Indian Navy Developments & Discussions

[Holy Triad]

think3D to provide expertise and 3D printed spare parts to the Indian Navy
A 3D printer will also be installed on a ship

The issue of spare parts and replacement parts is a major issue for all defense forces, In particular, Indian 3D printing service provider think3D reports that this has been a major issue plaguing the Indian Navy. Many of the machines present in the Navy are very old and, in most cases, these machines were imported.

This has led to inconsistent and inadequate supply of spare parts, with long delays whenever a part gets damaged and needs to be replaced. Keeping the entire machine idle till the spare parts get replaced is costing Navy a lot. To solve this issue, the Indian Navy finally decided to turn to AM technologies to get the spare parts 3D printed and replaced on demand.
think3D has supplied various 3D printed spare parts to the Indian Navy and these spare parts are successfully tested and incorporated into several machines, in particular, to solve the Navy’s long-pending need for quick replacement of the centrifugal pump impellers on board the ships. In this particular case, think3D used 3D scanning to acquire the 3D data and HP’s multijet fusion technology 3D print the part.


A replacement impeller 3D printed using multijet fusion technology.
The settings were thoroughly analyzed and modified to print the part with desired mechanical properties. The part was then CNC machined and a metal bushing was inserted to create an interface between metal rod and plastic component. The part was then successfully tested in the real environment for the desired number of hours.

Now the other major issue being faced by the Indian Navy is parts undergoing damage when the ship is off-shore. In such scenarios, there is no way for the parts to be replaced on-demand. Either the parts are air-lifted to the ship or the ship is brought back to shore for fitting the parts. Both these scenarios are highly undesirable and cost a lot of time and money for the Indian Navy. To solve this major issue, think3D and the Indian Navy together deliberated an approach to have a 3D printer mounted on the ship with the CAD designs of the spare parts pre-loaded into the machine so that the operator can 3D Print the parts on-demand.

Due to the roll and pitch of the ship and constant vibration, operating a 3D printer on-board a ship has a different set of requirements than operating the same machine on-shore. think3D is now closely collaborating with the Indian Navy to develop a custom system to meet this demand.





https://www.3dprintingmedia.network...ts-indian-navy/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

[bhramos]

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[Karthi]

Nayan COMINT system completed trials onboard INS Talwar Frigate

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NAYAN is a Communication Intelligence (COMINT) System in V/UHF frequency range. It is designed to provide strategic and tactical information by intercepting and exploiting hostile voice and data transmissions in the V/UHF range. It performs search, acquisition, monitoring, analysis, and digital recording of communication signals in the V/UHF frequency band. The DF section is configured with state-of-the-art Scan DF receiver designed to gather, process and produce COMINT information for generating real-time picture.

FEATURES.

VHF/UHF wide band receiver.

Perform scanning, interception, analysis and direction finding.

Supports playback and recording of simultaneous channels.

Supports AM, FM, CW, LSB, USB, FSK and PSK.

High speed search.

Interception of Burst & FH Transmission.

Analysis of Digital Transmissions.

Capability of data demodulation and signal classification.

Five channel scan direction finding sub system for fast spectral search , reconnaissance and real time accurate direction finding.

Two channel monitoring and analysis subsystem for analysis , monitoring and recording of communication signal.

 

[ladder]

Sad state of affairs....

Navy to lease private shipyard as fund crunch delays base on East coast

Snippets

The aircraft carrier, to be named INS Vikrant, was to operate from the new base codenamed Project Varsha.

As an interim measure, the navy is looking to lease a portion of a shipyard near Chennai, sources said.



https://m.economictimes.com/news/de...s-base-on-east-coast/articleshow/74621872.cms

 

[captscooby81]

another NGO fucking our crucial project , i remember under UPA jairam ramesh denied permission for navy radar station in andaman because some 300 birds of rare breed live in that island

HC stays Navy's ELF Radar Project

HYDERABAD: Making it clear to the state, centre and the Indian Navy that they cannot cut a single tree till they filed their counters on what they are proposing to do with the fragile ecosystem at
Damagundam
forest near Vikarabad in
Ranga Reddy district
, the Telangana high court ordered status quo on the Navy’s

Extremely Low Frequency
(ELF) Radar project proposed to be set up in Damagundum reserve forest area.

The project is being set up by the

Eastern Naval Command
. The bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy wondered as to how the forest department could allow construction of a

low-frequency radar
in a forest area while hearing a PIL filed by Damagundam Forest Protection joint action committee. Agreeing with the apprehensions expressed by

S Spandana Reddy
, the counsel for the petitioner, the bench directed the authorities to make sure that not a single tree is cut in the area till further orders. CJ also asked the petitioner to make the revenue department as a respondent to the case since it was they who allotted land to the project.

“We understand the defence of the country is crucial and is an important aspect, but the environment is also our concern,” the Chief Justice said. Everyone knows that low frequency affects the wildlife, the flora and fauna and the forest ecology adversely, he said. It is surprising that the forest department agreed to the idea of ELF Radar in the area without Navy obtaining environment clearance, the CJ said. Assistant solicitor general N Rajeswara Rao urged the bench to restrict the status quo for a few days, but the bench has made it clear that it will remain there till the centre and other authorities file their counters. The case was adjourned to four weeks

 

[Atcjurvin]

another NGO fucking our crucial project , i remember under UPA jairam ramesh denied permission for navy radar station in andaman because some 300 birds of rare breed live in that island

HC stays Navy's ELF Radar Project

HYDERABAD: Making it clear to the state, centre and the Indian Navy that they cannot cut a single tree till they filed their counters on what they are proposing to do with the fragile ecosystem at
Damagundam
forest near Vikarabad in
Ranga Reddy district
, the Telangana high court ordered status quo on the Navy’s

Extremely Low Frequency
(ELF) Radar project proposed to be set up in Damagundum reserve forest area.

The project is being set up by the

Eastern Naval Command
. The bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy wondered as to how the forest department could allow construction of a

low-frequency radar
in a forest area while hearing a PIL filed by Damagundam Forest Protection joint action committee. Agreeing with the apprehensions expressed by

S Spandana Reddy
, the counsel for the petitioner, the bench directed the authorities to make sure that not a single tree is cut in the area till further orders. CJ also asked the petitioner to make the revenue department as a respondent to the case since it was they who allotted land to the project.

“We understand the defence of the country is crucial and is an important aspect, but the environment is also our concern,” the Chief Justice said. Everyone knows that low frequency affects the wildlife, the flora and fauna and the forest ecology adversely, he said. It is surprising that the forest department agreed to the idea of ELF Radar in the area without Navy obtaining environment clearance, the CJ said. Assistant solicitor general N Rajeswara Rao urged the bench to restrict the status quo for a few days, but the bench has made it clear that it will remain there till the centre and other authorities file their counters. The case was adjourned to four weeks

Why don't govt make law to keep out court interference in national security. Andaman should house a very long range radars that can cover the whole indian ocean it will be very strategic development. Fuck court and these NGO both are rabid piece of shit.

 

[vampyrbladez]

another NGO fucking our crucial project , i remember under UPA jairam ramesh denied permission for navy radar station in andaman because some 300 birds of rare breed live in that island

HC stays Navy's ELF Radar Project

HYDERABAD: Making it clear to the state, centre and the Indian Navy that they cannot cut a single tree till they filed their counters on what they are proposing to do with the fragile ecosystem at
Damagundam
forest near Vikarabad in
Ranga Reddy district
, the Telangana high court ordered status quo on the Navy’s

Extremely Low Frequency
(ELF) Radar project proposed to be set up in Damagundum reserve forest area.

The project is being set up by the

Eastern Naval Command
. The bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy wondered as to how the forest department could allow construction of a

low-frequency radar
in a forest area while hearing a PIL filed by Damagundam Forest Protection joint action committee. Agreeing with the apprehensions expressed by

S Spandana Reddy
, the counsel for the petitioner, the bench directed the authorities to make sure that not a single tree is cut in the area till further orders. CJ also asked the petitioner to make the revenue department as a respondent to the case since it was they who allotted land to the project.

“We understand the defence of the country is crucial and is an important aspect, but the environment is also our concern,” the Chief Justice said. Everyone knows that low frequency affects the wildlife, the flora and fauna and the forest ecology adversely, he said. It is surprising that the forest department agreed to the idea of ELF Radar in the area without Navy obtaining environment clearance, the CJ said. Assistant solicitor general N Rajeswara Rao urged the bench to restrict the status quo for a few days, but the bench has made it clear that it will remain there till the centre and other authorities file their counters. The case was adjourned to four weeks

Since this is in Hyderabad, I expect this to be the work of YSRCP. They are trying to needle centre after killing Amravati. Give us money for Aararara or we will stall crucial defense projects.

Expect none of the judges in this judgement to become SC judges by collegium.

Centre will also fuck up these assholes in 4 weeks.

 

[Suryavanshi]

Judiciary should be kept out of defence, next they will stop us from sending soldiers to sicahen.

 

[vampyrbladez]

Judiciary should be kept out of defence, next they will stop us from sending soldiers to sicahen.

The day judiciary tries that stunt. Bench will be dissolved.

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

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[Hydra3]

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Height of stupidity, why the hell we are going with turkis( aka ISIS sugar daddy )

 

[fire starter]

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can they really build such big vessels.

 

[WolfPack86]

India to go ahead with $2.3 billion Turkish shipyard deal
India is going ahead with a $2.3 billion (about Rs 15,000 crore) deal to manufacture fleet support vessels (FSVs) in collaboration with a Turkish shipyard following a review after questions were raised on Turkey’s links with Pakistan and the recent diplomatic tiff with the Recep Tayyip Erdogan government.

The formal contract was signed days after India issued a strong statement rejecting all references made to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint declaration by Turkey and Pakistan during President Erdogan’s visit to Islamabad last month. Turkey’s TAIS had emerged as the lowest bidder for a contract to manufacture five of the 45,000-tonne FSVs at the Vizag-based Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) last year, but the contract signing was put on hold in October following the repeated raising of Kashmir issue by Erdogan at international forums.

The contract was signed by HSL last month after clearances were given by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), said people aware of the matter. They said the Ministry of External Affairs was also consulted before the decision was taken.


HSL had been keen to resolve the matter at the earliest and had written several letters to the defence ministry over the past few months. “MoD has directed HSL to put the project on temporary hold in view of recent diplomatic developments with Turkey. HSL inputs regarding the legal and financial implications of cancelling the bid of M/s Anadolu shipyard have been submitted to the MoD,” the ministry told the parliamentary standing committee on defence.

The defence ministry’s vigilance department was asked to review the order and gave a go-ahead, said one of the persons, who did not wish to be identified. Similarly, inputs were received from MEA on diplomatic implications, after which it was decided to proceed with the Turkish collaborator. The contract was signed last month after the defence ministry removed its temporary hold order.

The Indian FSV project was initially given a go-ahead in 2016 after the Navy projected a requirement for ships that could carry fuel and other supplies for warships at sea.

As reported by ET, Turkish shipyards are a major supplier of warships to the Pakistani Navy and concerns had been raised on how access to the strategic HSL by its engineers and workers could result in serious security issues. HSL is located close to the Ship Building Centre, where India’s nuclear armed submarines are built, as well as the Eastern Naval headquarters.

Besides four new corvettes, Turkey has designed a fleet support vessel for Pakistan, supports its submarine fleet and has signed a deal to sell 30 T-129 attack helicopters that have been developed in collaboration with Italian company Finmeccanica (since renamed as Leonardo). In September last year, Erdogan had used the ceremony to launch new corvettes for the Pakistani Navy. Last month, he raised the Kashmir issue again and attempted to draw similarities to the Palestine conflict.

Since then, the Turkish President has visited Pakistan, where he repeatedly raised the Kashmir issue and said that Turkey was on Pakistan’s side over the conflict and that it would support it on the issue of being censored by the Financial Task Force as well. Following Erdogan’s visit in February, India issued a strong statement and on March 3 made a strong demarche with the Turkish envoy as well.
https://www.defencenews.in/article/India-to-go-ahead-with-$23-billion-Turkish-shipyard-deal-809845
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-to-go-ahead-with-2-3-billion-turkish-shipyard-deal/articleshow/74766428.cms

 

[Prashant12]

A Russian ‘3+3’ offer for refurbished Kilo class subs.

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

can they really build such big vessels.

It is going to be a supersized version of 17,000 ton PNS Moawin

 

[bhramos]

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[samsaptaka]

I support NaMo but am no fanboy. This thing about giving the contract back to bloody Turks is ridiculous ! I mean wtf

 

[Hydra3]

It is going to be a supersized version of 17,000 ton PNS Moawin
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I feel ashamed of this comparison. Wtf, we are purchasing weaponary from the country supporting pakistani terrror activities based on its religion

 

[uoftotaku]

This tanker deal with Turkey will come back to haunt us in coming years mark my words. I understand the thinking behind avoiding Fincantieri (which was the other shortlisted option and origin of the current Deepak class) BUT there was a far better (cheaper, faster and more flexible) option of going with Korean DSME who are building the Tide-Class tanker-support ships for the Royal Navy. Politically also there would be no clash (unlike Italian deal) and honestly HSL would have been better off learning modern ship building techniques from there than from Turkey (the fact that our yard STILL needs to be taught and hand held in year 2020 is shameful enough)

 

[JBH22]

Yes the deal with turkey shows the country has no self respect. Giving money to erdogan who is staunchly anti Indian serves no use.beside some idiots believe trade with such states will help shape behaviour. Would have been better to acquire south Korean vessels. They have a much more efficient shipbuilding industry.