Indian Naval Ships (INS) Archives

RAFAEL to Showcase C-GEM at AOC 2022 After Successful Live Fire Test of Naval System on Israeli Navy Saar 6 Corvette

Arie Egozi - May 10, 2022

Tel Aviv: RAFAEL will be showcasing the C-GEM Decoy at the AOC 2022 exhibition in Montpellier. Earlier this year, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems alongside the Israeli Navy and Ministry of Defence Directorate of Defence Research...

Indian Naval Ship INS Kolkata in Djibouti as Part of Anti-Piracy Patrol

Admin - May 8, 2022

New Delhi: Indian Naval ship, INS Kolkata visited African port of Djibouti from May 4 to May 7 as part of the anti-piracy patrol being undertaken by the Indian Navy to ensure safe transit...

Titagarh Wagon Ltd Lays Keel of Second Diving Support Craft

Admin - May 5, 2022

New Delhi: Keel laying for the second ship of Diving Support Craft (DSC) project was held on May 5 at Titagarh Wagons Ltd., Kolkata. The contract for procurement of Five Diving Support Craft (Yards...

Rear Admiral Sanjay Sadhu Takes Over as Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam

Admin - April 6, 2022

New Delhi: Rear Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, NM, took over as the Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam from Rear Admiral IB Uthaiah, AVSM, VSM during a formal ceremony held on April 6, 2022. Rear Admiral Sanjay...

Indian Navy’s Condors are Airborne

Col Alok Mathur SM - April 4, 2022

In the morning hours of March 29, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar announced the commissioning of the second Naval squadron (INAS 316) equipped with P8I, long-range maritime reconnaissance multi-role aircraft, in...

Indo-French Bilateral Naval Exercise VARUNA 2022 Concludes

Admin - April 4, 2022

New Delhi: The culmination of the 20th edition of the Indo-French bilateral Naval exercise ‘Varuna-2022’ took place on April 3, 2022. The exercise this year had an expanded scope covering a broad spectrum of...

Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru Assume Charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff

Admin - April 2, 2022

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru, AVSM, NM assumed charge as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on March 31, 2022. Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru is an alumni of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla. He...

Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar Takes Charge as Commandant – National Defence Academy

Admin - April 2, 2022

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar, assumed the appointment of Commandant, National Defence Academy on April 1, 2022 from Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor. As an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar...

INS Shardul Arrives in Madagascar with Relief Material

Admin - March 13, 2020

New Delhi. Indian Naval Ship Shardul entered Port Antsiranana, Madagascar on March 10. The ship was carrying 600 tonnes of rice as per directives of Government of India. An official ceremony for handing over...

MiG-29K Crashes Near Goa

Admin - February 24, 2020

New Delhi: Indian Navy MiG-29K fighter jet crashed near Goa on February 23 morning but the pilot ejected safely. “Today morning (February 23) at around 1030h a MiG-29K aircraft on a routine training sortie crashed...

Naval Ship Airavat in Madagascar for Relief Operations

Admin - February 1, 2020

New Delhi: INS Airavat arrived at the port of Antsiranana (Madagascar) on January 30 to undertake relief operations after floods from heavy rains led to a crisis in the region. Upon arrival, the Commanding...

Indian Naval Ships on Port Call to Manila, Philippines

Admin - October 23, 2019

New Delhi. As part of Indian Navy's Overseas Deployment to South East Asia and Western Pacific, Indian Navy ships Sahyadri and Kiltan have been making a port call at Manila, Philippines from October 23...

Indian Navy’s First Training Squadron on Overseas Deployment at Tanzania

Admin - October 14, 2019

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. As part of Overseas Deployment, four indigenously built ships of Indian Navy's First Training Squadron, Indian Naval Ships Tir, Sujata and Shardul and Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi, have been...