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SP's Naval Forces - February-March 2019

Issue Features

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  Lead Story
  Generational Transformation of India’s Fleet Air Arm
  By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)

  Acquisition of P-8I, LRMR&ASW aircraft has substantially augmented the long range and long endurance capability to remain on task for surveillance and reconnaissance missions

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  Technology
  Significant Developments in Naval Technologies on Surface Ships
  By Commodore Samir Advani (Retd)

  Stealth technology construction techniques result in a ship that is harder to detect by one or more of radar, visual, sonar, and infrared methods. These techniques borrow from stealth aircraft technology

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  Interview
  “We have worked very closely with the Indian Navy to meet their requirements”
  

  SP’s Naval Forces posed a set of questions to Robert Schoeffling, GA-ASI International Strategic Development, who is attending Aero India 2019. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is exhibiting in Hall E, Stand # E2.4 at Aero India.

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  Unmanned Systems
  Blue Water UAS’
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  Navy can use all type of UAS’ like mini, micro, small, vertical take off and landing (VTUAS’), medium altitude endurance (MALE), high altitude endurance (HALE) and UCAS. They can be employed in dangerous, challenging and sensitive environment.

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  Commissioning
  INS Kohassa – Forward Operating Air Base
  By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)

  Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur was commissioned as INS Kohassa by Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Chief of the Naval Staff on January 24, 2019.

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  Exercise
  Exercise Sea Vigil - A Multi-Tiered Patrol and Surveillance Mechanism
  By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd)

  The scale of the exercise was unprecedented in terms of the geographical extent, the number of stakeholders involved, the number of units participating and in terms of the objectives to be met

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  Modernisation
  India Kicks Off $3 billion Programme for Acquiring 111 Naval Utility Helicopters
  By Vishal Thapar

  This is the first project under the ambitious Strategic Partnership Model

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  Modernisation
  India Flags Off $5.6 billion Programme to Build 6 Submarines Under SP Model
  By Vishal Thapar

  Mazagon Docks, L&T believed to be frontrunners in competition

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  News in Brief
  Sahayak air-dropable containers tested by the Indian Navy
  

  The Indian Navy successfully tested locally developed Sahayak air-droppable containers off the coast of Goa in the Arabian Sea.

• News in Brief
  China Flight Tests New Submarine-Launched Balistic Misile
  

  According to US defense officials has China carried out a flight test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile that will carry multiple nuclear warheads capable of targeting most of the US.

• News in Brief
  India provides Navy with Second Strike Capability
  

  The Indian Navy is receiving the K series of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The state-run Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is leading this programme.

• News in Brief
  Ultrafast Anti-Ship Misiles for sale
  

  China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC), the nation’s largest maker of missiles, has brought the CM-401 supersonic anti-ship ballistic missile to market, saying it is capable of making rapid, precision strikes...

• News in Brief
  Sanction for increased Maritime Surveilance Assets for Indian Navy
  

  The Government of India has sanctioned on January 18, three new Naval Air Squadrons to be set up in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

• News in Brief
  General Atomics contracted for EMALS
  

  General Atomics has won a $19.7 million contract to manufacture, test, and deliver Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) spare parts to support the US Navy’s CVN-78 aircraft carrier prior to the Advanced Arresting Gear...

• News in Brief
  Appointments
  

  Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P., Vice Chief of Naval Staff has been appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command; Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff has been appointed as Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Integrated Headquarters MoD (Navy).

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  Editorial
  By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

  This issue coincides with the Aero India Show 2019 being held at Bengaluru from February 20-24. The show is one of the largest in Asia and mainly displays military aircraft, helicopters and unmanned aerial systems.