[IAC#RG] FW: Copter Deal

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From: Tcg Menon <tcgmenon@gmail.com>
Date: 14 February 2013 14:28
Subject: Copter Deal
To: newsroom@timesnow.com

Yesterday I watched the debate on  'Times Now' regarding kick-backs in the Helicopter Deal with   an Italian Company. Majority of the Retd. Army and  Air Force personnel were saying that  the original specification might have been altered to ensure more transparency because initially they got  only one tender. But it is revealed that  there are  three countries  manufacturing helicopter capable of  flying more than 18000 feet  high with  similar specification and  passenger capacity. Details are given below and all the details are available on the internet. The original specification was  suitable for evacuation and  transportation of  military personnel from Kargil and Siachen during the war. Moreover, the  original proposal might have been made after  Kargil  war in 1999. At that time  our indigenously- developed Dhruva which  can also fly at a height of 20000  feet was not there.  The Dhruva entered into service in 2002. So if the Govt. wanted,  it could have  purchased  Dhruva and saved  Foreign exchange . Even Israel  has purchased  Dhruva.  Majority of  Defence  Deal  Scams  started  during Rajiv  Gandhi's  period, when the  Western lobby become powerful  and India turned to   the West  for defence  equipments and  subsequently  scams  also increased.  By cancelling this  Deal , our  country 's  security  will  not  be  jeopardized  as we have  Dhruva, the production of which should be increased.

T C G

 

 

Rajiv Gandhi 1984-1989

Westland helicopter scam

The Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi forced the public sector Pawan Hans Corporation to buy 21 helicopters from a British company that was shutting down. A series of technical faults and crashes followed. The helicopters were eventually discarded as junk and lined up at an unused airport in Mumbai.

     

    

 

 

 

Tiger hill (highest mountain seen in the background) as seen from the River Indus in Kargil.
Elevation	17,411 ft (5,307 m)
Location
Location	Drass/Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Range	The Himalayas

The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the HimalayaMountains at about 35.421226°N 77.109540°E, just north-east of the point NJ9842where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends.^[4] At 70 km (43 mi) long, it is the longest glacier in the Karakoram and second-longest in the world's non-polar areas.^[5] It falls from an altitude of 5,753 m (18,875 ft) above sea level at its head at Indira Col on the China border down to 3,620 m (11,875 ft) at itsterminus

 

 

 

Agusta A109 Power

Data from www.agustawestland.com^[33] [34]

General characteristics

·         Crew: 1 or 2 pilots

·         Capacity: 7/6 passengers

·         Length: 42 ft 9 in (13.04 m)

·         Rotor diameter: 36 ft 2 in (11.00 m)

·         Height: 11 ft 6 in (3.50 m)

·         Empty weight: 3,461 lb (2,000kg)

·         Max. takeoff weight: 6,283 lb (2,850 kg–3,000 kg depending on version)

·         Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada 206C or Turbomeca Arrius 2K1turboshafts, 567 hp or 571 hp (423 kW or 426 kW) each

Performance

·         Maximum speed: 177 mph (154 knots, 285 km/h)

·         Ferry range: 599 mi (521 NM, 964 km)

·         Service ceiling: 19,600 ft (6,000 m)

·         Rate of climb: 1,930 ft/min (9.8 m/s)

Data from {Eurocopter EC135 2008 Tech Data book}

·         Crew: 1 pilot

·         Capacity: up to seven passengers or two crew and two patients (Air Ambulance variant) or 1,455 kg (3,208 lb) payload

·         Length: 12.16 m (39 ft 11 in)

·         Height: 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in)

·         Empty weight: 1,455 kg (3,208 lb)

·         Max takeoff weight: 2,910 kg (6,415 lb)

·         Powerplant: 2 × Turboméca Arrius 2B2 turboshaft engines, 472 kW (633 hp) each or 2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B turboshaft engines rated at 463 kW (621 hp) (take-off power)

·         Main rotor diameter: 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)

·         Main rotor area: 81.7 m² (879 sq ft)

Performance

·         Cruising speed: 254 km/h (158 mph; 137 kn)

·         Never exceed speed: 287 km/h (178 mph; 155 kn)

·         Range: 635 km (395 mi; 343 nmi)

·         Service ceiling: 6,096 m (20,000 ft)

·         Rate of climb: 7.62 m/s (1,500 ft/min)

 

 

General characteristics.Specifications (Ka-226A)

 

·         Crew: 1

·         Passengers: 9

·         Cargo: 1,400kg internally, or 1,500kg on an external sling

·         Length: 8.1 m (25 ft 7 in)

·         Main rotor diameter: 2× 13 m (42 ft 8 in)

·         Height: 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in)

·         Gross weight: 3400 kg (7496 lb)

·         Powerplant: 2 × Turbomeca Arrius 2G1, 335 kW (450 hp) each

Performance

·         Maximum speed: 205 km/h (127 mph)

·         Cruising speed: 195 km/h (121 mph)

·         Range: 600 km (372 miles)

·         Service ceiling: 6200 m (20300 ft)

·         Hover ceiling: 2500 m (8200 ft)

 

General characteristics

·         Crew: 1 or 2 pilots

·         Capacity: 12 passengers (14 passengers with high density seating) or 4 stretchers.

·         Length: 15.87 m (52 ft 0.8 in)

·         Rotor diameter: 13.20 m (43 ft 3.7 in)

·         Height: 4.98 m (16 ft 4.06 in)

·         Disc area: 137 m² (1,472 ft²)

·         Empty weight: 2,502 kg (5,515 lb)

·         Useful load: 2,600 kg (5,731 lb)

·         Max. takeoff weight: 5,500 kg (12,125 lb)

·         Powerplant: 2 × Shakti turboshafts, 1,000 kW (1,400 shp^[122])
Alternate engine: 2 x Turbomeca TM 333-2B2 turboshaft, 746 kW (1,000 shp) each

Performance

·         Maximum speed: 290 km/h (180 mph, 156.58 kn)

·         Combat radius: 320 km (200 mi, 175 nmi)

·         Ferry range: 827 km (516 mi, 447 nmi)

·         Service ceiling: 6,096 m^[123] (20,000 ft)

·         Rate of climb: 10.3 m/s (2,030 ft/min)

·         Power/mass: 329.73 W/kg (0.20 hp/lb)