New Delhi. Chief of the Naval Staff, French Navy, Admiral Christophe Prazuck has been visiting India from January 6-9 to consolidate bilateral naval relations between India and France, as also to explore new avenues...
KOCHI. Japan Navy Ship JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Samidare, commanded by Commander Gen Kawai visited Kochi from December 20-22.
On December 21, Captain Takahiro Nishiyama, Commander Escort Division Four accompanied by the Commanding Officer...
NEW DELHI. In his first visit after taking over, Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Commander in Chief Admiral Luechai Ruddit visited India from December 18 to 21 along with a nine member RTN delegation.
The visit...
GURUGRAM. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) at Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) Gurugram on December 22.
Apart from representation by officials from the Ministry of...
New Delhi. In yet another boost to Make in India and the country's maritime security, Indian Navy has commissioned IN LCU L55 into its fleet at Port Blair on December 19.
IN LCU L55 was...
NEW DELHI. In an effort to evaluate its own ‘Rapid Airlift Capability’ and to enhance crew currency in the role, Western Air Command of the India Air Force (IAF) airlifted a record 463 tonnes...
New Delhi. Indian Defence University (IDU) organised a two-day workshop on 'Ideas for Sustainability' for senior and middle level officers from the three Services in New Delhi on December 13.
The workshop intends to cover...
MUMBAI. Indian Navy inducted first flyaway Deep Sea Submarine Rescue System in a glittering ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on December 12.
The submarine rescue system was formally inducted by Chief of...
NEW DELHI. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has complimented the Armed Forces for their valiant and vigilant contribution to national security on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day in New Delhi on December...
New Delhi. Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Sunil Lanba released ‘Blue Waters Ahoy!’, a book chronicling the Indian Navy’s history from 2001-10 in New Delhi on December 4.
The book unveiling was a part...
Indian Navy celebrates Navy Day on December 4 every year. It commemorates that night in 1971 when three Osa class missile boats nick named Killers struck Karachi in Op Trident in the opening bell...
NEW DELHI. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on December 1 accorded approval for the acquisition of defence equipment worth Rs 3,000 crore including indigenous BrahMos missile for two...
Panaji. The bilateral naval exercise between India Navy (IN) and Royal Navy (RN) of the United Kingdom KONKAN 18 commenced off Goa Coast on November 28.
Naval cooperation between India and the United Kingdom is...