Indian Navy engages in a week-long Advanced Light Helicopter training in Lanka

Colombo, March 28 (IANS) Per week-long coaching by Indian Navy’s Superior Gentle Helicopter (ALH) for coaching of Sri Lanka Air Drive (SLAF) pilots and Sri Lanka Navy ships for shipborne helicopter operations is now being carried out, Indian Excessive Fee mentioned.

The ALH arrived at SLAF base Katunayake on March 23 to coach SLAF pilots to get familiarise with it and supply co-pilot expertise as envisioned by the then Chief of Naval Employees, Admiral Karambir Singh in 2019, the Excessive Fee added.

Performed by the visiting coaching workforce on March 25, the SAR demonstration was attended by Air Commodore Lasitha Sumanaweera, Commander of the SLAF Base Katunayake, and the coaching workforce additionally undertook an intensive deck touchdown observe onboard Sri Lanka Navy’s superior offshore patrol vessel Sayurala over the week.

“The coaching deployment is consistent with the capability constructing initiative of the Authorities of

India amongst its neighbours as a part of ‘Neighbourhood First Coverage’. The engagement would

additionally foster nearer interoperability and seamless conduct of coordinated maritime operations,”

the Excessive Fee mentioned.

The indigenous ALH helicopter as a part of the ‘Sarang’ Aerobatic Show Workforce of IAF participated in the course of the seventieth anniversary celebrations of SLAF in 2021.

Over the current years Indian navy have had a collection of joint coaching and sharing of

experiences with its Sri Lankan counterpart.

In the latest main joint safety ventures, on March 22 the Sri Lanka Cupboard introduced

signing of an MoU with regard to India-funded Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC)

within the Indian Ocean island nation.

Constructed with an Indian grant of $6 million MRCC is to be constructed by an Indian government-owned aerospace and protection electronics firm, Bharath Electronics.

MRCC is to be arrange contained in the Sri Lanka Navy headquarters and eight different sub-units are to be positioned across the nation. Beneath the settlement India may even present three Dornier maritime surveillance plane to Sri Lanka, whereas the Sri Lanka Navy is to obtain a 4,000 MT floating barge from India.

“The excessive degree of understanding and coordination between the Armed Forces of the 2

nations additional cement the shut relations achieved by millennia outdated pleasant ties between the 2 neighbours,” the Indian Excessive Fee added.

–IANS

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