Indian Navy Indigenisation Plan (INIP)

The Navy is looking to procure variants of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) and Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) modified for ship-based operations.
The Navy which has taken an early lead towards indigenisation decades ago and in 2014 promulgated the Indian Navy Indigenisation Plan (INIP) 2015-2030 to enable indigenous development of equipment and systems is further ramping up indigenisation efforts especially in weapons and aviation related items.

In pursuance of the Government of India’s vision of ‘Make in India’, the Indian Navy has embarked upon an initiative to evolve a guideline document, the “Indian Naval Indigenisation Plan (INIP) 2015-2030”, to enunciate the need for developing various advanced systems for its platforms.
This document supersedes the Indigenisation Plan published in 2008 for the period 2008-2022.
This document is aimed to enable indigenous development of equipment and systems over the next 15 years.
Some of the focus areas include indigenous design and development and production of Anti-Submarine Weapons and sensors, Satcom and electronic warfare equipment, Anti-Ship Missiles and Medium Range Surface to Air Missile, combat management system, software defined radios, network encryption devices, Link II communication system, main batteries for submarines, distress sonar system, components of missiles and torpedoes etc.

In-house indigenisation committees have been formed to handle indigenisation of spares with respect to naval aircraft. In addition, the Naval Liaison Cells (NLCs) located at various places have been nominated as ‘indigenisation cells’.
The Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) which was launched to provide a flexible and accessible interface for academia and industry with Indian Navy capability development apparatus
New Intellectual Property Rights applications have been filed by Navy personnel(36 in the last 2 years).
Transfer of Technology to MSMEs has already been undertaken
Navy has now forward deployed user inputs through Naval Project Management Teams at cluster Headquarters of DRDO
These have interfaced with the DRDO labs and their Development cum Production Partners (DcPP) to provide user inputs at every stage to 15 futuristic Technology and 100 plus DRDO projects underway for development of Indian Navy’s combat capability

The indigenously designed and developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH-DHRUV) is a twin engine, multi-role, multi-mission new generation helicopter in the 5.5 ton weight class.
It is a multi-role chopper with the Shakti engine manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
The helicopters are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment like Surveillance Radar, Electro-Optic Pod, Medical Intensive Care Unit, High-intensity SearchLight, SAR Homer, Loud Hailer, Machine Gun and can perform other key roles.
Even at night, it will be able to alleviate low visibility during search and rescue operations.
It possesses a 0.7 mm gun, giving it a significant capability in LIMO (low intensity maritime operations).
The new autonomous flight control system outperforms the older version.

These helicopters will usher a paradigm shift in the capability in ship-borne operations and enhance coastal surveillance.

LUH is designed and developed as a replacement for Cheetah & Chetak helicopters which are being operated by Indian Armed forces.
LUH is a new generation helicopter in the 3-Ton class incorporating the state of the art technology features like Glass cockpit with Multi-Function Displays (MFD) and powered by single Turbo Shaft engine with sufficient power margin to cater to demanding high altitude missions.

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