Indian Navy
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
Indian Navy commissions indigenous stealth warship INS Kamorta
23 Aug 2014
INS Kamorta is first of the four ASW stealth corvettes designed by the Directorate of Naval Design, and the ship has an indigenous component of about 90 per cent
US to sell 22 Harpoon missiles to India for $200 million
03 Jul 2014
The US government plans to sell 22 anti-ship Harpoon missiles to India in a new initiative to strengthen US-India strategic relationship
Robin K Dhowan takes over as Chief of Staff of Indian Navy
17 Apr 2014
Admiral Robin K Dhowan has taken over as Chief of Staff of the Indian Navy, nearly two months after Adm D K Joshi quit as naval chief
Now, 'gas leak’ in warship kills Naval commander
07 Mar 2014
Navy chief Joshi resigns after new submarine disaster
26 Feb 2014
The chief of the Indian Navy, Admiral D K Joshi, resigned today taking moral responsibility for the third submarine mishap in the last seven months
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