ante_climaxBoth the Indian and Brazilian tenders are the exact same BLK II Supers the Navy is currently operating.
This must be true. Do you think the Americans are dumb to offer a higher RCS Super Hornet. When Rafale is offered in a better configuration than the one that serves France with full ToT.
What about the Typhoon offered with AESA and full partner status. SAAB has taken it to the next level and offers co-development of MCA.
Rogerout I believe Americans are not that stupid 🙂 to offer a less capable Super Hornet. 🙂
ante_climax‘Nerpa’ N-sub to be leased to India, after Russian navy trials
Moscow, June 10: Russia’s Akula class nuclear-powered attack submarine “Nerpa” will be inducted by the Russian Navy after pre-delivery trials are completed this summer, prior to its formal lease to India later this year.
“Immediately after the completion of all tests, the vessel will be given to the active-duty fleet of the Russian navy, after which its handover under lease to our Indian partners will take place,” a Russian military source said.
“This is expected to take place before the end of this year,” he told Interfax today. He was as a source in the Russian naval command. A navy spokesman declined to confirm the report.
The pre-delivery trials of the “Nerpa” will be completed this summer and it would be commissioned by the Russian Navy in autumn for subsequent 10-year lease to the Indian Navy.
Last November, during sea trails in the Sea of Japan 20 members of the crew and technical staff of the Amur Shipyard had died and 21 injured due to accidental triggering of fire-suppression system filled with toxic Freon gas.
“All the technical and organisational measures have on the sub have been completed. Only pre-delivery trials by the shipyard and pre-commissioning state trials are ahead of us, which will be completed this summer (June-August). After which the submarine will be commissioned by the Russian Navy,” Russian naval sources said earlier to Ria Novosti.
Earlier in May, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had flown to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur – based naval shipyard and had released USD 300 million to cash-strapped defence enterprise with the orders to deliver the submarine to India by the end of this year.
To be inducted as INS Chakra the Shchuka-B class (NATO name Akula-II) nuclear-powered attack submarine is a third generation submarine, which was laid in 1991 -the year Soviet Union collapsed. In 1990s its construction was frozen due to lack of financing, which was resumed through Indian advance payments as part of the larger Gorshkov package.
India, which is believed to have paid USD 650 million for the completion of the submarine, is expected to pay USD 50 million annually to the Russian Navy for its lease.
Bureau Report
ante_climaxWreckage of missing IAF plane found in Arunachal
Itanagar: The wreckage of an Indian Air Force aircraft, which disappeared with 13 defence personnel on Tuesday, was found at a village in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday.
All aboard the AN-32 transport aircraft feared to have died when the plane crashed over Rinchi Hill above Heyo village, which is located closed to China border, said police.
A wireless message received at the Superintendent of Police’s office at district headquarters Aalo, confirmed the recovery of the wreckage, there was no word about any recovery of human remains.
The aircraft was on a routine food supply sortie and was carrying seven IAF personnel and six army personnel, said an Indian Air Force (IAF) spokesperson.
The wireless message sent by the officer in-charge of Mechuka police station said two search parties of the Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police left for the village on Wednesday morning.
Among the IAF men on board were two wing commanders, two squadron leaders and a flight lieutenant. The plane had taken off from the Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh to Jorhat in Assam at around 2 pm yesterday after which it went missing.
The AN-32, belonging to Rowriah air base in Jorhat, had started its sortie from Mohanbari in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district and had carried essential commodities to the army base near Mecheka.
Bad weather had hampered the search operations as an IAF helicopter — MI 17 — had to return from the Mechuka-Jorhat route and the operation was suspended for sometime.
This afternoon, another helicopter left for the area, Defence spokesperson Wing Commander Ranjib Sahoo said at the IAF Eastern Command Headquarters in Shillong.
The aircraft was scheduled to reach Jorhat at about 3.30 pm, but it did not respond to Air Traffic Control, Sahoo said.
The IAF conducted an air reconnaissance yesterday afternoon in the Arunachal hills, but could not locate it nor found any wreckage, the spokesman said.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/wreckage-of-missing-iaf-plane-found-in-arunachal/94590-3.html
ante_climaxShiv Aroor Claims in his Livefist blog that ‘Officials from all six MMRCA firms currently in Bangalore, finalising flight evaluation parameters with IAF-ASTE officials today’
http://livefist.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-breaking-news-feed-on-livefist.html
ante_climaxThis may be the reason why a higher thrust engine was chosen for the Block 60/F 16 IN. The same is true in the case of the Gripen NG. (And may be one of the reasons why the Tejas is in for a bigger engine)
ante_climaxWhat about the Italians they operate two small carriers as well. Has the Air Force taken over their FAA ?
ante_climaxFast-track acquisition: US offers its CG choppers to India
New Delhi, June 8 (PTI) The US has offered to lease out 12 of its Coast Guard’s twin-engine helicopters to India which is looking to strengthen its coastal security following the Mumbai terror attacks.
“As the acquisition process will take time, we (India) want to have 12 twin-engine helicopters on lease for the Coast Guard. The US has offered to lease out its Coast Guard helicopters to us,” a senior Defence Ministry official said here today.However, India has also got some offers from within the country. But it has to be seen if these civilian helicopters would meet the Coast Guard’s military needs, the official said.
Under the fast-track acquisition process, the Coast Guard was asked by the government to purchase 12 Dornier transport aircraft for medium-range surveillance activities and the proposal has been approved already.
“The purchase of 12 dorniers for the Coast Guard has been approved and government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited will supply five Dorniers by this year end,” the official said, when asked about the fast-track acquisition process in the wake of the 26/11 attacks.
The 12 twin-engine helicopters to be leased were meant to augment the Dornier fleet for surveillance and reconnaissance activities. PTI
http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/81FDF3C994E20C3A652575CF002C4250?OpenDocument
ante_climaxNow a report that refutes MDL claims in the above post.
Navy’s sub project slips on time, climbs on cost
NEW DELHI
: In a major blow to Navy’s already shrinking underwater combat capabilities, the mammoth Rs 18,798 crore project to construct six
Scorpene submarines at Mazagon Docks Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai has now slipped around two years behind schedule.Defence ministry sources say the latest assessment shows the delivery of the first submarine, initially scheduled to roll out by December 2012, would not be possible before end-2014.
Moreover, the entire project is going to be hit with a huge cost escalation, which will take total costs much beyond Rs 20,000 crore, because France is demanding virtually double the money to supply some critical equipment to MDL.
“Negotiations for these `MDL procured material packages’, which include almost everything other than combat systems, have been underway for a year now. The French say costs have doubled since the contracts were inked in October 2005,” said a source.
“Consequently, though submarine hulls are being fabricated in MDL, there is nothing to put inside them at present. MoD has now approached the Cabinet Committee on Security for fresh approval for the cost escalation,” he added.
The October 2005 contracts with French companies include the Rs 6,135 crore one with M/s Armaris (DCN-Thales joint venture) for transfer of technology, combat systems and construction design, and Rs 1,062 crore with M/s MBDA for sea-skimming Exocet missiles.
A Rs 5,888-crore contract was also signed with MDL for indigenous submarine construction, with another Rs 3,553 crore earmarked for taxes and Rs 2,160 crore towards other items to be acquired during the project.
Navy, on its part, hopes the lost time can be made up to some extent if the approvals come quickly for the Project-75 Scorpene project. All the six submarines were to be initially delivered by December 2017, one per year beginning from 2012.
A big delay will hit Navy hard since its projections show it will be left with only nine out of its present fleet of 16 diesel-electric submarines — 10 Russian Kilo-class, four German HDW and two Foxtrot — by 2012.
As it is, the Foxtrot submarines are obsolete now, and the number could further dip to just five by 2014. This is alarming since both Pakistan and China are rapidly augmenting their underwater combat capabilities.
After inducting three French Agosta-90B submarines, with the last one PNS Hamza even having air-independent propulsion (AIP) to boost its operational capabilities, Pakistan is now looking to acquire three advanced Type-214 AIP-equipped submarines from Germany.
China, of course, is way ahead. It has 62 submarines, with around 10 of them being nuclear-propelled, and at least one Xia-class and two Jin-class being SSBNs (nuclear submarines with long-range ballistic missiles).
Though India has also begun its hunt for six more new-generation submarines under Project-75A, worth over Rs 30,000 crore, it will take “several months” before even the global tenders (request for proposals) are floated for them.
“Initial information obtained from Russian (Rosoboronexport), French (Armaris) and German (HDW) firms, among others, are being studied at present. We want P-75A submarines to have a high degree of stealth, land-attack capability and AIP,” said an official.
There is also the indigenous secretive ATV (advanced technology vessel) programme, under which the first of the three nuclear-powered submarines being built is to be “launched into water” on August 15.
But a fully operational ATV, with SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile) capabilities, is at least three years away. Navy, incidentally, will also get the Russian 12,000-tonne Akula-II nuclear-powered attack submarine on a 10-year lease by this year-end.
ante_climaxWait till the Chicken Mk2 enters service – increased engine thrust, lower radar and IR signature, shorter takeoff and landing. Although they will need to work on the payload, range and speed…..
That was very good.
ante_climaxIt just some sour grapes cannot take it down becos of their technology backwardness.
Nice dig. The sour grapes are because how it is achieved. There is no denying Chinese capability 🙂
ante_climaxSu-30 MKI crash probe narrows down to two systems onboard
New Delhi: Carrying out investigations in the Su-30 MKI crash on April 30 near Jodhpur, the IAF today said that the probe has now been “narrowed down” to just two systems of the aircraft.
“Basically, the (probe into the cause of the) accident appears to have narrowed down to two systems. The first is the Flight Control System and the other, which probably caused the death of the pilot, is the ejection system as far as the rear cockpit is concerned,” IAF Chief designate Air Marshal P V Naik said here today.
“Court of Inquiry (CoI) is in progress and it will take some time before we reach any conclusion,” he added.
Naik said that “limited data” was available with the IAF right now for investigating the causes of the accident and only after analysing the crash data recorder, it would be able to know the actual reasons.
“Crash data recorder, which records the details of the crash and its chip have to be analysed. We have sent it to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Unless that analysis comes, we won’t be able to say this or that (cause of mishap),” Naik said.
On the possibility of problems in the figher aircraft’s rear cockpit’s ejection seat, he said, “as far as the ejection seat is concerned, we have to analyse that data, see the trajectory of the seat and the aircraft and only then we can come to certain conclusions.”
http://www.samaylive.com/news/su30-mki-crash-probe-narrows-down-to-two-systems-onboard/630336.html
ante_climaxWe can safely say that the J 10 B is not PSed.
ante_climaxMay be he is saying that the RN is now so used to operating their ‘limited’ harriers that they will find it hard to handle a much more capable aircraft in the F 35 B.
I don’t know thy this is an issue though because Indian Navy for example is going to migrate from Harriers to Mig 29 Ks. (Not that much of a leap in technology i guess, but different sorta challenges regardless)
ante_climaxAs with the Harrier today, boat operations should only represent one (relatively minor) part of what the F-35B ‘does for a living’, and, that being the case, it will make for a more effective, more efficient force for the F-35B to be run and owned by the light blue.
Are you saying that the RAF is better than the RN FAA ? If its true why is it like that ?
I think the USN for example compares well with the USAF in training tactics and everything and has often taken lead role in recent wars.
ante_climaxI ‘ll be damned, i just stumbled on the same Su-35 video but translated in english:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcLYJsGWupg
enjoy!
The Russians always overdo it !. The western simulations will only show 1 vs 1 scenarios mostly or 2vs1. But the number of typhoons killed there are ridiculous.
In the DAS simulation LM let the Typhoon and Su 35 have a mutual kill. How cool of them 😀
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