INS Kolkata during Malabar 2000 exercise. (Photo: Public domain/US Navy)New Delhi: India has deployed two of its most advanced guided-missile destroyers – INS Kolkata and INS Kochi – off the Somali coast near the Gulf of Aden in northern ...
MV Ruen. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: The Indian Navy said its “mission deployed” platforms responded to a distress call sent by a Malta-flagged vessel, MV Ruen, in the Arabian Sea. The Navy, suspecting a piracy attempt, said it diverte...
An Indian Navy MH-60R “Romeo” helicopter. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: The Indian Navy has received the sixth MH-60R “Romeo” helicopter from Lockheed Martin. The US-based defence behemoth announced this on X, formerly Twitte...
Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani (C) along with other senior naval officers on board INS Tarmugli during the warship’s recommissioning ceremony. (Photo: Indian Navy)Visakhapatnam/New Delhi: The Indian Navy formally recommissioned INS Tarmugli, a r...
The burning wreckage of the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II trainer aircraft that crashed. (Photo via X/@nabilajamal_)New Delhi: Two Indian Air Force pilots – an instructor and a trainee – were killed when the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II trainer aircraft they ...
Western Fleet RAdm Praveen Nair presents appointment letter to Lt Cdr Prerna Deostalee. (Photo via special arrangement.) New Delhi: In a watershed in India’s maritime history, a woman officer has been appointed the commanding officer of a ...
An Indian advanced towed-gun system during trials. (Photo: DRDO) New Delhi: The defence minister, Rajnath Singh-headed Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) gave the acceptance of necessity (AoN) for procurement of defence platforms, including LCA T...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Haridwar on Wednesday for procurement of 16 upgraded super-rapid gun mounts (SRGM) along with associated equipment/accessories for Indian Navy unde...
PM Modi in LCA TejasBengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a sortie in indigenously designed and developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas.In a X (formerly Twitter) post, he said: “Successfully completed a sortie on the Teja...
Troops from India and the US at UmroiUmroi: Special forces of India and the United States have begun their 14th edition of Vajra Prahar exercise at Umroi-based Joint Training Node in Meghalaya.From the US side, the troops of 1st Special Forces Group ...