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Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P takes over the Western Naval Command

New Delhi. 01 February 2019. Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P, PVSM, AVSM, VSM took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command on 31 January 2019…Read more ›

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Indian Navy had a hands full 2018

New Delhi. 31 December 2018. Humanitarian relief, overseas operations, internal commitments, joint exercises with more than half a dozen countries and launches, the Indian Navy had a busy 2018.…Read more ›

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Deep sea submarine rescue system inducted into the Indian Navy

Mumbai. 12 December 2018. Indian Navy’s first flyaway Deep Sea Submarine Rescue System was formally inducted by Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of…Read more ›

Tagged with: Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chief of the Naval Staff, Deep sea submarine, Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Indian Navy, Kalvari Classes, M/s James Fisher, Naval Dockyard, Original Equipment Manufacturer, Shishumar, Sindhughosh, Sons Pvt. Ltd, submarine rescue system, Submarine Rescue Unit, Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Western Naval Command

Indian Navy in 2018 saw no additions but ends with last minute orders

The force celebrates its raising day in a we have – we don’t scenario By Ranjit Rai New Delhi. Every year Indian Navy celebrates Navy Week around…Read more ›

Tagged with: Adm Sunil Lanba, Aircraft Carrier, Alcock Ashdown Shipyard Ltd, Anil Ambani’s, Axsys Technologies, Buy and Make India, Captain Gopal Rao, Chief of Naval Staff, Cmde S Nayyar, Cochin Shipyard Ltd, Combat Free Falls, Commander B.B. Yadav, Deep Submersible Rescue Vessels, Defence Acquisition Council, fog of war, freedom of navigation, G-20, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, hi-lo-hi mission, Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indo-Pacific Command, INDPACOM, INS Arihant, INS Ganga, INS Kiltan, INS Makar, Joint Secretary & Acquisition Manager, Kolkata Class BrahMos, L.K. Chakravarty, Landing Ships, last minute orders, Lieutenant Commander B.N.Kavina, Lieutenant Commanders Inderjit Sharma, LR8 James Fisher, Maha Vir Chakra, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, MDSL, missile attack off Karachi, missile boats, Mrs Preeti Luthra, Naval Offshore Vessels, Navy Day 2018, Navy Week, O P Mehta, OCU Hunters, Op Python, Operation Trident, Operational Conversion Unit, Osa class missile boats, P15B destroyers, Pacific Command, PACOM, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy headquarters, Petty Officer M.O. Thomachan, Petty Officer R.N.Sharma, PM Abe, President Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, QUAD, RDEL, Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd, Shachi and Shruti, Shan Na Varuna, Shri Ravi Kant, Soviet Union, Tri Services Special Forces, Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Vir Chakra, Western Naval Command, Wing Cdr Don Conquest

Indian Navy concluded the maiden trials of the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV)

New Delhi. 17 October 2018. The Western Naval Command has successfully concluded the maiden trials of the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) which has ushered in a niche…Read more ›

Tagged with: Aft Sphere, Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, DSRV, Indian Navy, Mid Sphere, MOSUB, Mother Submarine, Western Naval Command

Inaugural Naval Flight Test Seminar brainstorms flight testing for both fixed & rotary wing crafts

Goa. 20 September 2018. The inaugural Naval Flight Test Seminar witnessed some intensive brain-storming sessions on flight testing fixed and rotary wing aircraft towards integrating them on the aircraft…Read more ›

Tagged with: Aeronautical Development Agency, Aircraft Carrier, Boeing, Boeing Defence, Dassault, Dassault Aviation, DRDO Labs, Experimental Test Pilots, Flag Officer, Flight Test Engineers, flight testing, Headquarters Naval Aviation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Navy, International Test Pilots School, National Aerospace Laboratories, Naval Aviation, Naval Flight Test Seminar, Naval Systems, Philipose George Pynumootil, Rear Admiral, Rear Admiral Mukul Asthana, Rear Admiral VM Doss, rotary wing aircraft, Western Naval Command

INS Teg lends assistance to MV Vela in the Gulf of Aden

New Delhi. 29 August 2018. On 25 Aug 18, whilst patrolling in the piracy infested waters of Gulf of Aden, INS Teg, a warship of the Western Naval…Read more ›

Tagged with: Chain Cable Specialist, Combined Task Force aircraft, Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy, INS Teg Lends Assistance, Machinery Specialist, MV Vela, Red Sea and Suez Canal, Seamanship Instructor, Western Naval Command

Entire Indian Navy puts its Weight behind ‘Op Madad’ in Kerala

Indian NavyNew Delhi.17 August 2018. Even as the flood situation continued to remain dire all across Kerala, Southern Naval Command had deployed a total of 58 rescue and…Read more ›

Tagged with: air rescue, Cochin University of Science and Technology, CUSAT, Eastern Naval Command, Gemini boats, Indian Navy, INS Garuda, INS Venduruthy, Kerala Govt, makeshift relief camp, medical team, Ms Sajita Jabil, Naval Hospital, Navy Wives Welfare Association, Op Madad, Pizhala island, Pothanamthitta district, Sea King, Southern Naval Command, Thrissur district, Western Naval Command

Huge Opportunities in MRO services for Navy” – Vice Admiral Girish Luthra

Goa. 18 May 2018. Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, said today that maintenance and repair of any aircraft using latest…Read more ›

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Western Naval Command Concludes Exercise Paschim Leher (XPL-18)

Mumbai. 01 March 2018. The Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy concluded a large scale operational exercise in the Arabian Sea. The three week long exercise termed…Read more ›