Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari (8L), and the country’s navy chief, Admiral Naveed Ashraf (10R), during the commissioning ceremony of PNS/M Hangor in China’s Sanya, on April 30, 2026. (Photo: Pakistan Navy/Handout)New Delhi: ...
VEM and TKMS executives after signing the agreement. (Photo: VEM-TKMS/Handout)Hyderabad: German naval giant ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has signed a teaming agreement with Hyderabad-based VEM Technologies Private Limited for the joint producti...
INS Khanderi. (Photo: Indian Navy)New Delhi: India’s second Kalvari-class submarine, INS Khanderi, is scheduled to be fitted with an indigenously developed air-independent propulsion (AIP) system before the end of 2026, in what would mark a sig...
President Droupadi Murmu and Indian Navy chief Adm Dinesh K Tripathi (L) abroad INS Vagsheer (Photo: Rashtrapati Bhawan) New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday undertook her maiden submarine sortie, becoming the second President of India ...
New Delhi: India has announced an unprecedented 15-year defence modernization roadmap worth several hundred billion dollars, marking the most comprehensive military transformation since independence. The ambitious programme encompasses over 200 advan...
Rafale M (PC: X/@CcibChris)New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-chaired Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) gave approval for the procurement of 26 Rafale (Marine), the naval variant of France’s Rafale for the Indian Navy.Sources in the defe...
A French navy Rafale (M). (Photo: French navy)New Delhi: India is set to sign a landmark defence agreement with France for acquiring 26 Rafale (Marine) fighter jets and three Scorpene-class submarines for the Indian Navy, the service chief revealed o...
Vagsheer, the 6th submarine of the Kalvari-class submarines built under Project-75, undergoing sea trials. (File photo)New Delhi: India is on the verge of a significant boost to its naval strength, with plans to add 12 new warships to its fleet over ...
Vagsheer, the 6th and last submarine of the Indian Navy’s Kalvari-class submarines of Project-75, during its launch for sea trials, on April 20, 2022. (File photo for representation.)New Delhi: French defence giant Naval Group has reiterated it...
Boris Pistorius (L) with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, on June 6, 2023. (File photo)New Delhi: Germany has proposed a government-to-government agreement for the sale of six advanced conventional submarines to India for the Indian Navy’s Project-7...