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SP's Naval Forces - October-November 2019

Issue Features

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  Lead Story
  India’s Conventional Submarine Force Present and Future
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  The DAC, approved on January 31, 2019, the construction of six diesel-electric submarines with AIP at a cost of over Rs. 45,000 crore (about $6.3 billion).

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  Nuclear Submarines
  Nuclear Submarines— Deep and Deadly Killer
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  ‘In an era such as this, a credible nuclear deterrent is the need of the hour,’ said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2018 as he announced that India’s first SSBN had successfully completed its first armed patrol.

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  Anti-Submarine Warfare
  Anti-submarine Warfare
  By Lt General Naresh Chand (Retd)

  John Holland designer of the US Navy’s first commissioned submarine, said in 1900 that “the submarine is indeed a ‘sea-devil,’ against which no means we possess at present can prevail.”

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  Industry
  Israeli Naval Industry—Key Technologies
  By SP’s Correspondent

  Israel Shipyards Ltd., has been in existence since 1959, providing a wide range of activities like Ship Design; Ship Repair; Project management and execution, and Technical and logistical support.

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  News in Brief
  Rajnath asks for Greater Indigenisation of Naval Weapons and Sensors
  By Vishal Thapar

  Defence Minister says strong Navy a guarantor of India’s security and prosperity

• News in Brief
  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approves two Open General Export Licences to push defence exports
  

  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved issuance of two Open General Export Licences (OGELs) for export of certain parts and components, and intra-company transfer of technology to select countries.

• News in Brief
  Global tender by Indian Navy for SAMs
  

  The Indian Navy has launched a global tender to buy short-range air defense missiles for its Kamorta class corvettes. Bidders have until October 17, 2019, to submit their bids to supply around 150 missiles.

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  News in Brief
  P-8A gets new kit for extended Search and Rescue capability
  

  Flying at a maximum speed of about 565 mph, at about 41,000 feet, the US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon already covers an operational area of about 1,200 nautical miles during a four-hour on-station period.

• News in Brief
  India to deploy naval aircraft for joint surveillance mission
  

  Within the first few months of 2020, India will deploy a naval aircraft at France’s reunion island as part of join surveillance mission with France in the southern Indian Ocean.

• News in Brief
  US Navy’s plan 2020
  

  In September 2019, the Navy’s fleet numbered 290 battle force ships—aircraft carriers, submarines, surface combatants, amphibious ships, combat logistics ships, and some support ships.

• News in Brief
  North Korea claims underwater-launched missile test successful
  

  North Korea has confirmed that it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years on October 3, 2019, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the US ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear...

• News in Brief
  Raytheon contract Sea-Based X-Band radar worth $500.6 million
  

  Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has won a $500.6 million contract modification in order to perform research and development support for the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 and Sea-Based...

• News in Brief
  Communications & Power Industries contract for SDR TWT
  

  Communications & Power Industries has won a $20.5 million contract for the procurement of evaluations, repairs, rebuilds, and production of the Simplified Driver Traveling Wave Tubes (SDR TWTs).

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  News in Brief
  Contract for Raytheon to modify CIWS sensor kits
  

  Raytheon Missile Systems has won a $13.6 million contract modification to exercise options for Mk 15 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) sensor kits.

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  News in Brief
  Steller Systems and Thales launch TX Ship
  

  Steller Systems and Thales have launched their design for TX Ship, a ground-breaking vessel that will help Navies transition to unmanned operations.

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

  The Indian Navy celebrates ‘Submarine Day’ on December 8 which commemorates the commissioning of the first submarine INS Kalvari, into the Navy in 1967.