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SP's Naval Forces - February - March 2014

Issue Features

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  Interview
  ‘We are committed to ensuring security and stability in the IOR’
  By SP's Naval Forces

  Vice Admiral Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, in an interview with SP’s Naval Forces, said that issues of regional stability would continue to remain an imperative that would impact India’s national security matrix in the coming years

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  Modernisation
  Force Projection & Modernisation of Indian Navy
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  The cornerstone of the doctrinal transformation of the Indian Navy since independence has been self-reliance through indigenisation. Read through the article to know in detail about the various ongoing and future programmes of the Indian Navy.

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  Coast Guard
  Modernisation of the Indian Coast Guard
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil Ramsay

  In the past three decades, the ICG has grown from strength to strength and has become a force to reckon with. The fleet size has grown to over 80 vessels of various size and role capabilities...

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  Profile
  Saab Naval Portfolio and Teaming with India
  

  Today, the Indian Navy’s horizon ranges from the strategic chokepoint and shipping channels connecting West Asia, East and South Africa and Europe to East and Far East Asia. India’s growing economic stature has added urgency to the desire within for freedom to use the sea - around the Indian Ocean and much beyond.

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  Indigenisation
  India’s Warship Building Capability
  By Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr S. Kulshrestha

  A major criticism of the warship construction programme in India lies in its huge time and cost overruns giving the impression that DPSU shipyards are inefficient as compared to their counterparts abroad.

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  Marketing feature
  Russia is Ready to Participate in Renovating Submarine Forces of Indian Navy
  

  For decades, Rusia was and remains one of India‘s key partners, which have played a crucial role in the formation and strengthening of its national naval forces.

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  Profile
  Infinite Possibilities of the US-2
  

  As per media reports India and Japan may sign an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) to cooperate on ShinMaywa‘s offering of utility seaplane- mark II (US-2), similar to the IGA it has entered with Russia to co-develop a fifth generation fighter.

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  World's largest chopper competition delayed

  It has been confirmed that delays have once again cast uncertainty over the Indian Navy's RFP for the highly anticipated naval multirole helicopter (NMRH) requirement, envisaging 120 multirole helicopters for the navy...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Flight trials for Indian Coast Guard CSAR chopper set to begin

  Airbus Helicopters is gearing up for flight trials of the EC725 Caracal to meet the Indian Coast Guard's requirement of 14 shore-based combat search...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  Indian Navy's new-gen ships face 'gun' uncertainty

  A single vendor situation could throw the Indian Navy's effort to zero in on a primary deck gun for its new generation indigenous frontline warships...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  France offers India 2 stop-gap Scorpene submarines

  As the already delayed Project 75I request for proposal for six new conventional attack submarines continues to hang fire, the Indian Navy is studying a list...

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  SP'S EXCLUSIVES
  INS Vikramaditya shines in tropics conditions

  One of the chief concerns for Commodore Suraj Berry and his crew when they sailed into Indian waters this month, was that their 44,500-ton vessel would have problems adapting to the dramatically different climate...