New Delhi: The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to be appointed soon will come under the purview of the Right to Information Act (RTI), Parliament was told.
The decision to have a CDS was announced...
New Delhi: With a view to bolstering coastal security and counter the increasing Chinese interest in the Indian Ocean Region, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Karambir Singh ahead of Navy Day on December...
New Delhi: With a view to strengthen security at ports and protect warships, Indian Navy is exploring alternative methods with plans to procure a new class of mine hunting warships — which have been...
New Delhi: In a move to strengthen coastal defence, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the purchase of 14 Twin Engine Heavy Helicopters (TEHH).
The DAC cleared proposal...
New Delhi: The Indian Navy has kept out the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and private firm Reliance Defence from the $3 billion Make in India programme to build 111...
New Delhi: Two days ahead of Navy Day on December 4, Indian Navy’s first woman pilot will join Naval operations, official sources said in Kochi on November 21.
Lieutenant Shivangi will join naval operations on...
New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind on November 20 said that Indian Navy was inducting a large number of highly capable and state-of-the-art assets and equipment, while focussing on the strategic importance of the...
New Delhi: As part of its move to boost maritime relations with Gulf countries, India and Oman will conduct the 12th edition of bilateral maritime exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ in the Arabian Sea next...
New Delhi: Five-day joint exercise Zair-Al-Bahr (Roar of the Sea) of Indian Navy and Qatari Emiri Naval Forces began on November 17 which would strengthen cooperation and enhance interoperability between the two navies.
Navy Guided...
New Delhi. India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scored another first with the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) carrying out a successful nighttime “arrested landing" by the Indian Navy at Shore Based Test Facility...
New Delhi. Indian Navy has shortlisted four Indian firms including Tata, Adani, Mahindra Defence Systems and Bharat Forge as strategic partners for the project involving a deal worth Rs 25,000 crore for indigenous manufacturing...
New Delhi: A two-day Coastal Security Exercise Sagar Kavach was conducted by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) from November 11 off the coast of Kerala, Mahe and Lakshadweep Islands to assess the preparedness of all...
New Delhi: INS Kamorta, an Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette jointly exercised with Indonesian Warship KRI Usman Harun, a multi-role Corvette in the Bay of Bengal as part of the two-day Indian Navy – Indonesian Navy...