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Rear Admiral Antony George assumes charge as chief of staff of SNC

Rear Admiral Antony George assumed charge as the new Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command and Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar as the Chief Staff Officer (Training) of the SNC. Both Flag Officers are alumni of the Indian Naval Academy and were commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1987 and July 1 1990 respectively, a defence release said here. Rear Admiral George is an "Anti Submarine Warfare" (ASW) specialist, who has served on board frontline ASW ships and commanded the Missile Corvette INS Khanjar, as well as the Guided Missile Frigate INS Tarkash. As a Flag Officer, he served as the first Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Staff Requirements) at Naval Headquarters after which he took over as the Chief Staff Officer (Training), SNC on February, 2020. Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar is a specialist in Navigation and Direction and has served on frontline warships as Navigating Officer and Operations Officer, the release said. Rear Admiral George is a recipi

PM Modi inaugurates second edition of 'Maritime India Summit 2021'

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart YS Jaganmohan Reddy also joined the event via video conferencing

Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar takes over as new chief of Western Naval Command

Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar on Sunday took over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command. He succeeded Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar, who served at the helm of this premier command since January 2019, and who retired after an illustrious career spanning 40 years, a Navy release said. Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the Navy on January 1, 1983. The ceremonial handing over of the baton took place at a function here, it added.

Cochin Shipyard bags Rs 10,000-crore Navy order for six missile vessels

The yard has delivered two of India's largest double hull Aframax tankers each of 95,000 DWT

Uttarakhand: Navy diving team assesses glacial lake formation at Tapovan

The scientists will use this critical data to determine the pressure on the mud wall of the dam

High-ranking heads in armed forces get powers to clear smaller projects

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved financial powers to clear projects worth up to Rs 200 crore to the deputy chiefs and command heads of the armed forces

Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021: India joins two-day navy exercise

The Indian Navy has also joined the exercise with a select group of vessels, Admiral Gholamreza Tahani, spokesman of the drill, was quoted as saying

Indian Navy gets third Scorpene submarine, to be commissioned as INS Karanj

The Indian Navy got its third Scorpene submarine of Project P-75 on Monday in Mumbai

Nearly impossible to reassemble INS Viraat now, says ship-breaker

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the dismantling of 'Viraat' which was in service with the Indian Navy for nearly three decades.

SC orders status quo on dismantling decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat

The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered status quo on the dismantling of India's decommissioned aircraft carrier 'Viraat' which was in service with the Indian Navy for nearly three decades

Pak Navy to be modernised with Chinese warships and submarines: Navy chief

Pakistan will acquire four modern frigates and eight submarines from its close ally China as part of the efforts to modernise Pakistan Navy and add to its offensive capabilities, its chief has said.

Crown group ties up with MiG for post-warranty support to Indian Navy jets

Crown group announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Russian aircraft corporation MiG

Indian Navy delivers coronavirus vaccines to Mauritius and Seychelles

A Poseidon 8I aircraft of the Indian Navy transported 100,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to Mauritius and 50,000 doses to Seychelles as part of India's grants assistance

Navy to hold mega defence exercise covering over 7,500 kms of coastline

The Indian Navy will kick-start on Tuesday a two-day multi-agency military exercise covering India's 7,516 km-long coastline, involving 13 coastal states and Union Territories

Indian Navy to conduct two-day mega defence exercise from Tuesday

The Indian Navy will kick-start a two-day mega defence exercise on Tuesday covering the country's 7516 km coastline and exclusive economic zone, officials said. Billed as India's largest coastal defence exercise, it will involve all the 13 coastal states and Union Territories along with other maritime stakeholders, they said. "The second edition of the biennial pan-India coastal defence exercise 'Sea Vigil-21' will be conducted on January 12-13," the Navy said. It said the scale and conceptual expanse of the exercise are "unprecedented" in terms of the geographical extent and the number of stakeholders involved, units participating and objectives to be met. "The exercise is a build-up towards the major theatre level exercise TROPEX which Indian Navy conducts every two years," it said. "Sea Vigil and TROPEX together will cover the entire spectrum of maritime security challenges, including the transition from peace to conflict," the Navy said in a statement.

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Defence PSU GRSE delivers eighth landing craft utility ship to Indian Navy

Defence PSU GRSE has delivered to the Indian Navy the last of the eight landing craft utility ships manufactured by it, providing a major boost to the country's defence preparedness

Navy, DRDO conduct maiden trial of 1st indigenous air-droppable container

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the Indian Navy conducted the successful maiden test trial of India's first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container

Indian Navy delivers 15 tonnes of aid to Cambodia for flood relief

As a part of the ongoing Mission Sagar-III, India delivered 15 tonnes of flood relief material to Cambodia

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