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La Russie remet à l'Inde le porte-avions Vikramaditya


La cérémonie de remise du porte-avions modernisé INS Vikramaditya (ancien croiseur porte-avions soviétique
Admiral Gorchkov) à l'Inde s'est tenue le 16 novembre aux chantiers navals russes Sevmach de Severodvinsk (nord).


Le nom indien du navire Vikramaditya signifie "fort comme le Soleil".
Sur la photo: la cérémonie de remise du porte-avions INS Vikramaditya à la Marine indienne.


La Russie et l'Inde ont signé un contrat prévoyant la modernisation du porte-avions soviétique Admiral
Gorchkov en 2004. Au terme de ce contrat, la Russie s'est engagée à effectuer des travaux de modernisation
pour 750 millions de dollars et à fournir des avions embarqués pour le même montant. Le navire devait être
livré en 2008, mais sa remise à l'Inde a été ajournée à plusieurs reprises en raison de différends financiers.


Le porte-avions modernisé Vikramaditya est doté d'un pont d'envol adapté aux chasseurs MiG-29K/KUB,
de nouveaux radars, systèmes de navigation et autres équipements.
Sur la photo: des marins indiens hissent le drapeau national à bord du porte-avions INS Vikramaditya.


Le vice-premier ministre russe Dmitri Rogozine a participé à la cérémonie de remise du porte-avions INS
Vikramaditya à l'Inde.



Des marins indiens lors de la cérémonie de remise du porte-avions INS Vikramaditya à l'Inde à Severovinsk.

http://fr.ria.ru/photolents/20131116/199804465.html

a voir combien de temps ca va prendre pour le premier incident

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http://fr.ria.ru/defense/20131116/199802987.html

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Frégates pour l'Inde: négociations entre Moscou et New Delhi



La Russie pourrait construire de nouvelles frégates du projet 11356 pour la Marine indienne, a annoncé samedi à Severodvinsk Igor Sevastianov, directeur général adjoint de l'Agence russe d'exportation d'armements (Rosoboronexport).
"Nous menons des discussions sur le projet de construction de frégates pour la Marine indienne. L'Inde étudie des propositions russes", a indiqué M.Sevastianov après avoir officiellement remis à l'Inde le porte-avions modernisé INS Vikramaditya aux chantiers navals Sevmach.
Si les deux pays se mettent d'accord, la réalisation du projet sera confiée aux chantiers navals Iantar de Kaliningrad qui ont déjà construit trois frégates du projet 11356 pour l'Inde. La frégate baptisée Teg ("sabre") a été remise à la Marine indienne le 27 avril 2012, le Tarkash ("carquois") le 9 novembre 2012 et le Trikland ("arc") le 1er juillet 2013.
Les frégates du projet 11356 sont destinées à rechercher et à détruire les sous-marins, ainsi qu'à assurer la défense anti-aérienne et anti-navire. Leur tirant d'eau  est de 4.000 tonnes, l'équipage compte 220 personnes et l'autonomie est de 5.000 milles marins. Les frégates sont équipées de missiles supersoniques mer-mer BrahMos, mis au point en coopération entre l'Inde et la Russie.
Les chantiers navals soviétiques et russes ont construit plus de 70 bâtiments de surface et sous-marins pour l'Inde depuis 1965.

http://fr.ria.ru/defense/20131116/199803907.html

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Boeing Delivers 2nd P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft to India

SEATTLE, Nov. 15, 2013 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the second P-8I aircraft to India today, doubling that country’s long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.  
Boeing is building eight P-8I aircraft for India and delivered the first in-country in May. Based on the company’s Next-Generation 737 commercial airplane, the P-8I is the Indian Navy variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing has developed for the U.S. Navy.
"With two aircraft at Naval Station Rajali now, the Indian Navy will get a good feel for the P-8I's interoperability with other aircraft," said Leland Wight, Boeing P-8I program manager. "Acceptance trials on the first aircraft are progressing well and its availability for testing has been excellent, in large part due to Boeing’s worldwide 737 support capabilities."
While the aircraft delivered today will begin flight trials in the coming months, the first P-8I recently completed testing its weapons capabilities, including successfully firing a Boeing Harpoon missile at a target and dropping a torpedo.
In order to efficiently design and build the P-8I and the P-8A, the Boeing-led team is using a first-in-industry, in-line production process that draws on the company’s Next-Generation 737 production system.
The P-8I features open system architecture, advanced sensor and display technologies, and a worldwide base of suppliers, parts and support equipment. P-8I aircraft are built by a Boeing-led industry team that includes CFM International, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Spirit AeroSystems, BAE Systems and GE Aviation.
Boeing offers India a broad spectrum of defense, space and security solutions that are relevant to India's current and future military and humanitarian needs. Boeing India’s corporate office is in New Delhi. For more information, visit www.boeing.co.in.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $33 billion business with 58,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/Boeing-Delivers-2nd-P-8I-Maritime-Patrol-Aircraft-to-India

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INS Vikramaditya was spied upon by NATO aircraft and ship last year but the matter was hushed up

INS Vikramaditya, India's largest aircraft carrier, is safely in the Indian Navy's hands now, and will begin its journey home shortly. But just a year ago, there was an incident that created a major stir on board the massive ship as it was put through trials at sea off the Russian coast.
INS Vikramaditya was spied upon by NATO forces.
Headlines Today Deputy Editor Shiv Aroor, the first Indian journalist on board the aircraft carrier, has accessed exclusive images of that disturbing incident that was even taken up at the diplomatic level.
The images show a NATO maritime spy aircraft repeatedly buzzing.
Over INS Vikramaditya in an attempt to snoop on her communications and combat signatures. Never before revealed, these images captured from the deck of the ship show how the US-built P-3C Orion "buzzed" the ship just a few hundred feet over her deck and circled her in an attempt to harvest classified electronic and acoustic data about the vessel.

The snooping operation created such a stir that the Russian team on board the Vikramaditya summoned a Russian Navy MiG-29K from a shore base to chase away the intruding aircraft.

The spy aircraft beat a hasty retreat once the MiG-29K arrived on the scene.




NATO P-3C Orion aircraft hovering over INS Vikramaditya.

During the spying mission, the P-3C aircraft dropped two sensor buoys into Vikramaditya's immediate path in such a way that the ship sailed right through the gap between the two red bobbing devices, allowing the aircraft to record acoustic signatures.
Later, the Russian government sent photographs of the intrusion, including pictures of the sensor buoys, to the US Embassy in Moscow and NATO headquarters, but has received no reply yet.
Both the Indian Navy and the shipyard that modernised the Vikramaditya confirmed the incident but were tightlipped about the details of how much data about the battleship may have been compromised.
The NATO aircraft chose the early summer of 2012 when the sea was calm and the relative silence of neutral waters interfered least with sounds emanating from a ship - ideal conditions for airborne electronic snooping.

In another attempt to listen in on Vikramaditya's communications and electronic emanations, a Norwegian ship attempted to snoop on the ship shortly after the airborne spying mission.
The vessel, known to have specialised electronic equipment on board that allows the recording of acoustics from a distance, came fairly close to the Vikramaditya.
By that time, command and crew on board the aircraft carrier had made her go near totally silent.

A NATO ship from Norway snooping on the Vikramaditya.

The spygame between NATO and Russia remains intact years after the end of the Cold War, with both sides routinely intercepting and escorting "stray" aircraft, or attempting to snoop on aircraft and ship movements near maritime boundaries.
However, the fact that the snooping incident was on an Indian ship was a surprise.





http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ins-vikramaditya-was-spied-upon-by-nato-aircraft-and-ship-last-year/1/325335.html

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Domestic Start-Up Provides Aerial Targets for Indian Armed Forces



Aerial targets are a niche area within the large defence sector. To provide high-quality training for fighter pilots and anti-aircraft gunners and to test the effectiveness of radar and missile systems, the armed forces need aerial targets that can simulate incoming aircraft, missiles or unmanned aircraft systems.In order to closely simulate battle scenarios, these targets should be able to achieve speeds close to that of real missiles or fighter jets and should also be able to simulate jamming and evasive capabilities of such systems.
In March 2008, during the joint military exercise, Operation Brazen Chariots, in Rajasthan’s Pokhran desert, radar-guided OSA-AK mid-range missiles blasted a Javelin 100NG aerial target into smithereens.
That was a moment of validation for Avdesh Khaitan. The targets performed just fine and two years later, Khaitan’s Kadet Defence Systems became the first Indian company to win a defence ministry contract for aerial targets.
Khaitan’s company delivered the first batch of its JX2 (propellor-based) unmanned aerial targets in December last year. These can achieve speeds up to 0.2 Mach. Kadet’s JX3 is a jet turbine powered UAS and can touch 0.5 Mach.
He sources engines from Germany and builds the systems in his Kolkata factory. The expendable systems are cost effective, starting at Rs 1 lakh per unit for the JX2.
“The important thing for aerial targets is to be able to simulate enemy aircraft, incoming missiles or remotely operated vehicles. Kadet’s systems are effective and the users seem to be happy with them. It is used to provide real-time training to our gunners. Otherwise such training is difficult and expensive,” said Brigadier (retd) Arun Sahgal, director at the Forum for Strategic Initiative.
“The Air Force and Navy have announced plans to buy more than 500 aerial targets in the next three years. We are the only Indian company that has already supplied to the military and our products have been found to be reliable and cost-effective. So we have some basis to expect that we can win more business and grow rapidly,” Khaitan said.
India imported such targets and limited budgets used to mean limited training. Now, as the applications of unmanned aircraft systems are growing exponentially in the defence and aerospace sector, Khaitan is trying to build on his early success.
With aerial target orders worth several hundred crores in the pipeline for India’s  armed forces, Khaitan has ambitious plans for his small firm. Avdesh Khaitan, abandoned his law practice with a family-owned firm the previous year to pursue his childhood hobby of aeromodelling. If the targets made by his fledgling company hadn’t performed well at the tests, his plan to build a business out of his childhood interest would have crashed in the desert.
Khaitan wants to move to other UAS applications apart from aerial targets. It has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Aerospace Laboratory to jointly develop advanced UAS.
His team of 15 – mostly engineers – is also working on UAS for applications such as surveillance, hyper spectral imagery (applications in agriculture, mines and minerals) and GIS (geographical information system) mapping.

http://www.uasvision.com/2013/11/19/domestic-start-up-provides-aerial-targets-for-indian-armed-forces/

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Nuclear-capable Dhanush missile successfully test-fired

BALASORE (Odisha): India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast on Saturday.
"Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully tested the Dhanush missile today from a naval ship," said MV K V Prasad, Director of the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur near Balasore.
The surface-to-surface Dhanush, a naval variant of India's indigenously developed 'Prithvi' missile, was test fired at around 11.10am from a location at Bay of Bengal by the SFC of the defence force.
The single-stage, liquid propelled Dhanush has already been inducted into the armed services and is one of the five missiles developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), defence sources said.
"The trial was conducted by the SFC of the Indian defence force in co-operation with DRDO," a defence official said.
Dhanush missile is capable of carrying conventional as well as nuclear payload of 500 to 1,000 kg and hit both land and sea-based targets.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-23/india/44389007_1_dhanush-prithvi-missile-chandipur

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INS Vikrant to be commissioned by 2017: Admiral Joshi

Ezhimala (Kannur), Nov 23:  
India’s first indigenous Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, being built at public sector Cochin Shipyard Ltd and formally launched in August this year, would be commissioned by 2017, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral D K Joshi, said here today.
“With the commissioning of INS Vikrant India will join an elite club of nations with the capability of designing and building aircraft carrier indigenously. There are not many countries in the world to construct their own aircraft carriers,” he said.
Joshi was speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of the passing out parade at Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala in Kannur district.
To a query on the delay in the project to build Scorpene submarines at Mumbai, Admiral Joshi said India would construct the navy’s first scorpene—class submarine with French collaboration and they should be in service by 2015 or so.
“The delay has been resolved and construction work of the submarine is on fast track now,” he said.
On maritime challenges, he said utmost priority was being given to coastal security after the 26/11 terror attack. Navy has been given overall coordination of maritime and coastal security involving several agencies, including Coast Guard.
The infrastructure situation has also improved with coastal police stations acquiring patrol boats, fast interceptor boats and a radar chain has also been set up all along the coastline, he said.
Admiral Joshi pointed out that the Navy had been fully engaged in anti—piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden for the past several years and added they had even sunk the ‘mother ship’ of Somali pirates who came near Lakshadweep islands.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/ins-vikrant-to-be-commissioned-by-2017-admiral-joshi/article5383735.ece

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Boeing Delivers 3rd P-8I to India


SEATTLE, Nov. 22, 2013 – The third Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for the Indian Navy arrived today in India, on schedule.

The aircraft departed Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Station Rajali, where it joined two P-8Is currently undergoing flight trials and testing. The first P-8I arrived in India in May.

The P-8I is one of eight aircraft Boeing is building for the Indian Navy as part of a contract awarded in 2009. Based on the company’s Next-Generation 737 commercial airplane, the P-8I is the Indian Navy variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing has developed for the U.S. Navy. The P-8I incorporates not only India-unique design features, but also India-built subsystems that are tailored to the country’s maritime patrol requirements.

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Former Soviet Aircraft Carrier Sets Sail for India



The long awaited aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya sailed off to serve in the Indian Navy on Tuesday, after completing a multi year upgrade at a United Shipbuilding Company shipyard.
The craft, originally built in 1987 for the Soviet Navy and christened the Admiral Gorshkov, had been undergoing modernization for the Indian Navy since 2004, with delivery dates repeatedly pushed back by a series of delays.

After leaving the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, on the White Sea, the carrier will dock for several days in Murmansk for customs procedures and refueling, and then will be escorted by Indian Navy vessels to its new home base, Interfax reported.
A Russian crew of more than 180 servicemen will accompany the craft to India to instruct Indian sailors in the use of equipment and help with maintenance and any repairs.
The craft is scheduled to stop at 14 foreign seaports, before reaching India in early January to begin service.
Work on the ship under an initial $1.8 billion contract had been scheduled to be completed by 2008, but a series of delays and additional costs have driven the total sum of the contract to $2.3 billion.
The contract also included the purchase of MIG fighter jets and helicopters to be used on the ship by the Indian Navy.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/former-soviet-aircraft-carrier-sets-sail-for-india/490226.html

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India Pushes Russia For Bigger Slice Of Fighter Program

NEW DELHI — India is expressing displeasure with Russia over New Delhi’s low level of participation in the joint development of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), despite being an equal financial partner in the project and placing an order of more than US $30 billion for the new planes.
Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony told his counterpart in Moscow during a visit this month that India’s share of the work should be 50 percent in development and production of the FGFA, which is still in the prototype stage, MoD sources said.
The MoD’s official news release referred to India’s wish for active involvement in FGFA. “Referring to FGFA and Multi-role Transport Aircraft (MTA) program, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said the two projects are significant because they symbolize going past the relationship of buyer-seller, and both sides must give their best at all phases of the execution of these two projects: design, development and production.”
India’s share of the FGFA development is only 15 percent. A diplomat from the Russian Embassy here said India’s share is limited by India’s capabilities in military aircraft research and industrial infrastructure. This level of participation will increase as the FGFA develops, the diplomat said.
India and Russia agreed in 2007 to jointly develop the FGFA for use by both air forces. In December 2010, Rosoboronexport, India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics and Russian aircraft-maker Sukhoi signed a preliminary design development contract worth $295 million. The final design, research and joint development contract, estimated to be more than $10 billion, has yet to be signed.
The delay in signing the final research-and-development contract is unlikely to slow down the program, which has four prototypes flying, the Russian diplomat said.
The Indian MoD source, however, said the delay in signing the contract has pushed the project into the next administration after the country’s general elections in early 2014. The source said a new government would honor all international commitments, but much would depend on India’s share of the work.
The Indian Air Force expects to order more than 200 of the twin-engine aircraft, which is based on Sukhoi’s T-50 PAK FA and will incorporate Indian Air Force specifications.
An Air Force official said the FGFA prototype has flown in Siberia this year, but there is very little involvement by the Indian Air Force in design and development. The 30-ton stealthy FGFA would be a swing-role fighter jet with advanced avionics, smart weapons and high-end mission computers.
The Air Force official said the date of entrance of the final version of FGFA has been postponed from 2020 to beyond 2022. The Indians were supposed to receive three variants of the aircraft in 2014, 2017 and 2019, with the final version entering service in 2020.
“India should not miss the opportunity of getting involved in a high-technology project like the FGFA,” said Nitin Mehta, an analyst based here.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131126/DEFREG03/311260021/India-Pushes-Russia-Bigger-Slice-Fighter-Program

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New Carrier Steaming to India Without Air Defense System


NEW DELHI — After a five-year delay in acquiring a Russian aircraft carrier, the Indian Navy will have to wait further before the vessel is equipped with its proposed air defense system.
The Indo-Israeli joint project for the Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) system for the carrier has been hit by technical snags, meaning the Admiral Gorshkov, now renamed Vikramaditya, which was formally received by Defence Minister A.K. Antony Nov. 15, will arrive in India without an air defense system. The system is based on the Israeli Barak missile.
An Indian Navy official admitted the carrier initially will have no air defense system. The carrier, however, will have an advanced electronic warfare jamming system and will be protected as part of a carrier group, the official added. It also will be equipped with an AK-630 rapid-fire gun system to destroy incoming missiles and aircraft.
“The main weaponry of the ship would be the ship-based aircraft, i.e. aircraft and helicopters with their integral weapons,” an Indian Navy spokesman, P.V. Satish, told Defense News.
However, a Navy source said the weaponization would include the fitting of a variety of guns, primarily of 20mm and 30mm.
The LRSAM, which is being jointly developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is facing technical snags, an Indian Navy spokesman said, but gave no details. The joint development program was conceived in 2007, and LRSAM was to be ready for the Vikramaditya in 2014.
The LRSAM will have a multifunctional acquisition radar, one 3-D S-band guidance radar, one command-and-control system and four launchers, each carrying eight missiles.
IAI can independently install an air defense system, but there have been disputes regarding technology transfer.
The Indian Defence Ministry said it has expressed its concern to Israel about the delay. IAI executives here declined to comment.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131126/DEFREG03/311260020/New-Carrier-Steaming-India-Without-Air-Defense-System

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Indian Navy Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya set sail from Russia to India

India’s Vikramaditya aircraft carrier left a shipyard in northern Russia on Tuesday, embarking on a long voyage to its permanent base half way across the world, the Sevmash shipbuilder said.

The Vikramaditya, a refurbished Russian carrier known as the Admiral Gorshkov, will make a short stop for refueling in the White Sea then proceed to the port of Murmansk, where the warship will stay for several days stocking up on fuel and other supplies before heading to a naval base in Karwar in southwestern India.

The aircraft carrier, which was handed over to the Indian navy on November 16, will be accompanied by an Indian tanker and a frigate on the first leg of the voyage, which is expected to take about two months.

According to Sevmash, there are some 180 Russian specialists on board the warship who are tasked with monitoring the vessel’s overall performance and the on-site training of the Indian crew, as well as providing assistance in fixing any possible glitches in the operation of the ship’s systems, including air conditioning.

Part of the Russian personnel will stay on the Vikramaditya after its arrival in India in order to provide maintenance services under a one-year warranty agreement, followed by a servicing contract for a period of up to 40 years, the Sevmash said.

The Vikramaditya carrier, which is now five years past its original 2008 delivery date, was supposed to have been handed over to India in December 2012, but last year’s sea trials revealed that the vessel’s boilers were not fully functional.

The ship’s refitting has lurched from one crisis to another since India and Russia signed a $947 million deal in 2004 for its purchase and refurbishment. Delivery has been delayed three times, pushing up the cost to $2.3 billion, sparking acrimony between Moscow and New Delhi over the contract.

The Indian Navy has already taken delivery of some of the carrier's MiG-29K naval fighter aircraft, which were completed before their parent ship was ready for sea.

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Spain offers India advanced ship building technology

Panaji: Spain is offering to build ships and submarines for the Indian Navy in India with transfer of technology.

Spanish Ambassador Gustavo de Aristegui told India Strategic (www.indiastrategic.in) here that Spain has had a long tradition of seafaring, leading the way for European countries to the Asia-Pacific and the Americas centuries ago, and that Spain could rightly claim excellence in naval shipbuilding even today.

Hosting a reception on board the visiting Spanish combat supply ship ESPS Cantabria at Goa’s Mormugao Port, he pointed out that Spain’s state-run Navantia had collaborated with the French DCNS to build six Scorpene submarines at Mumbai’s Mazagon Dock Ltd. (MDL).

The Indian Navy, which is expanding with the acquisition of large ships like aircraft carriers, would need supply ships like the Cantabria, which is on a year-long voyage to display its technology and utility.

The double-hulled 19,500-ton Cantabria, designated a combat supply ship (CSC), is a well-designed and capable vessel with place for two large or three medium helicopters, 24×7 sensors and self-defence guns, 8,000 cubic meters of ship fuel, 2,000 cubic metres of jet fuel, 200 tons of fresh water and a range of 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km). It can simultaneously refuel three ships.

Aristegui said that the Indian Navy was planning to build tankers to look after big ships like aircraft carriers and some LPDs (landing platform docks) like INS Jalashwa as also six more diesel-electric submarines with AIP (air independent propulsion).

The Spanish submarines, designated S-80, are using an innovative AIP system to charge fuel cells, similar to those in the US space shuttle programme.

Cantabria is a more than a tanker, a modern combat supply ship, and Navantia could cooperate in such vessels as well as the submarines and LPDs, the ambassador said.

Cantabria’s commanding officer, Commander Jose Luis Nieto, pointed out that his ship had left La Grana naval port on January 3 for 11 months’ deployment with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and will return home on December 21, spending 200 days of the period in the water. That itself demonstrates the capability of the ship.

The US Navy, which has the world’s largest ships in its aircraft carriers, generally deploys vessels for about six months at a time, Nieto observed, pointing out that Cantabria could comfortably sustain a mission of about one year.

Cantabria is totally computerized, and the captain can manage all its operations with one laptop from anywhere on the vessel by hooking onto its two main computers on the bridge. Every single door or cranes can be operated in real time, Nieto said, while showing the equipment on board to India Strategic analysts.

In today’s fast-paced operational scenario, a supply ship can be a much sophisticated combat support ship, and Spain would be happy to be involved from design to building stage, it was stated.

Senior officers of the Indian Navy and industry were invited to witness the technology aboard the Cantabria while the reception was attended by Flag Officer Commanding, Goa Area, Rear Admiral Balwinder S. Parhar, and other officers.

Navantia has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T), which is already working with the Indian Navy in heavy engineering and has built parts of the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant and fast attack craft (FAC) built by the Goa Shipyard. Navantia and L&T are working jointly on building four LPDs like INS Jalashwa for amphibious military operations and disaster relief for the Indian Navy

L&T’s vice President and head of ship building, Rear Admiral (retd) K.N. Vaidyanathan, and general manager K. Sivaguru Nathan held discussions with the Navantia team on working together as and when the Indian Government issued a request for proposals (RfPs) or tenders. A representative of Spanish electronic warfare systems company Indra also took part.

Indra already has joint ventures with Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) for producing sophisticated telecommunications systems and radars for the Indian Navy.

Navantia’s commercial director for military ships Sofia Honrubia Checa flew in for a short visit to Goa to look at the possibilities in joint ship building. She expressed hope for joint hi-tech systems in the near future.

The company recently opened an office in New Delhi, where its representative Martinez Montes is working with the industry and the defence ministry to look at cooperative ventures.

Many members of Cantabria’s crew visited the festive beach town, enjoyed the pleasant weather, tasted Goan fish curry, and took home traditional Goan costumes and Indian musical instruments like tabla (drums). They said they would be happy to be back as and when bilateral projects matur

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Vikramaditya : dimension géopolitique du « marché de la décennie »



 L'histoire de la modernisation et du transfert à l'Inde du croiseur porte-avions Admiral Gorchkov transformé en porte-avions Vikramaditya n'était pas brève. En 2004, année de la signature du contrat sur Admiral Gorchkov, personne à Moscou et à New Delhi ne supputait que sa réalisation s'étalerait à près de dix ans et qu'outre des reports de sa date d'exécution, les relations entre les deux pays seraient pendant un certain temps assombries par l'absence du financement, le renchérissement du contrat et des travaux complémentaires non prévus.

 Pour l'heure, tous ces problèmes sont dans le passé. La partie russe a démontré sa volonté d'aller à la rencontre du partenaire, et la partie indienne a eu assez de retenue et de tact pour ne pas exacerber les tensions. En fin de compte un bâtiment tout à fait nouveau, équipé des instruments de navigation les plus modernes et capable d'embarquer 30 aéronefs, plus particulièrement les avions MiG-29K et les hélicoptères Ka-27 et Ka-31 se dirige vers les côtes indiennes.
 Tous ont gagné. Moscou a confirmé se réputation de partenaire clé de l'Inde dans le domaine de la coopération militaro-technique. Des pertes d'image qui paraissaient imminentes ont été évitées. Ceux qui disaient que Moscou aurait tenté de remettre à l'Inde un patouillard rouillé se sont tus. Tout comme ceux qui accusaient l'Inde de tricher dans le différend sur le prix et de vouloir obtenir presque gratuitement un porte-avions modernisé.
 Le contrat Vikramaditya dépasse le cadre de sa simple livraison à la marine indienne. La Russie s'occupe également de la formation de l'équipage indien. En plus, elle créera une infrastructure du stationnement de Vikramaditya en océan Indien. Etant donné que le navire restera fonctionnel pendant 30 ans, on peut dire avec certitude que Vikramaditya est non seulement le présent, mais aussi le futur de la coopération russo-indienne dans le domaine militaro-technique.
 L'Inde a actuellement de nombreuses tâches à affronter eu égard à la protection des voies commerciales maritimes, à la nécessité d'assurer l'accès aux ressources et à la défense des intérêts de la diaspora indienne en Asie. Dans ce contexte, l'accent de la construction militaire doit être porté sur la composante navale. En d'autres termes, l'objectif stratégique devient la transformation de l'Inde ayant reçu le porte-avions Vikramaditya en une grande puissance navale.
 Le fait de s'être dotée d'un porte-avions de pointe place la marine indienne dans une catégorie de poids tout à fait différnete. Cela lui permettra de relever un défi ambitieux : contribuer à ce que l'Inde ait des avantages stratégiques dans la région asiatique. Telle est la dimension géopolitique du marché qui a permis de transformer Admiral Gorchkov en Vikramaditya.


http://french.ruvr.ru/2013_11_30/Vikramaditya-dimension-geopolitique-du-marche-de-la-decennie-0301/

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Nuke submarine's lease of life extended

The second core of indigenous nuclear-powered submarine Arihant is ready for use, promising continuous service of the boomer at least for the next 15 years.

The second core of Arihant’s nuclear reactor attained criticality – commencement of the nuclear chain reaction signifying energy production – on October 11 at a secret facility known as P4 inside the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai.

“The reload core would be fitted into the Arihant at the time of refuelling, which may come after 7-8 years depending on the journey the submarine undertook. At the time of refuelling, the entire core will be changed,” a nuclear scientist told Deccan Herald.

A core is a part of the nuclear reactor which houses the fuel and where nuclear reactions take place to produce the energy.

Materials and components for the second core was made at the department of atomic energy facilities in Mysore, Hyderabad and Trombay.

The 80 MWe nuclear reactor on-board the Arihant went critical on August 10. Under construction at a military dockyard in Visakhapatnam, the 104 mt-long and 6,000-tonne submarine is likely to undergo sea trial in 2014 and may be inducted by 2015.

Once inducted, India will be only the sixth nation in the world to build and operate nuclear-powered submarines.

Weapons’ trial

There is, however, no confirmation from the Navy and defence ministry on the weapons trial, without which Arihant cannot be deployed on sea trials.In September, Avinash Chander, director-general of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and scientific adviser to Defence Minister stated weapon trials of the Arihant would take place either in the last quarter of 2013 or in the beginning of 2014.

Known as B05 (as well as K-15), the submarine launched ballistic missile is the main weapon for India’s first SSBN. It was tested successfully from an under-water pontoon off Visakhapatnam in January showcasing the missile’s ability to break waters.

“It is now fully ready for integration with the submarine,” the DRDO chief stated, refusing to disclose the range of the missile, which in its final version would carry nuclear warheads.

India has already taken one nuclear-powered submarine (INS Chakra) on lease from Russia and talks are going on between New Delhi and Moscow to take one more N-powered submarine on lease for expediting the training of Indian crews.

Navy has plans to build at least three indigenous nuclear submarines and there are unconfirmed reports that the second one named Aridaman may be launched in the water by the middle of 2014. Launched in water in 2009 in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Arihant finished its harbour acceptance trial and is slated to go for patrolling in the high-seas.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/372258/nuke-submarine039s-lease-life-extended.html

 

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Rencontre indo-japonaise le 23/12 pour l'achat par l'Inde ou construction commune de l'aéronef amphibie US-2


NEW DELHI: India's ambitious mission to have an amphibious aircraft in its navy is likely to move a step  forward when an Indo-Japan Joint Working Group (JWG) meets later this month to decide on the modalities of its induction.
The options to be discussed include outright purchase of the aircraft or joint manufacturing or a combination of both.
The JWG meeting, expected on December 23, will be the second since September 12 and is likely to be followed by another high-level meeting between the two countries shortly afterwards, official sources said.
Japan is pushing for off-the-counter sale of US-2 aircraft produced by ShinMaywa Industries Ltd, which has a range of about 4,500 km and is suitable for search-and-rescue operations. The US-2 is also capable of carrying sensitive communications equipment.
This aircraft usually has the capability of landing on choppy waters with waves of up to three metres, apart from having long-range civilian and military applications.
"While Japan wants to sell these aircraft, India wants to manufacture it jointly. The JWG is likely to meet on December 23 to decide on these issues," the sources told PTI.
The JWG, headed by Industry Secretary Saurabh Chandra on the Indian side, was formed during the Japan visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after he and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe signed an agreement on May 29.
The JWG had later set up a sub-group, with officials from the Ministries of External Affairs, Defence, Civil Aviation and Industry, to study the matter and prepare a report.
"The sub groups are meeting and discussing the matter. Nothing has been finalised yet. The issue needs more discussion," the sources said.
The sale of the aircraft, if it happens, would be the first of a finished product made by Japan's homegrown defence industry since restrictions were imposed on it on export of weapons systems and other such equipment.
The last amphibious aircraft operated by the Indian Navy were the light transport Sealand aircraft, which were inducted in the 1950s and phased out a decade later. Since then, the Indian Navy has never operated any amphibious aircraft.

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MBDA ne signera pas le mégacontrat SRSAM en Inde en 2013

Selon des sources concordantes, MBDA ne signera pas en 2013 le mégacontrat SRSAM (Short Range Surface to Air Missile), un missile sol-air de nouvelle génération, co-développé et coproduit en Inde avec Bharat Dynamics Limited. Un contrat estimé à 1,8 milliard d'euros pour MBDA  

Encore raté. MBDA ne signera pas en 2013 le mégacontrat SRSAM (Short Range Surface to Air Missile), un missile sol-air de nouvelle génération, co-développé et coproduit en Inde avec Bharat Dynamics Limited, selon des sources concordantes. Deux ans que les négociations sont pourtant terminées, depuis décembre 2011 exactement.

Le contrat n'est pas encore notifié. Il doit être approuvé successivement par le ministère de la Défense, puis par celui des Finances et enfin par le CCS (Cabinet Committee on Security), présidé par le Premier Ministre. Le CCS réunit également les ministres indiens de la Défense, des Finances, de l'Intérieur et des Affaires étrangères. Il est actuellement dans les mains du Bercy indien.

Un contrat de 1,8 milliard d'euros pour MBDA

En février dernier, lors de la visite de François Hollande, New Delhi avait annoncé avoir "conclu des négociations sur le missile SRSAM". Un contrat de l'ordre de 6 milliards de dollars (4,5 milliards d'euros), dont 1,8 milliard reviendra à MBDA, qui attend depuis des années ce très beau contrat. En tant que sous-traitant de MBDA, Thales gonflera son carnet de commandes d'environ 400 millions d'euros. Selon nos informations, le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Laurent Fabius, sera en Inde en janvier, quelques mois avant la tenue des élections législatives.

Le programme SRSAM s'appuie sur le travail effectué par le DRDO (Défense recherche et développement organisation) et sur un transfert de technologies de MBDA pour combler les lacunes de l'industrie indienne. A terme, il est prévu la production d'environ 2.000 missiles SRSAM  par Bharat Dynamics Limited. Ce système de défense anti-aérienne répondra aux besoins de l'armée de l'Air et de la Marine.

En Inde, le missilier a également bon espoir de vendre des missiles air-air Asraam en vue d'armer les vieux Jaguar de l'armée de l'air indienne et d'équiper les Rafale indiens.
 
http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/20131202trib000798861/mbda-ne-signera-pas-le-megacontrat-srsam-en-inde-en-2013.html

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Decommissioned INS Vikrant to be auctioned

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has initiated the process for the auctioning of the decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. A decision to this effect was taken after the Maharashtra government expressed its inability to maintain the ship.

Western Naval Command chief Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha said if anyone wanted to convert the ship into a museum, the Navy would extend full help.

He said the last date for receiving bids for the auction is December 14. The INS Vikrant is the first aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, and was commissioned in 1961.

It was decommissioned in January 1997. It played a significant role during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan that resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.

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La France propose de construire 2 Scorpéne chez elle pour les Indiens pour rattraper le retard.
http://www.corlobe.tk/spip.php?article33441

Sa sent l'excuse bidon pour faire tourner ses arsenaux... 

c´est pour barrer le chemin aux espagnols qui lorgnent en faisant pub pour leur SM et CSC,les francais reagissent seulement..
info 30/11

Spoiler:

Wai...qu'ils commencent à faire flotté leur S-80 ca sera déjà pas mal..

Mais il me semble qu'ils sont out pour le scorpène maintenant ?

Viper a écrit:

Sa sent l'excuse bidon pour faire tourner ses arsenaux... 

+1.

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 MiG-21 fighter jets to fly into history


NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: One of the first variants of the MiG 21 combat aircraft, which dealt severe blows to Pakistan Air Force in the 1971 war, will fly into the annals of history on Wednesday.

The aircraft will undertake its last ceremonial flight at a phasing out ceremony at the air force station in Kalaikunda, West Bengal, in the presence of Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne, Chief of the Air Staff.

"The deafening roar of the MiG-21 FL afterburner, an iconic delta-wing fighter aircraft that heralded the 'supersonic era' in IAF will no longer be heard after December 11, 2013, the day it is set to fly into the annals of military aviation history," an IAF release said here.

Four MiG-21 FL aircraft flown by pilots from the Operational Conversion Unit, the last abode of the venerable jets, will fly a 'box formation' as Browne will take the salute at the ceremonial parade to bid them adieu.

Formations of MiG-27 ML and Sukhoi-30MKI will also fly past the parade square in reverence to the legend of a fighter jet that remains the most widely exploited platform in IAF history and also witnessed action in the Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971.

Being limited in numbers, the MiG-21s played a restricted role in the 1965 war but played a crucial role in the 1971 war giving IAF the air superiority over vital points and areas in the western theatre, the release said.

In the first-ever supersonic air combat that ensued over the sub-continent in 1971, an Indian Mig-21 FL claimed a PAF F-104 Starfighter with its internal twin-barrelled guns alone and by the end of hostilities the IAF Mig-21s had claimed 4 Pakistani F-104s, 2 F-6s, one each F-86 Sabre and Lockheed C-130 Hercules, it said.

The pin-point accurate attack on the Governor's House in Dhaka by IAF pilots flying the MiG-21s proved to be a turning point in the war forcing the adversary to negotiate an eventual surrender, it said. The aircraft were also fielded in the Kargil war.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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India’s Tejas destroys towed target with IR-homing missile

India’s Hindustan Aeronautics-built Tejas Mk I fighter has successfully destroyed a towed target with an infrared (IR) homing missile.

The test was held over the Indian Ocean near the city of Goa , says India’s ministry of defence in a statement. The target was towed by a Lakshya pilotless target drone that was launched from a warship.

The ministry did not specify the type of missile used in the test, but it was likely the Russian-made R-73 air-to-air missile. A Tejas conducted the first live firing of this weapon in November 2010.

The Tejas received its initial operational clearance (IOC) in early 2011. In May 2013, after two more years of flight tests, India defence minister AK Antony said the aircraft could achieve its final operational clearance (FOC) with the Indian air force by the end of 2014.

In May 2011, industry sources told Flightglobal that Israel’s Rafael had entered a contract with India to integrate its Derby medium-range air-to-air missiles with the Tejas.

The active radar- and infrared-guided Derby, which provides an all-weather, beyond visual-range capability, has previously been acquired for the Indian navy's British Aerospace-built Sea Harrier FRS51 fighters.

Officials of the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which developed the Tejas, are also working on a Tejas Mk II variant, which will be powered by the General Electric F414 engine. The Mk I is powered by the less powerful F404.

The Tejas programme, first envisaged as a replacement for the Mikoyan MiG-21 in the 1980s, has suffered decades of delays and numerous technological challenges.

http://www.flightglobal.com

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Coast clear for navy’s missile order

NEW DELHI: The closure of the infamous Barak kickbacks case will come as a big relief for the Navy because it's grappling with a critical shortage of missiles to arm the Israeli Barak-I anti-missile defence (AMD) systems fitted on 14 frontline warships.

Sources on Tuesday said the Rs 393 crore procurement of an additional 262 Barak-I missiles, which successive Navy chiefs have dubbed "a critical operational requirement", is now "likely to be cleared" by the A K Antony-led defence acquisitions council (DAC) in its next meeting on December 23.

The Navy has for long been sounding the alarm over its fast depleting stock of missiles for the Barak-I AMD systems - which intercept hostile incoming sea-skimming missiles at a 9-km range - that act as a defensive shield for aircraft carrier INS Viraat, the latest Shivalik stealth frigates and guided-missile destroyers.

India had ordered the first Barak system for INS Viraat in the late-1990s to counter Pakistan's acquisition of sea-skimming Exocet and Harpoon missiles. DRDO's abject failure to develop the indigenous Trishul AMD system paved the way for further Barak orders after the 1999 Kargil conflict.

But in recent times, Navy was even forced to curtail practice firings of the Barak systems due to the shortage of missiles. The defence ministry has kept the fresh Barak order on hold for five years now due to the pending CBI case, with "the three-volume thick file" doing the rounds as well as opinions being sought from the law ministry and the attorney general.

The attorney general, earlier this year, left it to MoD to take a decision on the matter. The DAC in November had then referred the Barak acquisition case to "an independent group" for evaluation, with the caveat that "a final decision" would be taken within a month.

Interestingly enough, despite the CBI case of October 2006, MoD refused to blacklist Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Rafael on the ground that it would be "counter-productive" to national security. This was in sharp contrast to the blacklisting of other armament companies like South African Denel, Singapore Technologies Kinetics, Rheinmetall Air Defence (Zurich) and Corporation Defence of Russia for irregularities.

Israel is the second-largest defence supplier to India, with sales worth around $1 billion every year. Of the several projects currently underway, IAI and DRDO are jointly developing 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.

Both these systems, with an interception range of 70-km each, were to be ready long ago but have repeatedly missed deadlines. The naval LR-SAM, approved in December 2005, is now slated for completion by December 2015. The MR-SAM project, sanctioned in February 2009, has a "probable date of completion" by August 2016, say sources.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Coast-clear-for-navys-missile-order/articleshow/27199280.cms

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Coast Guard's Inshore Patrol Vessel Rajdhwaj commissioned in Chennai

The Indian Coast Guard Ship Rajdhwaj, a 50 metre long Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV), was commissioned by Union Minister for Shipping G K Vasan here today.

Indian Coast Guard Director General Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, Inspector General S P Sharma, Commander Coast Guard Region (East) and other senior dignitaries of the Central and State Governments were present on this occasion.

The ship is the last in the series of eight IPVs designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.

The vessel is equipped with advanced and sophisticated navigational and communication sensors and equipment. It is propelled to a maximum speed of 31.5 knots by three MTU 4000 series diesel engines of 2720 KW capacity at 2100 rpm each, coupled with three 71S2 Rolls Royce Kamewa Jets.

At economical speed of 14 knots, it has an endurance of 1500 nautical miles, an official press release said.

The special features of the ship include an Integrated Bridge System (IBS), Integrated Machinery Control System (IMCS), and an indigenously built 30 mm Gun Mount with Fire Control System. The ship is designed to carry one Rigid Inflatable Boat and two Geminis for Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement and Maritime Patrol, the release added.

ICGS “Rajdhwaj”, which is manned by five officers and 30 men under the command of Commandant (JG) V K Parmar, will be based at Kakinada under the administrative and operational control of the Commander, Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 6, Visakhapatnam.

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

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