Naval LCA simulator

Naval LCA cockpit cum simulator with the installation of actual pilot controls and also being enhanced to facilate the naval control law development.

Looks futuristic………..

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from the report of the NAL Director

http://www.cmmacs.ernet.in/nal/pdf/dr07.pdf

I’ld take that with a BIG grain of salt. There would have been news coverage.
Besides, that wiki post says “the ship is expected to be commissioned into service by October 2007″, not that is actually was commissioned.

Shivalik was scheduled as followed (from Bharat Rakshak);
Laid Down – 11 July 2001
Launched – 18 April 2003
Commissioning – September 2007.

Yet, on April 18 2003 the Beeb already reported
“India trials stealth frigate”, thus confusing launch (=hull hitting the water) with commissioning (=entering service).

See: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=18.969184&lon=72.849028&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2

Why do you think there was a follow up order for 3 more Talwar class ships? Because the P17s were coming along as planned?

more P17 infos: http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=73443

yeah, but than also i think four years are enough for launch-to-commission. But i have read in an interview that MDL director told that they have done alot of changes in design from the projected one.

The pics from the wiki/google earth are very old i have seen them 3 years ago……the latest pics are from NDTV but not INS Shivalik, they were INS Satpura and INS Sahyadri.

The 3 more Talwar class ships were ordered because Indian shipyards cannot fulfil IN’s fleet req……..ie no of ships…

Militarily India doesn’t have any relation or has very little with Syria or Iran. Palestinians need to first sort out their internal issues. I had heard rumors of pilot exchanges a few years back but never expected it to come out in the open.

i think India shouldnt really care about her so called ‘good relation’ with Iran. Iran have huge reserve of gas and oil, thats good, and we really need them, not not compromising the question of national security. Israel is the most important nation for India after Russia……as far as security is concerned…. dont know how many projects going on with them…….. 😀

BTW i think the PAK FA deal signed is the most important news for IAF in some years after the Phalcon.

So far this year we had one good news (confirmed) for army, navy and air force each…

Army–> AGNI-III
NAVY–> AKULA-II and ATV
AIR FORCE–> FGFA (PAK FA)

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P-17?

P-17

Any news about P-17? Wiki reports that first ship, “INS Shivalik has been handed over to the Indian Navy for sea trials and the ship is expected to be commissioned into service by October 2007”. Any news? any pics?

FGFA

MOD press release

INDIA AND RUSSIA SIGN LANDMARK AGREEMENT FOR JOINT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF FIFTH GENERATION FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

TALKS TO EXTEND MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT BEYOND 2010 WITH RUSSIA HAS STARTED: ANTONY
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20:4 IST

India and Russia today signed a landmark Intergovernmental Agreement for the joint development and joint production of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), marking the beginning of cooperation in the development of state of the art new technology major weapon systems. The agreement was signed by the Secretary Defence Production Mr KP Singh and Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Foreign Military Cooperation Mr. Vyacheslav Dzirkaln in the presence of the Defence Minister Mr. AK Antony and his Russian counterpart Mr. Anatoly Serdyukov in Moscow today. The watershed agreement was signed at the conclusion of the Seventh Meeting of the India- Russia Intergovernmental Commission for Military and Technical Cooperation. Mr Antony and Mr Serdyukov also signed a Protocol which envisages a ‘new strategic relationship’ based on greater interaction at various operational levels.

Speaking to reporters shortly after the signing ceremony, Mr Antony said the two countries have agreed to strengthen and expand relations in all areas especially in the areas of joint exercises and greater cooperation in the field of Research and Development. “Now the frequency and level of exercises will be higher”, Mr. Antony said. He said talkswith Russia have started to extend the Military Cooperation Agreement beyond 2010. The pact had been signed during the Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin’s visit to India in 2000.

The Defence Minister described the Agreement on FGFA as a ‘major landmark’ and said that the Indo-Russian relationship is on a trajectory to reach new heights. He hoped that the two countries would soon sign an Intergovernmental Agreement on co-development and co-production of Multi-Role Transport Aircraft. Mr. Antony expressed satisfaction at the outcome of discussions on other important projects e.g., supply and licensed production of T-90 tanks, SU-30 MKI aircraft and other strategic issues. He admitted that there has been a delay in the delivery of the repaired and refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov alongwith supply of deck-based fighter aircraft MiG-29-K and said it was decided that some more studies by technical groups would be done to go through the details. He appreciated the efforts made by the Russian side to resolve issues relating to life cycle support of equipment of Russian origin.

On the question of Integrity Pact, he said, “the objective is neither to create problems for anybody nor to favour anybody. What India wants is transparency in all defence purchases. In the past, there have been a lot of controversies. We want to avoid it. We want speedy modernisation but with transparency. Integrity Pact is one of the safeguards for transparency”.

The Defence Minister returns home tomorrow.

Rajan, Doesn’t Development costs come under R&D Budget seperately allocated in the defence budget?

Procurements happen in next 5 to 10 years. And enough money will be allocated every year for new purchases as well older ones too. I guess its the problem of MOD, not the IAF. Still we spend around 2.2% of GDP, and babus are at freedom to increase.

yes, but country’s defense R&D depends on total defense budget. look how many fighters IAF are going to buy, repair, upgrade as well as development of advanced UAV, UCAV, MCA, PAK FA they r tlking about.

sometimes back i have read an article about IAF’s lack of strategic thinking/planning, it seems really correct. why we need a new MRCA, when we have huge number of MKI (230 totally)? If they need more fighters, why dont simply buy more MKI which is much cheaper than MRCA (126 for $ 10.4 bn)and put rest of the money in R&D of UCAV and MCA?

OK, if they need something like next generation sensors, we can surely get some (15) F-18G or Rafale (with Spectra) to get advanced EW and sensor suite. Other things like 5th generation avionics, AESA, stealth we can get from Israel, France and Russia. There is no need for huge fighter aircraft deal………………

MCA?

This image is from ARDB (Aeronautics Research and Development Board), DRDO about future aerodynamic design of the fighter aircrafts. Is it the initial drwing of MCA. But MCA supposed to have tailles design….. 😮