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Posted on 08/06/2014 6:45:18 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The design bureau and Russian Helicopters offer to help the Indian Navy meet its shortage of helicopters by supplying Ka-52Ks.
Ka-52k is the navalised derivative of the Ka-52 (photo). Source: www.russianhelicopters.aero
Russia’s Kamov helicopter design bureau and Russian Helicopters are ready to jointly supply modern seaborne helicopters for the Indian Navy on request, Kamov Chief Designer Sergei Mikheyev said on Tuesday.
“Upon request from the Indian Navy, we are ready to supply jointly with Russian Helicopters the necessary number of seaborne helicopters and offer the latest developments to the Indian side, including the Ka-52K helicopters,” Mikheyev said.
Helicopters operational in the Indian Navy and Coastal Guard have long grown obsolete over the absence of programs for the purchase of helicopters in the past decade, strict armament-buying procedures and the scandal-hit Augusta-Westland chopper deal, India Today reported recently.
The deteriorating condition of helicopters prompted Indian Defence Minister Arun Jaitley to raise the issues at a session of the Defence Acquisition Council on July 19.
Many Indian warships equipped with two hangars have no helicopters on their board, India Today said. In particular, only three out of six Talwar-class frigates are supplied with choppers while others have none. The Indian Navy and Coastal Guard have only 20 percent of the required number of helicopters, according to the magazine’s website.
“The Indian Navy had to get 16 choppers as a direct replacement for Seaking 42A helicopters which came with the INS Viraat in 1987 and were decommissioned by the end of the century,” an Indian Ministry of Defence official told India Today. “Categorised as 'Multi Role Helicopter' acquisition, it is yet to take off even today.”
Kamov joint production in India
Last year, Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin had suggested that India consider a possibility of setting up a joint venture to assemble Kamov helicopters in India. “We have a serious proposal for India which refers not only to purchases of Russian helicopters, Rogozin had said on the sidelines of a ceremony when the INS Vikramaditya was handed over to India. “Russia as India’s strategic partner proposes setting up a joint venture, including on India’s territory.”
Sources tell RIR that this proposal was discussed as recently as June when high level defence talks held in New Delhi that were led by Indian Defence Secretary R K Mathur and Rostec Chief Executive Sergey Chemezov. The new government in New Delhi is eager to see such an idea come into fruition, the sources said.
Kamov Ka-52K 'Hokum-B' naval attack helicopter. The navalised version of the Ka-52K features a folding rotor head and folding stub-wings. Source: Kamov Design Bureau
Looks like a heck of a chopper, but why would the Indian Navy want an attack helicopter? It isn’t like they’re using their carriers for power projection.
I can understand why they might want ASW helicopters, but not attach helicopters.
Are Russian design bureaus now independent firms in the post-Soviet era, or are they still components of the central government, like Mikoyan-Gurevich and Sukhoi once were?
I think these are joint stock companies, with the government holding the controlling stakes.
“Government holding the controlling stakes”
Spasibo! Teper ya vse ponimayu.
~Ronald Reagan
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