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India, Vietnam carry out bilateral maritime drill in South China Sea

India and Vietnam navies have carried out bilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea, the Indian navy said on Wednesday.

INS Vikrant is 12 years late and 13 times the budgeted cost

A saga of shortfalls and ineptitude - in planning, obtaining sanctions, designing, construction and financing - has caused a delay of 12 years in building and shot up its cost 13 times

INS Vikrant, India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, heads out to sea

The 40,000 tonne INS Vikrant is designed to operate a mix of aircraft

Vice Admiral Ghormade takes charge as new Vice Chief of Indian Navy

Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, a navigation and direction specialist, on Saturday assumed charge as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Navy.

Will neutralise drones, UAVs near installations, says Indian Navy

The Indian Navy in Goa has warned against flying drones or unmanned UAVs near naval installations, stating that such devices would be "neutralised"

Defence Ministry issues formal tender for mega submarine programme

The Defence Ministry on Tuesday issued the request for proposal (RFP) or the formal tender to domestically build six conventional submarines for the Navy at a cost of over Rs 40,000 crore, over a month after the mega acquisition project was cleared. It will be the first project to be implemented under the strategic partnership (SP) model that allows domestic firms to collaborate with foreign players to produce high-end military platforms in India. The RFP was issued to the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the two Indian companies shortlisted following a long-drawn process, according to the defence ministry. Both L&T and MDL will have to collaborate with one of the five already short-listed foreign shipyards -- Daewoo Shipbuilding (South Korea), ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (Germany), Navantia (Spain) and Naval Group (France) and JSC ROE(Russia). "These five foreign firms are the world leaders in the field of conventional submarine design,

MH-60R choppers, aircraft to help cooperation with Indian navy: Pentagon

India receiving two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from US Navy and 10th P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft will strengthen cooperation and interoperability between navies of two countries

Boost for Navy as delivery of MH-60R Seahawk multi-role helicopters begins

The helicopters, which are the first of 24 Seahawks contracted last year by the Indian Navy for $2.12 billion, were formally accepted by Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India's ambassador to the US

US Navy hands over first two MH-60R multi role helicopters to India

In yet another sign of strengthening India-US defense relationship, the US Navy has handed over the first two MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters to the Indian Navy.

From a mere token presence, Rolls-Royce's India operations boom in a decade

A decade ago, Rolls-Royce India was little more than a trading outpost in Bengaluru that provided engineering services using 500 employees from TCS and QuEST

UK's carrier strike group to carry out wargame with the Indian Navy

The UK's carrier strike group led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed into the Indian Ocean region and will carry out a wargame with the Indian Navy later this month

Indian Navy prohibits flying of drones within 3 kms of Naval assets

The Navy's decision came in view of a drone attack on an Indian Air Force base in Jammu last month injuring two personnel

Indian Navy's reluctance to vacate spectrum likely to delay 5G auction

The entire spectrum offered by the govt in the last auction was sold off at the base price

INS Sarvekshak completes survey assistance of ill-fated MV X-Press Pearl

The X-Press Pearl reported an onboard acid leak and caught fire just as it was due to enter the Colombo harbour on May 20. The fire was put out only after 13 days.

India, US join to conduct integrated maritime engagements in Indian Ocean

The United States Navy and Indian armed forces again joined together to conduct integrated sea and air engagements off the coast of India on June 23 and 24

ICJ bill giving Jadhav right to appeal presented in Pakistani Senate

The International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) Bill, meant to provide the right of appeal to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, was presented in the Senate on Thursday

India must aim to be among world's top 3 naval powers in 10-12 yrs: Rajnath

The defence minister said the naval base being developed under "Project Seabird" should be Asia's biggest

India, US kick off mega wargame in Indian Ocean with eye on China

The Indian Navy has also deployed a fleet of P8I maritime surveillance aircraft and MiG 29K jets, apart from other platforms.

To bolster security, Britain joins Indian Ocean monitoring hub in Gurgaon

The IFC-IOR, which was established in April 2019, has liaison officers from five countries - the US, France, Japan, Australia and now the UK

Chinese presence in Sri Lanka 'could pose a threat': Indian Navy

Navy Vice Chief Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar said the Indian Navy is very well prepared to secure the maritime boundaries of the country