Indian Navy
After South China Sea, China sets sights on Indian Ocean
02 Jul 2015
China seems to be annoyed by India's move to build strategic assets in two Indian Ocean countries, Mauritius and Seychelles
26 countries ask for Indian help to rescue citizens from Yemen
07 Apr 2015
Following the India’s success in pulling out its citizens from strife-torn Yemen – a triumph for minister of state for external affairs Gen V K Singh — powers like the US and France are lining up for help
India launches first of Scorpene-class submarines, `Kalvari’
06 Apr 2015
`Kalvari’ is the first of six Scorpene-class stealth submarines being built at the Mazagon Dock Limited under Project 75, in collaboration with DCNS, France
Airbus gets 6 Indian partners to bid for Navy copter contract: report
06 Apr 2015
Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter) is reporyted to be planning to partner multiple Indian vendors, including Mahindra Group, Reliance, Tata Group, Punj Lloyd, Pipavav, and L&T, to bag the naval helicopter contract
US to help India acquire latest aircraft carrier technology
04 Apr 2015
The new system helps jets launch off a flat deck at a faster rate and with less fatigue to the aircraft, thereby also helping carriers to hold more aircraft on their decks
Navy rescues 350 Indians trapped in strife-torn Yemen
01 Apr 2015
Four ships, including destroyer INS Mumbai and stealth frigate INS Tarkash and merchant vessels Kavaratti and Coral and four planes, including two Air India Airbus A-180s and two IAF C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft are engaged in the rescue mission
India clears $8-bn plan to counter China’s naval expansion
20 Feb 2015
It will take a decade or even longer for all the ships to be built, even if the shipyards were to start construction immediately
US likely to offer technology for India’s largest aircraft carrier
04 Feb 2015
The flat-deck technology will help increase the number of aircraft on board the INS Vishal to 50 from 34 and enable deployment of heavier fighter jets with longer reach as well as airborne early warning aircraft
Indian Coast Guard foils another potential 26/11
03 Jan 2015
It now transpires that the Pakistani boat that exploded in mid-sea off the Porbandar coast, was part of a terrorist mission on the lines of the 26/11 Mumbai attack
Explosives-laden Pak boat explodes in Arabian Sea
02 Jan 2015
Four persons were seen on the fishing boat who disregarded all warnings by the Coast Guard and, as per intelligence inputs received, the vessel from KetiBunder near Karachi was planning some illicit transaction
India successfully flight-tests naval version of LCA
22 Dec 2014
With the latest test flight, the LCA Naval version has proved its worthiness and is ready for induction into the Indian Navy
America’s Sikorsky bags Rs6,000-cr deal for Navy copters
06 Dec 2014
United Technologies Corporation group company Sikorsky Aircraft Corp has been selected for the supply of 16 multi-role helicopters for the Indian Navy in a contract worth Rs6,000 crore
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