SP's Naval Forces - December 2022-January 2023

Issue Features

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  EXCLUSIVE

  CNS INTERVIEW
  “Overall Vision of Indian Navy remains to be a ‘Combat Ready, Credible, Cohesive and Future Proof’ Force”
  

  On the occasion of Indian Navy Day 2022, in an exclusive interaction with Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s Naval Forces, Admiral R. Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, defines the overarching vision of the Indian Navy that drives all their endeavours

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  MESSAGE
  Message from Chief of the Naval Staff, India
  

  I am happy to note that SP’s Naval Forces is publishing a special issue on the occasion of Navy Week.

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  CNS PRESS CONFERENCE / NAVY DAY 2022
  Navy to be Fully Self-reliant by 2047
  By Ranjit Kumar

  The Indian Navy has made an unequivocal commitment to be fully ‘Atmanirbhar’ by 2047 when India will be celebrating 100th year of independence

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  CONFERENCE REPORT / IPRD-2022
  Operationalising the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
  By Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla (Retd)

  The recently held Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue – 2022 had globally renowned experts present a variety of multilateral and national perspectives on building maritime security cooperation that could best stitch the Indo-Pacific together

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  NAVAL AVIATION / F/A-18
  F/A-18 — An Advanced Strike Fighter with the Ability to Modernise any Country’s Naval Forces
  By Daniel Paul, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems

  The F/A-18 Super Hornet is more than a marine fighter capable of operating from the Indian Navy’s current and future aircraft carriers.

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  TECHNOLOGY / INDIGENISATION
  Indigenous Software – An Essential Dimension of ‘Indigenisation’
  By Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla (Retd)

  Building indigenous capability in software for our defence systems is an area that needs urgent attention if we are to truly achieve indigenisation in the defence sector

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  NAVAL AVIATION / P-8I
  Supporting the Indian Navy Achieve High Mission Readiness for Maritime Operations
  By Surendra Ahuja, Boeing Defence India

  Boeing’s investments in building infrastructure, training, local capabilities and partnerships are aimed at Indian armed forces operating their assets affordably at peak condition and successfully completing their missions

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  WEAPON SYSTEMS / TORPEDO
  F21: Safest Modern Torpedo to be Industrialised in India
  

  A story of successful industrial development

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  NEWS
  Saudi Ministry of Defence and GAMI Sign MoU with Navantia
  By SP’s Correspondent

  The MoU aims to raise the level of readiness of the Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) to enhance maritime security in the region, protect the vital and strategic interests of the Kingdom, and support the strategic, operational, and tactical goals of the MoD

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

  SP’s Naval Forces would like to convey its heartfelt wishes and felicitations to all the women and men in the Indian Navy on the occasion of Navy Week 2022 celebrations.