Indian Coast Guard: News & Discussions

[ezsasa]

Indian Coast Guard recovers a drifting Tsunami Data Buoy of National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) off Chennai, which was drifting from its moored position 255 nautical miles (approx) East of Chennai.

 

[Cheran]

Director General VS Pathania, PTM, TM #DGICG reviewed the operational readiness of Eastern Sea Board during the day at sea off #Chennai today. #ICG assets (#ships & #aircraft) performed various exercises pertaining to Coast Guard charter and duties.

via @IndianCoastGuard

 

[Okabe Rintarou]

 

[Fatalis]

 

[Fatalis]

Keel laid for construction of two Coast Guard Pollution Control Vessels (PCV) at Goa Shipyard

In line with the country’s Make in India commitment for sourcing equipments and systems from indigen

pib.gov.in

 

[WolfPack86]

Indian Coast Guard looks for new helicopters, rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which has grown three times in size in the last 15 years, is set for further expansion in line with its increasing charter of duties. The force is now looking for a replacement for its ageing Chetak helicopters and a 10-tonne multi-role helicopters as well as procurement of up to 10 rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to fly from its ships, six Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), and six C-295 transport aircraft, officials said. All these will be procured indigenously through the Make-in-India route, one official stated.

The proposal for six Offshore Patrol Vessels is set to be taken up by the Defence Acquisition Council soon. There is also a proposal for acquiring C-295 transport aircraft,” an ICG official said. The C-295 is set to assembled in India by the Tata Group in collaboration with Airbus as part a 56 aircraft contract for the Indian Air Force.

It has already received approval for 14 Fast Patrol Vessels and two Pollution Control Vessels (PCV) and are approved under execution.

“The Coast Guard has seen a major expansion in terms of numbers and capabilities. In 2009, the Coast Guard had 50 ships and 30 aircraft. As of today, it has 159 ships and 77 aircraft,” the official said. The aircraft include Chetak and ALH helicopters and Dornier surveillance aircraft.

Helicopters received
Last week, Director General, ICG, V. S. Pathania received the last of 16 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH)-MKIII from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), contracted under a deal in March 2017 for maritime role. A Letter of Intent for nine more ALH-MKIII was also issued on the occasion.

At the same time, Mr. Pathania also evaluated the indigenous Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) as a potential Chetak replacement in a maritime role. The ICG said that a committee comprising of all stakeholders, including HAL, would be set up, which will define the qualitative requirements of a maritime single engine helicopter for replacing its Chetak fleet.

“The LUH is designed to operate upto an altitude of 6 km as per the high-altitude requirements of the Army and the Indian Air Force. So the helicopter will have lot of reserve power at sea level, which is very helpful in operations,” another ICG official said. The ICG will submit its requirements to HAL shortly, the official said. HAL is already developing a modified variant of the LUH for the Navy.

The ICG also has a requirement for a 10-tonne class multi-role helicopter. However, a deal with Airbus for 14 helicopters fell through after coming close to conclusion. HAL is developing the Indian Multi-Role Helicopter (IMRH) in the 12-tonne class for the Armed Forces. Officials said the Coast Guard is in talks with HAL for developing a modified variant of the IMRH to meet its requirements.

Series of inductions
The ICG has seen a series of inductions of new vessels in the last few years. For instance, in February 2022, the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) delivered the last of five 2,400-tonne Sankalp-class offshore patrol vessels (OPV) to the Coast Guard under a contract signed in November 2016. In August 2021, it completed inducting seven OPVs built by Larsen & Toubro under a contract signed in 2015.

In March, the Defence Ministry signed a ₹473 crore contract with GSL for the construction of eight Fast Patrol Vessels, which can operate in shallow waters. Similarly, in September 2020, the ICG inducted the last of five FPVs built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers in Kolkata.

Pollution control
In June 2021, the Defence Ministry had signed a ₹583 crore contract with GSL for construction of two PCVs and the keel for the vessels was laid on November 21, 2022. They are scheduled to be delivered by February 2025 and August 2025.

At present, the Coast Guard has three PCVs in its fleet at Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Porbandar, respectively, to carry out dedicated pollution surveillance, oil spill monitoring, and response operations in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and around islands.

Pollution control has emerged as a major function for the ICG, with prevention and control of marine pollution being part of its charter, and with India becoming the first responder for maritime incidents in the Indian Ocean Region.

On November 22, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan visited the ICG’s headquarters, during which he was briefed on its charter of duties as well as expanding responsibilities.

Further, he was briefed about the ICG’s vast area of responsibility, which extends to 200 nautical miles seaward, encompassing about two million sq. km. of EEZ with 13 coastal States and Union Territories having 1,295 islands.

Indian Coast Guard looks for new helicopters, rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The Coast Guard has grown three times in size since 2009 with 159 ships and 77 aircraft today

www.thehindu.com

 

[Swesh]

 

[Super falcon]

Fantastic news but what about jammers and AWACS for aerial support in fixed wing is there any chance shore based i star or E 2D Hawkeye AWACS mounted on Indian made C 239

 

[Fatalis]

#ICG has following vessels in it's fleet:
03 Pollution control Vessels
27 Offshore patrol Vessels
45 Fast Patrol Vessels
67 Fast Interceptor Boats (Wikipedia says 73)
14 Patrol Boats
18 Hovercrafts

#Following Vessels are planned or under construction:
02 Pollution control Vessels
06 Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels
14 Fast Patrol Vessels
21 Next Generation Fast Interceptor Crafts

#The construction of following Vessels either has been cancelled or there is simply no update:
01 Cadet Training Ship - Reliance Shipyard (Cancelled)
14 Fast Patrol Vessels - Reliance Shipyard (Cancelled)
09 Fast Interceptor Boats - Bharati Shipyard (Only 6 delivered out of planned 15)*

 

[Vikram314]

Coast guard leading the way. Will order 9 more ALH mk3. Will replace all 19 chetaks.

 

[Swesh]

Coast guard leading the way. Will order 9 more ALH mk3. Will replace all 19 chetaks.

At this rate Indian cost gurd will fuck Pakistan Navy

 

[Blademaster]

At this rate Indian cost gurd will fuck Pakistan Navy

Pakistan Navy is already fucked. They have no money for oil to power their ships.

 

[Fatalis]

Coast guard leading the way. Will order 9 more ALH mk3. Will replace all 19 chetaks.

So, no new LUH?

 

[Blademaster]

They will also order 20 more in a follow up order.

 

[mohitsingh501]

Pakistan Navy is already fucked. They have no money for oil to power their ships.

Budget comparision of Indian coast Guard vs Pakistan navy 2023-24 is almost equal. But Pakistan navy wishlist contain frigate and submarine. It means pakistanies are using their funds more Judicialy then us.
Can you criticise my comment

 

[Blademaster]

Budget comparision of Indian coast Guard vs Pakistan navy 2023-24 is almost equal. But Pakistan navy wishlist contain frigate and submarine. It means pakistanies are using their funds more Judicialy then us.
Can you criticise my comment

You have capex costs in addition to operating costs. Look at the oil budget and oil consumption and you have an idea of how much patrolling they can do.

 

[gslv markIII]

Are you all aware of Coast Guard's version of NGOPV? Six of them will be acquired. These are larger than in-service OPVs at ~115 meters long.

My prediction: Goa Shipyard will win this tender & would probably use the same hull design as the now under-construction ICG Pollution Control Vessel.

 

[mohitsingh501]

Are you all aware of Coast Guard's version of NGOPV? Six of them will be acquired. These are larger than in-service OPVs at ~115 meters long.

My prediction: Goa Shipyard will win this tender & would probably use the same hull design as the now under-construction ICG Pollution Control Vessel.

In these new vessels what are the armament (76mm gun along with CIWS and short range anti ship missile i expect)

 

[shade]

Recently I read in an article that Chinese coast guard ships are hand-me-down Frigates from the PLAN, should we too consider something similar for our CG ?

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

Recently I read in an article that Chinese coast guard ships are hand-me-down Frigates from the PLAN, should we too consider something similar for our CG ?

By the time Indian Navy retires its ships, it has hardly a few years left.
PLAN is most well known for handing down Type 056 corvettes to its Coast Guard, some of which are barely 15 years old.
Unless we can match the order and production capacity, atleast for corvette sized ships with Chinese shipyards, this will remain a dream.