Current Affairs 22nd Nov 2018

DATE: 22/11/2018

Wednesday

Current Affairs

Prepared by: Maharana Sibasankar

Sources: THE HINDU and the Indian Express

  1. INDIA HAS MADE A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE U.S. FOR PURCHASING 24 MH-60R MULTI-ROLE HELICOPTERS (MRH) FOR THE NAVY
  • The Government issued the Letter of Request (LoR) recently for procurement of 24 MRH from the U.S. government under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route.
  • The deal is of $2bn.
  • The Navy is facing a critical shortage of helicopters and several frontline warships that are plying with empty helicopter decks in the present days.
  • These helicopters are being procured as a replacementfor 15 Sea King Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters de-inducted from service in the year 1991 and one Sea King 42B MRH lost in an accident.
  • The current MRHs in service i.e. Sea King 42Bs, were inducted in the 1980s.
  • All the helicopters would be delivered in a phased manner between 2020-24.
  • MH-60R: It is also referred to as ‘Romeo’. The helicopter is equipped for a range of missions i.e.
  • Anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
  • Anti-surface warfare (ASuW)
  • Search-and-rescue (SAR)
  • Naval gunfire support (NGFS)
  • Surveillance
  • Communications relay
  • Logistics support and
  • Personnel transfer and vertical replenishment (VERTREP).

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