Navy’s fleet of aircraft, the Hawk provides the ideal platform for pilots to transition smoothly to the Navy’s frontline aircraft. Hawk effectively integrates air and ground based elements offering the most efficient and cost-effective method of training pilots.

We have worked closely with the Indian MOD and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to establish a production line in India where the Hawk aircraft are assembled. Guy Griffiths, Our Group Managing Director—International said, “The introduction of the Hawk to a new user is a momentous occasion, and further testimony to the aircraft’s global success. This marks another significant milestone in our longstanding partnership with HAL which has established a track record operating a world-class Hawk production capability. We are committed to strengthening our relationship with HAL and exploring long-term sustainable business opportunities, globally.”

Looking forward, Griffiths added: “We have also submitted our response to HAL’s Request for Proposal for a potential order to supply products and services for the manufacture of 20 additional Hawk aircraft to the IAF, and are now looking forward to partnering with HAL in providing the Indian Air Force’s display team this fantastic aircraft.”

Our Sea Harrier aircraft, which pioneered the short take off and vertical landing for jet aircraft, was bought by the Indian Navy in 1980 and the company continues to support them.


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Indian Naval Pilots to start training on INS Vikramaditya soon




According to reports coming out of Russia Media, Mig corporation is all set to start training Indian Mig-29k pilots for aircraft carrier operations onboard Ins Vikramaditya soon, Indian Mig-29k pilots who have been flying from Naval air base INS Hansa in India for past few years have been closely watching Naval Mig-29 operations on board INS Vikramaditya for past few months.
Till now Russian MiG Corporation Test pilots Mikhail Belyaev, Sergei and Andrei Rybnikov Shishov have been carrying out all the required tests on INS Vikramaditya but also have been constantly interacting with Indian Mig-29k pilots on board the INS Vikramaditya giving them a chance to observe Takeoffs and landings from the deck of the ship, flight tests began on 5 August of this year.
Commodore Surendra Ahuja who is overseeing flight operations on board INS Vikramaditya, was in 2007 became first Indian pilot who graduated in United States and was certified for aircraft carrier operations on T-45 Goshawk aircraft. He has already mastered flying the MiG-29k in India and will be among first group of pilots who will carry out operational landings and takeoff from the carrier soon.
Mig-29k has been dubbed by Russian test pilots has “ Modern aircraft” compared to Su-33 operated by Russian navy over Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, Pilots commented that landing a Mig-29k on Ins Vikramaditya is much easier then Su-33 over Bigger Kuznetsov aircraft carrier . On November 15 Ins Virkamaditya will be handed over to Indian Navy formally in Russia.

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A MiG over the deck: Vikramaditya aviation tests passed

The Vikramaditya aircraft carrier successfully completes all trials in the Barents and the White seas and will be handed over to India in the middle of November.



The INS Vikramaditya, the Indian Navy’s state-of-the art aircraft carrier passed all tests and returned to the Sevmash shipyard from the testing area in the Barents Sea on the evening of Saturday September 21.
During the 108-day trials in the White and Barents Seas, the INS Vikramaditya covered 12,650 miles, enough to circumnavigate the globe.
“In less than three months, carrier-based fighters made 57 flights, including 47 flights returning to land on the aircraft carrier. It was a major achievement that the fighters made 12 night takeoffs and landings, something that Russian carrier aircraft had not done since 1999,” the shipbuilder’s press service told RIR.
In other words, naval pilots and their training specialists from Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG and the State Flight Test Centre managed to revive and master some of the essential flight skills using the “customer’s hardware.”

The Indian Navy observation group and the Indian crew led by Commodore Suraj Berry witnessed the true capabilities of the “floating airfield” that will soon be handed over to the Indian Navy. According to eyewitnesses, the Russian test pilots landed the fighters perfectly on the carrier at night using only onboard instruments and commands from the visual landing team.
On July 3, the Vikramaditya, refurbished on behalf of the Indian Navy, sailed to the White Sea for repeat trials (after repairs on its steam boilers were completed). This time around, the power plant was beyond reproach – the ship achieved the required 29 knots while demonstrating good manoeuvrability.
In the White Sea, the team thoroughly checked the eight boilers of the power plant following their overhaul —first at low and half speed and then at full speed, once they were sure the power unit was stable. Also in the White Sea, Northern Fleet aircraft made flights to check the carrier’s electronic warfare systems.
This was followed by joint trial missions with the Northern Fleet’s naval aircraft at the Barents Sea. The MiG and the Sukhoi aircraft performed daytime and night-time take-offs and landings, with different sets of armaments and fuel loads. According to unofficial reports, both the equipment and the people operating it performed brilliantly. In any case, the customer’s representatives were on hand to witness the action and were happy with what they saw.

On the night of July 28, after getting the green light from the sea trials chief captain of the first rank Alexander Shevchenko, INS Vikramaditya reached its flank speed. The maximum speed gained by the carrier was 29.2 knots, above the maximum of 29 knots indicated in the technical specifications.
The carrier was commanded alternately by the Russian crew commander Captain of the first rank Igor Ryabko and Commodore Suraj Berry. The Indian navy sailors (there were 875 of them on board INS Vikramaditya at the end of the trials) had their marine and ship practice at designated combat stations.
During its return trip, on the White Sea, the ship once again went full steam ahead at the request of the Indian side, achieving 29.5 knots to meet the design specifications. According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta sources, the ship also went full steam in reverse at 15.2 knots. The commander of the Russian crew, Captain Igor Ryabko, and Indian Navy Commodore Suraj Berry took turns at the controls.
The shipyard’s workers are now preparing the ship for official delivery to the customer. A special handover ceremony has been scheduled for November 15.
Informed sources tell RIR that the Vikramaditya will reach India’s west coast by the middle of January 2014.

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India to renovate 4 Russian-built diesel submarines

India plans to repair and upgrade four diesel-electric submarines similar to the Sindhurakshak that sank in August, and two of these submarines will be overhauled in the Russian Federation. Eugene Shustikov, deputy general director of the Zvyozdochka shipyard told RIA Novosti on Tuesday at the first NAMEXPO 2013, a naval and maritime expo.

"Two weeks ago during negotiations, the Indians informed Zvyozdochka that Indian naval headquarters decided to perform its second mid-level repairs to extend the life of the four diesel-electric Kilo-class submarines. Two of them will be overhauled at the same time in Russia beginning in 2015, and when those are completed, two more Project 877 EKM submarines will be overhauled in India at Indian shipyards," he said.

Shustikov said that it will take about 27 months to overhaul the submarines in Severodvinsk. "We signed a work protocol that included these terms, and the Indian side has been informed that naval headquarters sent all of the necessary documents to the Ministry of Defence for the final decision," he added.

He said that when approval is granted, the Indian Defence Ministry will send an official application to Zvyozdochka. "We expect that this will be at the end of this year," said the deputy director.

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Russia offers one-year guarantee for aircraft-carrier

Kochi, Sept. 25:  
INS Vikramaditya (Admiral Gorshkov), the $2.33 billion Russia-built aircraft carrier which will be delivered to Indian Navy on November 15 after a delay of nearly five years, will only have a one-year guarantee.
Victor M. Komardin, Deputy Director-General of Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms exporter, told media persons here that during the guarantee period, a team of Russian engineers would be stationed in India to take care of “every single screw of the ship.”
Komardin said the warship which would be handed over at the Sevmash shipyard near Moscow, will arrive in Mumbai in February.
Asked about retrofitting the ship with LR-SAM (long-range surface to air missiles) being built jointly by India and Israel, he said Vikramaditya was already an Indian Navy’s asset and that the Navy was free to do whatever it wanted to. But it would have to conform to the Russian design parameters.
Arms supplies
Komardin said for Russia defence co-operation and arms supplies are a part of its politics of friendship. “For us, politics comes first, then comes economics,” he stressed. Though regimes had changed in Russia, politics had not. Indo-Russian exports and imports had been going up every year all along. Russia’s engagement with Indian industry was much stronger and wider than other countries,” he claimed.
He said India and Russia were “genetically friendly” and that the Russian side wanted to carry on the current defence co-operation. He noted that though Russia had traditionally been India’s largest supplier of defence requirements, India was now increasingly sourcing its needs outside of Russia.
He said Russia appreciated India’s efforts to indigenise defence production.

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