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- Indian Air Force Aims for Full Indigenous Inventory by 2047 — Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh
- General Upendra Dwivedi takes over as the Chief of the Army Staff
- Rajnath Singh assumes charge as Defence Minister for the second consecutive term
- Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi assumes Command of the Indian Navy as 26th Chief of the Naval Staff
- Prime Minister witnesses 'Bharat Shakti' – a Tri-Services Firing and Manoeuvre Exercise in Pokhran, Rajasthan
Satpura, Indian Navy’s second indigenous stealth frigate to be commissioned soon
Satpura, the second Shivalik class indigenous stealth frigate, will soon be a part of the Indian Navy missions. Conceived and designed by the Indian Naval Design team to be the mainstay frigates of Indian Navy for the first half of 21 century, the ship is scheduled to be commissioned on August 20, 2011 at Mumbai. Defence Minister A.K. Antony will do the honours.
Characteristics & Functions of Satpura:
- Type: Shivalik Class Guided-missile frigate
- Displacement: 6200 tons
- Length: 142.5 metres (468 ft)
- Beam: 16.9 metres (55 ft)
- Propulsion: 2 x Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines & 2 x GE LM2500+ boost turbines in CODOG configuration.
- Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h) 22 knots (41 km/h) (Diesel Engines)
- Complement: 257 (35 officers)
- Sensors and processing systems: 1 x MR-760 Fregat M2EM 3-D radar
4 x MR-90 Orekh radar
1 x EL/M 2238 STAR
2 x EL/M 2221 STGR
1 x BEL APARNA
HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
ATAS/Thales Sintra towed array systems - Electronic warfare and decoys: BEL Ajanta electronic warfare suite
- Armament: OTO Melara 76mm SRGM
2 x AK-630 30mm guns
32 x Barak SAM
9M317 (SA-N-12) SAM, total of 24 missiles
8 x Klub cruise Missiles
90R missiles (ASW)
DTA-53-956 torpedoes
Klub AS Missile
2x RBU-6000 (RPK-8) - Aircraft carried: 2 x HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk.
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