Eastern Naval Command Set To Expand Its Fleet, Grow Mightier

Visakhapatnam: Eastern Naval Command (ENC) is all set to grow mightier in a decade from now. After the successful completion of its trials, the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is, in all likelihood, to be based at the ENC in a couple of years.And it is just the beginning of a mightier command to become in future as a number of new ships and aircraft are going to be added to its

July 27, 2023
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GRSE To Launch HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Survey Vessels

Kongsberg Maritime has supplied four HUGIN AUV systems to the Defence Public Sector shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), located in Kolkata, India. This sale has been conducted in collaboration with Kongsberg Maritime India, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime said a Kongsberg press release.The purchase, which also includes HiPAP 502 high-accuracy acoustic positioning and

July 25, 2023
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In IAF, All Branches, Avenues Open For Women, Can Proudly Claim To Be Gender Neutral: Air Marshal Jha

New Delhi: Agniveer Vayu Scheme of the Indian Air Force (IAF) has aspired girls from Tier-2 and 3 cities and rural areas as the women that will go back to society will bring a change after experiencing the IAF life, said Air Marshal Suraj Kumar Jha, Air Officer in-charge, Air HQ, IAF. All branches and avenues of the IAF are now open for women, and the IAF can proudly claim to be gender neutral,

July 24, 2023
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Navy To Test First ‘Drone Boat’ After Monsoon To Boost Sea Surveillance

The SDR Naval Combat has been fitted in all Navy warships and is reportedly functioning wellNEW DELHI: The Indian Navy plans to test its indigenous Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) post monsoon. This will add up to the indigenous systems being added by the Navy with the support of domestic organisations.“ The first test of the USV will be post-monsoon, somewhere between September and November when

July 24, 2023
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From Combat Management To Military-Grade Security, How WESEE Powers Navy’s Atmanirbharta

WESEE has been at the forefront of securing the digital space for the Indian Maritime forceWESEE (Weapons and Electronic Systems Engineering Establishment) has been playing a crucial role since 1978 in integrating a wide range of weapons and electronic systems into naval vessels, submarines, aircraft, and aircraft carriers, making it an indispensable backbone of the NavyFrom its modest beginnings

July 24, 2023
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Ministry of Culture And Indian Navy To Revive Old Shipbuilding Technique

The Indian Navy will oversee the implementation and execution of the entire project.In a remarkable initiative to revive and preserve the 2,000-year-old technique of shipbuilding known as the ‘stitched shipbuilding method’, the Ministry of Culture and the Indian Navy would gain insights into the historical interactions which facilitated the flow of culture, knowledge systems, traditions,

July 24, 2023
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Amid China, Pakistan Threat, Armed Forces Running Short of 11,000 Officers; Posts of Major, Flight Lt Going Vacant

The Ministry of Defence informed Parliament in writing that the posts of more than 6,800 officers are lying vacant in the Indian ArmyNEW DELHI: There is a shortage of more than 11,000 officers in the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy of which more than half are in the Army, officials in the Defence Ministry have said. According to the Defence Ministry, there is a shortage of officers of the rank of

July 24, 2023
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BARC & ECIL To Co-Develop PWR Control-Systems For Indian Navy’s Six Projected SSNs

INS ARIHANT’s 83MW pressurized light-water reactor (PWR) fuelled with enriched uraniumA tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Navy (IN), BARC and Hyderabad-based ECIL on July 10, 2023 in the presence of VADM Dinesh K Tripathi, FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command, and Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Secretary Dept of Atomic Energy.The MoU aims to facilitate indigenous

July 24, 2023
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ISRO Starts 2nd Phase of Harbour Trials For The Gaganyaan Recovery Operations

Recovery trial operations of the Gaganyaan mission entered into the second phase with the commencement of harbour trials on July 20, 2023, at the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. ISRO and Indian Navy jointly carried out the trials with the ship identified for the recovery operations during the first Development Mission of the Test Vehicle.The trials were conducted at the Eastern Naval Command in

July 22, 2023
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