In his maiden visit to any such conference of the force, the Defence Minister will address the top brass of the force and is expected to communicate the major objectives of the Government to the maritime force, Navy officials said.
The conference was delayed by over two months due to resignations by the then Navy chief Admiral D K Joshi and Western Naval commander Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha and will be the first to be headed by Admiral Robin Dhowan.
On the aging fleet of around 140 different type of combat vessels with the maritime force, officials said the Navy has around 50 new warships while others are relatively old and the top commanders would discuss ways to keep them in good shape through proper maintenance practices.
Due to a spate of mishaps involving its warships, Joshi had to resign from his office owning moral responsibility of all the minor and major accidents.
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The force will also review the status of its major infrastructure projects such as Project Seabird, which has been in the making for almost 40 years and the expansion of runway in Andaman and Nicobar Islands under Project Baaz, they said.
In the run-up to the conference, all the three chiefs of commands of the maritime force called on the Navy chief and discussed various issues of "operational and administrative" nature, officials said.