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http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...ays-rear-admiral/article5227728.ece?css=print
Arre Bhai a Dunking sonar is no big deal.
What is big deal is an EFFECTIVE dunking sonar.
Considering the deployment scenario, the IN took out the RFP for a MRH competition where you had the possibility of an ULTRA-LOW FREQ. sonar on an untested helo (NH-90) or a run of the mill Low Freq Sonar on a well tested and likely to go out SH70B. After the first 16 Sikorsky will likely also degrade further their helo for the next MRH-ASW competition to be done by IN.
So it boils down to a Great Sensor vs Great Helo catch-22.
Unfortunately the NH-90 guys got finicky and as Livefist reports:
http://www.livefistdefence.com/2012/07/scrappy-indian-navy-copter-bid-nears.html
The exact same guy who was in the prime UPA def min spinmasters and today writes Audit Reports about LCA developments.
This sort of situation arises because Audit is a tool not an answer. Audit tool can be used as:
1) a weapon - which Shashikant Sharma does,
2) a tool - which Vinod Rai used to do,
3) as self-wounding instrument - as you do.
Here is what the Defence Ministry says (during UPA times):
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...ays-rear-admiral/article5227728.ece?css=print
You are absolutely not interested in facts and will go on and on issues you have to grind an axe.Published: October 12, 2013 00:00 IST | Updated: October 12, 2013 05:36 IST KOCHI, October 12, 2013
Induction of indigenous heliborne sonar on cards, says Rear Admiral
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
The low-frequency dunking sonar (LFDS) developed by DRDO’s Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) at Thrikkakara has shown steadfast progress in trials and is on the threshold of induction into naval inventory, Rear Admiral D.M. Sudan, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air), has said.
Helicopter-borne dunking sonars play a key role in the detection of enemy submarines. NPOL’s LFDS programme, which carries forward its experience of developing dunking sonar Mihir, had made substantial progress with encouraging results in extensive trials on board the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH). We would not let this effort be wasted, said the Rear Admiral, asking sonar scientists to give the programme a final push to make the system worthy of induction.
Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory Director S. Anantha Narayanan said efforts were on to simultaneously fashion an enhanced version of the sonar for fitment on the Navy’s Multi-Role Helicopter (MRH), whose acquisition is under way.
On the sidelines of a workshop on ‘Challenges in Development of Airborne Systems and Sensors’, Rear Admiral Sudan later added that field evaluation trials of the helicopters competing in the MRH bid was over and contract negotiations would start very soon.
“Offset issues are being deliberated at the moment,” he said. (Helicopters NH-90, jointly developed by AgustaWestland and Eurocopter and Sikrosky’s S-70B are vying to win the contract for purchase of 16 MRH.)
The Rear Admiral, also a Sea Harrier fighter pilot, said the limited upgrade programme (LUSH) had given greater capabilities to the aged Harriers.
“They have done extremely well and the upgrade, done a few years ago, increased their serviceability. The Harriers are nearing the end of their career, but it will be three to four years before they are paid off. It also depends on the availability of the aircraft carrier INS Viraat, from whose deck they operate,” he said.
The Rear Admiral said the Navy would have liked the under-development Light Combat Aircraft (Navy) programme to gather greater momentum, but the immediate goal was to get the second development aircraft (NP-2) airborne.
“The NP-1, which is undergoing some modifications, will take to the skies shortly and we are eager to complete the NP-2 and get it airborne by early next year. The idea is to also construct the shore-based test facility [in Goa] in about six months for the aircraft to ski-jump before the monsoons,” he said.
NPOL’s low-frequency dunking sonar programme has made substantial progress with encouraging results in extensive trials on board the Advanced Light Helicopter. We will not let this effort be wasted.
Rear Admiral
D.M. Sudan
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air)
Arre Bhai a Dunking sonar is no big deal.
What is big deal is an EFFECTIVE dunking sonar.
Considering the deployment scenario, the IN took out the RFP for a MRH competition where you had the possibility of an ULTRA-LOW FREQ. sonar on an untested helo (NH-90) or a run of the mill Low Freq Sonar on a well tested and likely to go out SH70B. After the first 16 Sikorsky will likely also degrade further their helo for the next MRH-ASW competition to be done by IN.
So it boils down to a Great Sensor vs Great Helo catch-22.
Unfortunately the NH-90 guys got finicky and as Livefist reports:
http://www.livefistdefence.com/2012/07/scrappy-indian-navy-copter-bid-nears.html
Please see that name highlighted again and again till it drills right into you - that is your friendly neighbourhood CAG.It is understood that Vaccari wrote that letter to Antony since a previous letter by AgustaWestland senior veep for international business development Giacomo Saponaro to Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma wasn't answered.
The exact same guy who was in the prime UPA def min spinmasters and today writes Audit Reports about LCA developments.
This sort of situation arises because Audit is a tool not an answer. Audit tool can be used as:
1) a weapon - which Shashikant Sharma does,
2) a tool - which Vinod Rai used to do,
3) as self-wounding instrument - as you do.
Here is what the Defence Ministry says (during UPA times):