Indigenous Air Craft Carrier – Air Defence Ship – To Be Launched By October 2010: Cochin Shipyards
The country’s first indigenous manufactured Air Defence Ship (ADS) will be launched by October, 2010, as per the Phase I contract signed by its manufacturer Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) with the Defence Ministry.
The contract, covering the construction of the ADS till its launch, was signed on May 12 by CSL Executive Director (Aircraft Carrier Project) K K Sukumaran and the Defence Joint Secretary (MS), Cochin Shipyards Limited sources told UNI here today.
“The vessel is scheduled to be launched by 2010. Design work on the project is in progress and fabrication of hull blocks has already started,” they said.
With the launching of the ship, almost 80 per cent of the work on the ADS would be over. The remaining work would be contracted afterwards, the sources added.
However, they declined to confirm reports that the ADS project, which would catapult India into a select club of countries having this capability, would cost about Rs 3,000 crore.
“The cost is to be announced by the Indian Navy,” they added.
Asked if the CSL was being over optimistic in promising to launch the ADS by 2010, the sources said “our workers and sub-contractors are confident that we will be able to do it.”
Several modernization measures needed at the CSL for the ADS project, including installation of a 300 tonne crane, a special paint coating shop and a CNC plasma cutting machine, were already in place. A few more facilities required would be in place soon, they said.
http://www.india-defence.com/reports-3282
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Sorry for bumping an old thread; but prophesies coming true for all those who doubted! :p 😮
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