Gessler
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Video from April this year.
Key points in the speech:
Does not talk about any specific project but states that significant progress has been made indigenously regarding development of mechanical systems & avionics, including Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ship datalinks.
The Underwater dept.:-
Key points in the speech:
- When platforms like the Delhi-class were being commissioned, things were very different. It took us at least 6-8 hours of advance knowledge in order to effectively move these platforms from place to place. Sensors and systems gave a very limited picture of the battlefield situation. Automated software-based Platform-Management Systems did not exist, it was all manual controls. Effectiveness in using offensive missile systems was at a nascent stage.
- Compare this to the situation today - the latest commissioned DDG being the INS Chennai (Kolkata-class). There's a world of difference - in all spheres of operational capability where the ship is expected to function. There are state-of-the-art Platform & Bridge-management systems, Damage-Control systems etc. Today the C&C functions in these ships have the capability to offload a payload from other ships in the vicinity, from the C&C center on this ship.
- The IN has a clear game plan & perspective regarding what we need to do. A Navy is not built in a day, it takes a century - 50 years of which is the actual on-task work and rest is planning.
- IN has a Maritime Perspective Plan and a Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP; 2012-2027) which overlooks the kind of platforms we need to procure over that period.
- We're looking at a Navy of 150-180 major ships and up to 400 aircraft. But it's not the numbers that matter - it's the punch that these platforms have in terms of technology and firepower.
- The use of technology has maximized. When you look at the platform it consists of just about everything - and we are willing to invite new technologies, and going through the processes of learning, before we standardize on that technology for future use.
- IN's three areas of operation: Surface, Air & Underwater. IN is developing the indigenous ship-development capabilities using three points: Move, Float & Fight.
- In the Float department, we have made significant progress. Warship-building steels are being produced in-country, the local Shipbuilding agencies are graduating to Modular and Integrated forms of building.
- In the Move department, we are not where I'd like to be. We are a couple steps short in developing Propulsion solutions in-country. But we have progressed in the dept. of integrating propulsion (engines) with the other ship systems (gearboxes, driveshafts, IPMS etc.)
- The Fight department is a concern. We've made fair progress with systems like BrahMos and Varunastra. But not much otherwise - this is where IN requires the participation of local industry (state-run and/or private) to take this dept. forward.
- Next Generation Destroyers (Project-18??)
- Next Generation Corvettes (NGC)
- Missile Vessels (NGMV)
- Fleet Support Ships
- IAC-2...which would probably be the biggest project of Navy provided we get the clearances
Does not talk about any specific project but states that significant progress has been made indigenously regarding development of mechanical systems & avionics, including Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ship datalinks.
The Underwater dept.:-
- We are in the midst of inducting the Scorpene submarines, to be commissioned very shortly.
- We have programs for building more conventional submarines & a very ambitious plan for our strategic (nuclear) submarines
- Plans for Special Operating Vessels which should fall into place soon (is he talking about SDVs or something else?)
- DSRV project should fructify by May 2018