Indian Navy

India, Russia to sign deal for four stealth frigates for the Indian Navy

The four stealth frigates will be of the new Admiral Grigorovich-class, a modified and more modern version of Talwar-class, and will be armed with BrahMos supersonic anti-ship and land attack cruise missile.

Sep 12, 2018

India, Russia to sign military logistics agreement in October

Under a logistics agreement, military facilities in partner countries can be used for refuelling of aircraft and ships, repair, maintenance, replenishment of provisions and as resting and transit points for soldiers.

Sep 4, 2018

Decks cleared for Indian Navy to acquire 111 light utility and 24 multi-role helicopters

The Indian Navy has been pressing the government for years to acquire new helicopters to replace the ageing Chetak utility and Sea King multi-role helicopters but the procurement process had been hanging fire for many years until now.

Aug 25, 2018

Kerala floods: Prisoners prepare 20,000 food packets, donate Rs 4.5 lakh to CM's relief fund

The inmates of Kannur Central jail have donated up to 4.5 lakh to the relief fund from their hard earned money.

Aug 21, 2018

Maldives asks India to withdraw choppers and personnel as it woos China

Interestingly, the Maldivian government had recently extended a Letter of Exchange (LoE) till December.

Aug 11, 2018

Maldives reverses its stance: Island nation to continue using Dhruv helicopters

In April, the Letter of Exchange (LoE) between the countries had expired and the Maldives government had asked the Indian Navy to close the process of removal of both the Indian helicopters by June end.

Jul 23, 2018

US offers India top of the line MQ-9 Reaper armed drones

Under a new arms export policy, the United States wants to increase defence exports to friendly countries and help domestic arms manufacturers thrive and also to create new jobs.

Jul 20, 2018

Special forces to get new weapons, equipment to enhance their lethality

Special forces of the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force are getting new weapons and equipment to make them more effective in war and anti-terror operations.

Jul 19, 2018

Defence Ministry postpones warship deal under Make in India

The Rs 20,000 crore contract for landing platform docks (LPD) is witnessing a stiff corporate war between two defence manufacturing giants with allegations of favouritism and supplying insider information.

Jul 18, 2018

Indigenous aircraft Tejas misses yet another deadline

The overall development and production cost of the aircraft that was approved way back in 1983 has increased sharply over years to Rs. 75,000 crore.

Jul 9, 2018

BHEL to tie up with Ukrainian Zorya for refurbishing of warship turbines

Currently, the turbine is sent back to Ukraine which is not only time consuming but also costly. The proposed joint venture could substantially reduce the downtime since they would not be transported all the way to Ukraine.

Jul 7, 2018

Navy unhappy with 'Make in India' submarine upgrade project

The Indian Navy is wary of the project to service their submarines being awarded to an Indian shipyard as opposed to the Russian manufacturers owing to the inordinate delay in completion of such projects in the past.

Jul 4, 2018

India plans to gift Dornier aircraft to Seychelles

Seychelles President Danny Faure is scheduled to visit India around June 25 on a State visit.

Jun 18, 2018

India looks for answers as Seychelles backs out of naval base

The development has taken place 10 days before Seychelles President Danny Faure visits India.

Jun 17, 2018

Corruption allegations stall Indian Navy's Rs 20,000 cr project

The two companies, Reliance Naval & Engineering Ltd and Larson & Toubro, have been involved in a bitter battle for Rs. 20,000 cr mega contract.

Jun 15, 2018

India part of an elite group of countries that have nuclear submarines

Till the early 1980s, there were only four navies in the world that controlled nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Today, there are seven, and India is one of the newest entrants to the elite group.

Jun 11, 2018

Indian Navy welcomes China to Indian Ocean with tongue-in-cheek Twitter post

Three ships – two frigates and a tanker – of the 29th Anti-Piracy Escort Force of the PLA Navy were spotted at sea after which the Indian Navy tweeted the post

Apr 18, 2018

International Women's Day: Here's what Indian Air Force and its fighter pilot Avani Chaturvedi have to say

Indian Air Force has saluted the spirit, courage and strength of women on this International Women's Day.

Mar 8, 2018

'Make in India' setback: Centre withdraws Rs 32,000 crore minesweeper project

The move comes as a major blow to the Indian Navy's efforts to boost its mine-warfare capability and is also seen as a big setback for the "Make in India" initiative.

Jan 8, 2018

India will buy new missiles and bombs worth Rs 1,714 crore

The ammunition procurements will add more teeth to Indian's Air Force and the Navy. Read on to know more

Jan 2, 2018