The DRDO and France’s Naval Group have signed a deal for the integration of the indigenously built fuel cell-based air-independent propulsion system in the Kalvari-class submarines. The first of the AIP system will soon be ready to be fitted on INS Kalvari. Read More

The Indian Navy’s largest war game, the biennial theatre level operational readiness exercise (TROPEX-2023), with the participation of all its operational units as well as those of the Army, Air Force and the Coast Guard, is underway in the Indian Ocean Region. Read More

Indigenously developed anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Nag will be featured for the first time in the Indian Army mechanised columns, after conducting final user trials, during the Republic Day parade 2023 on Kartavaya Path in the national capital, on January 26. Read More

With a focus on self-reliance or “Atmanirbharta” in the defence sector, the Indian Army will be replacing British-era 25-pounder guns with the indigenous 105-mm Indian Field Guns (IFG) for offering 21-gun salute to the President and the National Flag on Republic Day. Read More

For the first time, the Border Security Force’s much-loved camel contingent will include the force’s Mahila Praharis (women personnel) in designer uniforms in this year’s main Republic Day parade in the capital’s Kartavya Path. Read More

Vagir, the fifth of the Kalvari-class Scorpene submarines, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at a ceremony at the naval dockyard at Mumbai in the presence of the Navy chief, Admiral R Hari Kumar. Read More

The Indian Navy has concluded the largest biennial triservices amphibious exercise, AMPHEX – 2023, on Sunday. Read More

The bilateral exercise between the Indian and French navies concluded, on Saturday, after five days of diverse exercises in the Arabian Sea. Read More

The Indian Coast Guard has successfully conducted a one-week operations and search and rescue course for maritime security agencies of six friendly nations at Mumbai’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre. Twenty-two trainees comprising 10 officers and 12 sailors participated in the specialized training. Read More

In the main Republic Day parade in New Delhi’s Kartavya Path, the Indian Navy will have a crisp marching contingent led by its world-renowned band of 80 musicians. It will be followed by a contingent of 144 young sailors. However, the Navy seems to have given special attention to its tableau this year. Read More