Indian Navy

Visakhapatnam. India-Japana Maritime Exercise JIMEX 2018 commenced at Visakhapatnam on October 7. To participate in the joint maritime exercise, Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) Ships Kaga, an Izumo Class Helicopter Destroyer and Inazuma –...

  MUMBAI. As part of 'Parakram Parv' celebrations to commemorate the second anniversary of surgical Strike by India, almost 6000 school children from about 30 schools in and around Mumbai along with cadets from NCC...

KOLKATA. “L-55” a “Mark IV LCU Vessel, built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata, was formally “Handed Over” to the Indian Navy on September 28 at GRSE, Kolkata. It is a...

  INDIAN SHIP-BUILDING company Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) has awarded a contract to Germany-based Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the overhaul and upgrade of the Indian Navy’s Shishumar-class submarine INS Shishumar. Under the Medium Refit and...

  Visakhapatnam. The 3rd Meeting of Indian Ocean Naval symposium (IONS) Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) was inaugurated at Maritime Warfare Centre, Visakhapatnam by Rear Adm Mahesh Singh Chief Staff Officer...

  NEW DELHI. A contract was signed by the Indian Navy with M/s Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Vishakhapatnam, on September 20, 2018 for construction of two Diving Support Vessels (DSV) to augment the Indian Navy’s submarine...

NEW DELHI. Commander Abhilash Tomy KC of the Indian Navy, representing India in the Golden Globe Race 2018(GGR) on an indigenously built sailing vessel ‘Thuriya’ was dismasted and suffered a back injury on September...

  Dabolim, Goa. Indian Navy along with defence industry, research organisation and academia brainstormed on the flight testing of fixed and rotary wing aircraft towards integrating them on the aircraft carrier and small decks in...

  New Delhi. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met in New Delhi on August 13 and accorded approval for the procurement of six indigenously designed and manufactured Next Generation...

  New Delhi. The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Project was reviewed by Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) July 19. He was accompanied by Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar, AVSM, VSM, Vice Chief of...

  Ezhimala. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (C-in-C), Southern Naval Command, Vice Admiral AR Karve arrived on a two-day official visit to the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala, May 2. On his arrival, he was received by...

“We cannot afford to be weak at sea. History has shown that whoever controls the Indian Ocean has, in the first instance, India’s sea-borne trade at her mercy and, in the second, India’s very...