Aircraft of the Indian Navy

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Aircrafts of the Indian Navy

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The Indian Navy currently has one squadron (INAS 342) that operates the Heron and Searcher Mk-II UAV's. There are plans to have atleast three squadron of UAV's.^[1]There are reports of UAV operation from ships which increases the range of survelliance. There are plans to introduce rotary UAV's into the Indian Navy.^[2]

1 Present Aircraft
- 1.1 Aircraft inventory
2 Future Aircraft
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Present Aircraft

[edit] Aircraft inventory

The Navy operates 184 aircraft, including 18 combat jets, 108 helicopters and 12 UAV's.

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service^[3]	Notes
BAE Sea Harrier	United Kingdom	Fighter Trainer	Sea Harrier FRS 51 Sea Harrier T 60	14 4
Tupolev Tu-95	Russia	Maritime patrol	Tu-142	8
Ilyushin Il-38	Russia	Maritime patrol		3
Dornier Do 228	Germany India	Utility transport	Do 228-101 Do 228-201	1 19
HAL HJT-16 Kiran	India	Trainer		10
Britten-Norman Islander	United Kingdom	Utility transport	BN-2	14
HAL Dhruv	India	Utility helicopter		6
Westland Sea King	United Kingdom	Naval helicopter	Sea King 42 Sea King 42A Sea King 42B Sea King 42C	6 3 12 4
Aérospatiale Alouette III	India	Utility helicopter	SA 316B SA 319	30 25	built by HAL
Kamov Ka-25	Russia	Naval helicopter		5
Kamov Ka-28	Russia	Naval helicopter		12
Kamov Ka-31	Russia	Naval helicopter		9
Mil Mi-2	Poland	Utility helicopter		2	built by PZL
HAL HPT-32 Deepak	India	Basic trainer		8
IAI Heron	Israel	UAV		4
IAI Searcher MkII	Israel	UAV		8

[edit] Future Aircraft

IJT HAL HJT-36

HAL TejasTrainer

Mikoyan MiG-29: The first MIG-29k took flight on January 22 2007.Though it is fully complete it is not quite yet under Indian service but a few dozen will be delivered this year.Russian test pilot said it was an amazing aircraft to fly on.The fighter plane has a digitalized cockpit,multi mode radar and increased range.Though named similarly according to the Russian test pilot the aircraft is completely different.However the MIG-29 KUB ( double seat trainer) is 95% similar to the MIG-29.The MIG-35 is to have a full scale presentation at Aero India 2007 and hinted on a major deal.^[4]
HAL Tejas:The naval variant of the Tejas will have strengthened landing gear and other necessary modifications for service on an aircraft carrier. Two Naval prototypes will be built, the NP-1 (Naval Prototype-1) which will be a two seat variant and NP-2 (Naval Prototype-2), a single seat variant for carrier operations. The Tejas is expected to be delivered before the induction of Vikrant class aircraft carrier in 2012.^[5]
Hawk Trainer/T-45 Goshawk (10-15)
Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft (30)
HAL HJT-36
SH-3 Sea King Helicopters (6)[1]
20 ASW Helicopters (to replace Sea King) [2]