08-17-2007, 08:54 PM
<b>IAF invites applications</b>
Pune, August 16
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has invited applications from engineers (BE or B Tech holders) for commissioned officers in Aeronautical Engineering (electronics) branch through fast Track Selection (FTS) mode for 72 AEC (men)/44 SSC (men and women) course commencing on January 8.
All engineering degree holders born between January 2, 1980 and January 1, 1990 with a first class (minimum 60 per cent in aggregate) in electronics, telecommunication, electrical, electronics & communication, instrumentation, computer science are eligible to apply.
Candidates will have to report on August 25 at the Air Force Station, Lohegaon between 8 am and 11 am with eligibility certificates and photo identity cards.
<b>Indian Navyâs initiative to get stealth frigates</b>
Bangalore: To augment its surface combatant fleet with a new class of multi-role, fast stealth frigates, the Indian Navy has floated a global request for information (RFI).
The RFI was issued last December to a number of Russian, European and American shipyards for building one vessel in an international shipyard and six in India, most probably at the Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, or the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.
The deal is expected to be worth around Rs. 30,000 crore.
The Navyâs initiative comes in the wake of the inability of the Indian shipyards to deliver on time, and on account of delays in acquiring modern equipment in the past two decades due to constraints on defence budgets.
The RFI, the first official step in any defence contract, is followed by a request for proposal (RFP), the proposals, contract and price negotiations, before the deal is finally inked.
The stealth frigate project, named Project 17A, is part of the Navyâs plans to acquire a follow-up generation of ships to the ongoing but delayed Project 17, under which Shivalik class multi-role frigates are being built.
Project 17 envisages building a total of 12 ships. The seven ships, for which the RFI has been issued, form part of the project.
Lockheed optimistic
Interestingly, the Navyâs requirement for stealth frigates is being looked at optimistically by the worldâs biggest military contractor Lockheed Martin. It has just replied to the RFI. According to Royce Caplinger, Managing Director, Lockheed Martin Global Inc., the company has also identified an overseas shipyard, which will build the first ship of this class for the Indian Navy.
Speaking to The Hindu from Washington, Mr. Caplinger, however, refused to divulge the name or country of the identified shipyard because of proprietary obligations.
He said: âWe are hopeful of continuing into the next [RFP] phase.â
Lockheed Martin, which is also in the process of replying along with an Indian prime (Larsen & Toubro Ltd.) to the Navyâs RFP for setting up Integrated Platform Management Systems on the Navyâs ships, has thought it prudent to base a Maritime Sensors and Systems Team in India.
According to the former Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral P.J. Jacob, India should encourage the setting up of âGreenfieldâ shipyards if the Navy is to, as planned, acquire around 35 ships over the next decade.
Pune, August 16
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has invited applications from engineers (BE or B Tech holders) for commissioned officers in Aeronautical Engineering (electronics) branch through fast Track Selection (FTS) mode for 72 AEC (men)/44 SSC (men and women) course commencing on January 8.
All engineering degree holders born between January 2, 1980 and January 1, 1990 with a first class (minimum 60 per cent in aggregate) in electronics, telecommunication, electrical, electronics & communication, instrumentation, computer science are eligible to apply.
Candidates will have to report on August 25 at the Air Force Station, Lohegaon between 8 am and 11 am with eligibility certificates and photo identity cards.
<b>Indian Navyâs initiative to get stealth frigates</b>
Bangalore: To augment its surface combatant fleet with a new class of multi-role, fast stealth frigates, the Indian Navy has floated a global request for information (RFI).
The RFI was issued last December to a number of Russian, European and American shipyards for building one vessel in an international shipyard and six in India, most probably at the Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, or the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.
The deal is expected to be worth around Rs. 30,000 crore.
The Navyâs initiative comes in the wake of the inability of the Indian shipyards to deliver on time, and on account of delays in acquiring modern equipment in the past two decades due to constraints on defence budgets.
The RFI, the first official step in any defence contract, is followed by a request for proposal (RFP), the proposals, contract and price negotiations, before the deal is finally inked.
The stealth frigate project, named Project 17A, is part of the Navyâs plans to acquire a follow-up generation of ships to the ongoing but delayed Project 17, under which Shivalik class multi-role frigates are being built.
Project 17 envisages building a total of 12 ships. The seven ships, for which the RFI has been issued, form part of the project.
Lockheed optimistic
Interestingly, the Navyâs requirement for stealth frigates is being looked at optimistically by the worldâs biggest military contractor Lockheed Martin. It has just replied to the RFI. According to Royce Caplinger, Managing Director, Lockheed Martin Global Inc., the company has also identified an overseas shipyard, which will build the first ship of this class for the Indian Navy.
Speaking to The Hindu from Washington, Mr. Caplinger, however, refused to divulge the name or country of the identified shipyard because of proprietary obligations.
He said: âWe are hopeful of continuing into the next [RFP] phase.â
Lockheed Martin, which is also in the process of replying along with an Indian prime (Larsen & Toubro Ltd.) to the Navyâs RFP for setting up Integrated Platform Management Systems on the Navyâs ships, has thought it prudent to base a Maritime Sensors and Systems Team in India.
According to the former Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral P.J. Jacob, India should encourage the setting up of âGreenfieldâ shipyards if the Navy is to, as planned, acquire around 35 ships over the next decade.