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The next generation of Indian Navy warships will be powered by electrical propulsion systems. Facilities to train naval engineers to operate electric drive ships have been set up ahead of construction programmes for new warships, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command Vice-Admiral Anil Chawla disclosed in an exclusive interview to SP's.
Integrated electric power generation in surface warships has been described as the "direction of future naval propulsion", and this transition would mark a major technological leap. The US and UK have taken an early lead in the adoption of electrical propulsion in the Zumwalt class and Type 45 destroyers respectively, besides the Queen Elizabeth carriers and Type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy.

The new Landing Platform Dock (LPD) amphibious warships will be the first Indian Navy ships fitted with an electrical drive. "More significantly, the Indian Navy envisages electrical propulsion for its next series of destroyers, the P18, and aircraft carriers of the future," sources elaborated.

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"....(There will be ) electrical propulsion in some of our future platforms, and accordingly, facilities to train personnel in electrical propulsion have already been set-up," Vice-Admiral Chawla told SP's.
Informed sources revealed to SP's that the new Landing Platform Dock (LPD) amphibious warships will be the first Indian Navy ships fitted with an electrical drive. "More significantly, the Indian Navy envisages electrical propulsion for its next series of destroyers, the P18, and aircraft carriers of the future," sources elaborated.
This next generation of naval propulsion will enable better stealth due to significant noise reduction, lesser fuel requirement, improvement in speed, reduction in environmental risks and an increase in manoeuverability.

The shift to electric will open up new avenues for procurement of propulsion systems for the Indian Navy. Warships built in India have traditionally relied upon the Soviet legacy Zorya-Mashproekt gas turbine engines from Ukraine

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SP's has learnt that a 5 MW electric propulsion system has been set up by Siemens of Germany at the onshore training establishment INS Valsura at Jamnagar in Gujarat to familiarise Indian Naval engineers with the technology and train them to operate the system.
The shift to electric will open up new avenues for procurement of propulsion systems for the Indian Navy. Warships built in India have traditionally relied upon the Soviet legacy Zorya-Mashproekt gas turbine engines from Ukraine.

The full text of the interview with Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command Vice-Admiral Anil Chawla will be published in the forthcoming edition of SP's Naval Forces, and also be uplinked on this website soon.

HaldilalSDF said:

The next generation of Indian Navy warships will be powered by electrical propulsion systems. Facilities to train naval engineers to operate electric drive ships have been set up ahead of construction programmes for new warships, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command Vice-Admiral Anil Chawla disclosed in an exclusive interview to SP's.
Integrated electric power generation in surface warships has been described as the "direction of future naval propulsion", and this transition would mark a major technological leap. The US and UK have taken an early lead in the adoption of electrical propulsion in the Zumwalt class and Type 45 destroyers respectively, besides the Queen Elizabeth carriers and Type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy.

"....(There will be ) electrical propulsion in some of our future platforms, and accordingly, facilities to train personnel in electrical propulsion have already been set-up," Vice-Admiral Chawla told SP's.
Informed sources revealed to SP's that the new Landing Platform Dock (LPD) amphibious warships will be the first Indian Navy ships fitted with an electrical drive. "More significantly, the Indian Navy envisages electrical propulsion for its next series of destroyers, the P18, and aircraft carriers of the future," sources elaborated.
This next generation of naval propulsion will enable better stealth due to significant noise reduction, lesser fuel requirement, improvement in speed, reduction in environmental risks and an increase in manoeuverability.

SP's has learnt that a 5 MW electric propulsion system has been set up by Siemens of Germany at the onshore training establishment INS Valsura at Jamnagar in Gujarat to familiarise Indian Naval engineers with the technology and train them to operate the system.
The shift to electric will open up new avenues for procurement of propulsion systems for the Indian Navy. Warships built in India have traditionally relied upon the Soviet legacy Zorya-Mashproekt gas turbine engines from Ukraine.

The full text of the interview with Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command Vice-Admiral Anil Chawla will be published in the forthcoming edition of SP's Naval Forces, and also be uplinked on this website soon.

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So my apprehensions were right.

India is moving away from Soviet /Warzaw Pact countries and to NATO /US bloc regarding technologies. Can't blame the choice.

P-18 and IAC-2 will all be taking powerplant and other technologies from UK/US under license assemble.

I guess we won't see both of these projects getting Full Operational Clearance this decade. Maybe by 2030 they be put into waters.

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These materials go for various class I & class II components of the engine. The manufacturing of these materials is with 75% indigenous content with the first consignment manufactured and certified successfully in mission mode within 2.5 months, said a press release.


So I'm guessing that India imports rare earths and other minerals for these alloys?

Work on the Two AMCA Prototype already started. Funding would be sactioned in coming day's.

Funding for the prototype phase is 2.1 billion dollars exculding the funding already made on the design, sub systems already funded, engine development, sensor, radars and other systems are funded individually.

Funding for the TEDBF will also be sactioned around 1.8 billion dollars to reduce the cost system and sub system would be shared from the other programmes. Four FOC Prototype are planned in the similar manner to the MWF.

HaldilalSDF said:

Funding for the prototype phase is 2.1 billion dollars exculding the funding already made on the design, sub systems already funded, engine development, sensor, radars and other systems are funded individually.

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Engine development?
Isn't AMCA using GE 414. So Kaveri engine is still worked on? With M88 core?

HaldilalSDF said:

Funding for the TEDBF will also be sactioned around 1.8 billion dollars to reduce the cost system and sub system would be shared from the other programmes. Four FOC Prototype are planned in the similar manner to the MWF.

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FOC prototype? Final operational clearance prototype? That's odd.

Xsizor said:

Engine development?
Isn't AMCA using GE 414. So Kaveri engine is still worked on? With M88 core?

FOC prototype? Final operational clearance prototype? That's odd.

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The TD and IOC prototype Phase will be skipped like the MWF programme. And the AMCA engine finally would be a indeginios one even if F414 would be used initially.

The Victor of Basantar, Lt Gen W A G Pinto PVSM (Retd) passed away yesterday 25 March 2021 aged 97. The former GOC Central Command fought in WW II, 1962 War & led 54 Infantry Div to victory in the Battle of Basantar 1971 War.

This guy is seriously predicting that the Indian 13,000 ton warship is superior to the Type 055.

The Type 055 which has been commissioned, compared to the Indian 13kt which has not even been launched, laid down, funded, or even publicly reported to have a design locked in.

And thats not even mentioning that literally 100% of all Indian procurement decisions with a value over $100m have been delayed by 100s of % and have had cost overruns in the hundreds to thousands of %.

And none of that even takes into account the third world finish quality, maintenance standards, organizational ability, or skill level of the industrial workforce, contractors, or military personnel.