India and the UK Forge Strategic Partnership for Electric Propulsion in Naval Vessels, Paving the Way for Future Warship Innovation
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India and the United Kingdom discussed the future of electric propulsion in naval vessels at their second joint working group meeting, the India-UK Electric Propulsion Capability Partnership, held in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Rear Admiral Steve McCarthy, Director of Ships Operations and Capability Integration, Defence Equipment and Support, and Rajeev Prakash, Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production, co-chaired the meeting.
Organizations from the defense industries of India and the UK came together at the 2022 Defence Expo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, to form a new defense industry joint working group for improved collaboration.
To assist India in developing marine electric-propulsion technology for its upcoming warships, the Electric Propulsion Capability Partnership was later formed following the Gandhinagar Expo.
As of now, India’s naval warships lack electric propulsion. Future warships of the Indian Navy may incorporate them.
The finalization of the Statement of Technical Requirements (SOTR), Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) procedures, maintenance, Manning Philosophy, and System Integration requirements were among the topics of discussion between the British and Indian sides of the Electric Propulsion Partnership on Tuesday.
A post shared on X, formerly Twitter, by the UK Defence in India stated, “Progress through partnership with people and safety at its heart and a huge capability opportunity for the @indiannavy. Exciting times ahead for our marine engineers.”
Propeller blades are propelled by electrical power in electric propulsion. Increasing the availability of electric power, lowering carbon emissions, and enhancing ship navigation efficiency are just a few of the benefits that developing electric propulsion can offer the armed forces.
India and the UK defense sector have maintained a long-term, multifaceted partnership that has institutionalized defense dialogue at the level of the Defence Secretary.
Regular exchanges take place between the Indian army and the other armed forces, encompassing officer training and joint exercises.
This year’s joint military exercise between the UK and India, known as AJEYA WARRIOR-23, marked its seventh edition and took place in the UK in April and May. The exercise is alternately held in the UK and India; Chaubatia, Uttarakhand, hosted the previous iteration.
There were soldiers from the Indian Army’s BIHAR Regiment and the United Kingdom’s 2 Royal Gorkha Rifles.
According to a statement from the Indian Ministry of Defence, the exercise aimed to foster good military relations, adopt each other’s best practices, and develop interoperability, bonhomie, camaraderie, and friendship between the two armies while carrying out company-level sub-conventional operations in urban and semi-urban environments under UN mandate.
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