Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the two frontline warships of the Indian Navy at Mazgaon Docks Limited, Mumbai which will mark a significant milestone in their construction. The first ship is Surat, which is the fourth and last of the stealth destroyers under ...

The Indian Navy plans to purchase a specialised earth imaging satellite Geo Imaging Satellite-2 (GISAT-2), this fiscal year as part of its modernisation and network-centric combat and communications programme. The satellite, if operational, is likely to improve the navy’s operating ...

The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully carried out live test-firing of a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi fighter jet, Su30 MkI, on the Eastern seaboard on April 19, 2022. The "live firing" of the missile was carried out in close coordination with ...

The Indian Navy successfully test-fired the long range version of the BrahMos cruise missile on March 05, 2022 from the stealth destroyer INS Chennai. According to the Navy officials, conducted in the Arabian Sea under Western Naval Command, the missile hit its intended target with a pinpoint ...

The latest edition of Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise MILAN 2022 is scheduled to commence from 25 Feb 22 in the ‘City of Destiny’, Visakhapatnam. The theme of the MILAN 2022 exercise is ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion – Collaboration’ MILAN 22 will be conducted in two phases over a duration of ...

Boeing delivered the 12th P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India on Wednesday, February 23, making it the fourth of four additional aircraft delivered under the options contract signed by the Ministry of Defence in 2016. The Ministry of Defence had signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft ...

Lt Gen GAV Reddy (Lieutenant General GAV Reddy to the Defense Intelligence Agency (Defence Intelligence Agency) has been appointed as the new chief. He was Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon (Lt Gen KJS Dhillon), who retired Monday. The post of the director general is held on a rotation basis ...

Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy conducted a joint maritime exercise Paschim Lehar (XPL-2022) off the West Coast which concluded on January 25, 2022. The exercise continued for 20 days and was conducted with an aim to enhance Inter-Service synergy among the Indian Navy, IAF, ...

Indian Navy and Russian Navy undertook PASSEX exercises at the port of Cochin, in the Arabian Sea. Indigenously-designed and built guided missile destroyer, INS Kochi, carried out a passage exercise (PASSEX) with Russian Navy’s RFS Admiral Tributs in the Arabian ...

India has invited a total of 46 friendly foreign countries to participate in the multinational naval exercise Milan in Visakhapatnam, scheduled from February 25, 2022. This exercise was initiated in 1995 and held biennially and conducted with friendly navies. The theme of ...