How is India preparing to boost its naval capacity by 2035? | Explained
September 18, 2023 20:31 ISTThe Ministry of Defence recently approved plans to acquire 26 Rafale M fighter jets by Dassault Aviation for the Indian Navy.
The Ministry of Defence recently approved plans to acquire 26 Rafale M fighter jets by Dassault Aviation for the Indian Navy.
In 2022, the government decided to celebrate Navy Day outside New Delhi. The celebration event was organized on Ramakrishna Beach in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Admiral Prakash, who was in Kolkata on Saturday to deliver the ‘Sarat Chandra Bose Lecture’, lauded Netaji and said that he was a man of strategic vision and had planned a liberation war from two sides of the Indian subcontinent.
India currently has two aircraft carriers, INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant. The first IAC was commissioned by the Indian Navy in September last year.
Named after a mountain peak in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha, this is the seventh ship of Project 17A frigates series and boasts enhanced stealth features, advanced weapons, sensors, and platform management systems.
The seventh frigate ship is scheduled to be launched on Friday by Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankar, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) said in a statement.
Two volunteer women officers, Lt Cdr Dilna and Lt Cdr Roopa, will form the team undertaking the circumnavigation sailing expedition on the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Tarini next year.
The wife of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Sudesh Dhankhar, will launch India’s latest warship which will provide a boost to the Indian Navy’s capabilities. The warship Mahendragiri which is named after a mountain peak in Eastern Ghats in Odisha is the seventh ship of the Project 17A Frigates.
The ships can also be deployed for evacuation of people and human assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations.
Gaganyaan mission: Gaganyaan, the flagship project of ISRO, envisages the demonstration of human spaceflight capability by launching a crew of three members to an orbit of 400 kms for three days and bringing them back safely to earth, by landing in sea waters.
The voyage is crucial amid the fact the giant vessel will participate in various exercises with Royal Australian Navy (RAN) units on the West Coast of Australia.
The submarine, which is the Indian Navy’s fifth Kalvari class submarine, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 2023.
To be christened 'Vindhyagiri' after a mountain range in Karnataka, the stealth frigate will be launched by President Droupadi Murmu on August 17 in Kolkata.
The MALABAR exercises are held to enhance the synergy, interoperability and coordination between the navies of the Quad member-nations - the United States, India, Japan and Australia.
The ship has been opened for a public visit at Trincomalee Port on July 31. After its departure, a Maritime Partnership Exercise with Sri Lanka Navy Ship will be conducted.
The Indian Naval Ship Khanjar's prompt intervention ensured their safe return to the Chennai harbor.
The transfer of INS Kirpan marks the first time that India has gifted a fully operational corvette to any friendly foreign country, under the policies of 'Act East' and 'SAGAR'.
Rakesh Pal has undergone professional specialization in Gunnery & Weapons System at Indian Naval School Dronacharya, Kochi and Electro-Optics Fire Control Solution course from United Kingdom. The Officer holds the recognition of being the First Gunner of ICG.
On July 2 a memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Indian Coast Guard, Indian Navy, and Indian Port Rail and Ropeway Corporation Ltd. for the planning, development, construction, and commissioning of a gallery at the National Maritime Heritage Complex in Lothal, Gujarat.
Aspirants registered for the recruitment examination can download the Indian Navy SSR Agniveer admit card through the official website-- joinindiannavy.gov.in.
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