Indian Navy

Mazagon Dock, L&T shortlisted for Rs45,000-cr submarine project
22 Jan 2020
Defence ministry has rejected proposals from Adani Defence and state-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited, leaving MDL and L&T as Indian partners to team up with foreign manufacturers for the production of six next-generation conventional submarines

Navy to get first India-built aircraft carrier next year
09 Jan 2020
INS Vikrant, which is under Phase-3 construction at Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) is likely to be commissioned by early 2021 and will be fully operational, with its fleet of MiG-29K aircraft, by 2022

LCA Tejas completes launch and recovery trials in a single sortie
30 Sep 2019
LCA (Navy) was launched off the ski jump of shore-based INS Hansa in Goa at 1621 hours and was subsequently “trapped” at 1631 hrs on the arresting gear site (both from INS Hansa), completing launch and recovery in a single sortie

Navy deploys warships to secure Gulf of Oman for Indian vessels
21 Jun 2019
Besides deploying two warships in Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf the Navy is carrying out aerial surveillance and is also monitoring movement of vessels from its Information Fusion Centre at Gurgaon

Navy deploys warships to secure Gulf of Oman for Indian vessels
21 Jun 2019
Besides deploying two warships in Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf the Navy is carrying out aerial surveillance and is also monitoring movement of vessels from its Information Fusion Centre at Gurgaon

Govt invites EoIs for Rs45,000-cr submarine project for Navy
21 Jun 2019
The EoI for shortlisting of Indian strategic partners has been uploaded on MoD and Indian Navy websites and the EoI for shortlisting of OEMs will be issued in two weeks, a defence ministry release stated

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa takes over as COSC
29 May 2019
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa will be the Chairman COSC with effect from 31 May 2019 with the superannuation of current chairman Admiral Sunil Lanba

Mazagon Docks delivers fourth Scorpene class submarine `Vela’
06 May 2019
Eight warships and five submarines are currently under construction at MDL, which is one of the country’s leading shipyards with a capacity to meet requirements of the Indian Navy
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