Indian Navy
India has scotched Gulf of Aden piracy: Navy
05 Dec 2015
INS Astradharini joins Indian Navy
06 Oct 2015
Indian Navy commissions INS Kochi, largest India-made warship
30 Sep 2015
INS Kochi, which will add more teeth to the Indian Navy's sword arm, also reaffirms the country’s indigenous ship-building and the 'Make in India' capabilities
UN tribunal asks India, Italy to suspend trial of Italian marines
24 Aug 2015
However, the Tribunal did not accede to Italy’s long time demand that one of the two marines, Salvatore Girone, who is still in India, should also be allowed to go back home till the case is finally disposed of
Japan to join India and US in Indian Ocean war games
22 Jul 2015
The Indian Ocean is emerging as a new arena of competition as China seeks to deflect the dispute in the South China Sea by making inroads into the Indian Ocean
Russia selects Pipavav for $3-bn `Make in India’ frigate deal
17 Jul 2015
The contract for the new frigates is likely to be in the form of a govt-to-govt order with Russia, with delivery expected over the next 6-8 years
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
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