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DRDO, Navy successfully test short-range, anti-air missile to protect ships

The defence system uses a fibre-optic, gyroscope-based, inertial guidance mechanism

SAIL supplied 4,300 tn special steel for indigenous navy warships: Official

Steel Authority of India Ltd has supplied 4,300 tonnes of special steel for India's indigenous navy warships INS Udaygiri' and INS Surat', an official said. The entire quantity of steel has been supplied from SAIL's Bokaro, Bhilai and Rourkela Steel Plants, he said. This is in continuation to SAIL's sustained efforts to contribute substantially in India's AatmaNirbhar Bharat' mission and to strengthen the country's efforts towards import substitution, the company said in a statement. Earlier, SAIL had supplied special quality steel for various defence projects, it added.

Rajnath Singh to launch two India-made warships in Mumbai on Tuesday

The navy's internal design house, the DND, has designed the four destroyers being built under Project 15B and seven frigates under Project 17A

First Indian batch primed to fly 'Romeo' chopper

10-month training ended in US on April 1; Sikorsky to supply 24 fully built MH-60R naval helicopters, 99 more to be made in India

President Kovind to review Naval Fleet at Visakhapatnam on Monday

President Ram Nath Kovind, also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, will be reviewing the Naval Fleet comprising over 60 ships and submarines, and 55 aircraft at AP's Visakhapatnam on Monday.

Women officers appointed on board major warships: Navy chief

Women officers have been appointed on board major warships of the Indian Navy, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday. Officials said around 28 women officers have been deployed so far in 15 major warships of the Indian Navy and the number is going to go up soon. Addressing a press conference ahead of Navy Day, Admiral Kumar said the Navy is fully prepared to induct and absorb women across a wide spectrum of roles and responsibilities in the force. "In consonance with the government of India's objective to empower women, we have taken measures towards providing additional opportunities for women officers in the Navy. Women officers have been appointed on board almost all major warships," he said. He said the modalities for downstream training of women as cadet entry at the National Defence Academy are being worked out. "The Navy is fully prepared in all aspects to induct and absorb women across the wide spectrum of roles and responsibilities," the Navy chief said

When it comes to building warships, China is sailing far ahead of India

India has just one aircraft carrier against China's two; just 10 destroyers against China's 42 larger vessels; just 13 frigates against the PLA(N)'s 44; and barely 28 corvettes against China's 71

Navy needs planning

Building warships requires long lead times

Rajnath commissions Navy's most capable warship INS Visakhapatnam

The 7,400-tonne ship is the lead vessel in a new class of four guided missile destroyers that Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai is building under Project 15B

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier begins second phase of sea trials

Following the first sea trials, the Navy had said that the performance of key systems of the warship was found to be satisfactory.

France, Greece sign defence deal; Athens to buy 3 warships

President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a defence and security strategic partnership in a joint news conference in Paris

China protests over US warship traversing through Taiwan Strait

China on Thursday protested the passage of a U.S. destroyer through the Taiwan Strait in the latest move as both nations increase their naval activity in the region

Zeus Numerix: This MSME is working to make warships invisible to radar

Pune-based Zeus Numerix's software simulation earlier helped integrate BrahMos missile with Sukhoi-30MKI

Women deployed aboard Indian Navy warships for first time in 24 years

The navy had last deployed women on Indian Naval Ship (INS) Jyoti in 1997, the senior Navy officials said

INS Kavaratti: Why time, cost overruns are endemic to warship projects

Indigenously built warfare corvette set to be commissioned

INS Kavaratti in pics: A combat-ready ship to take on hostile submarines

Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane commissioned the last of four indigenously built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes 'INS Kavaratti' into the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam on Thursday

Indian Navy scraps tender to procure 4 Landing Platform Docks at Rs 20k cr

The LPDs are used to transport troops, land warfare assets such as tanks, helicopters and vessels into a war zone by sea.

In a first, two women officers to be deployed on Indian Navy warships

Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh have graduated as Observers (airborne tacticians) in the helicopter stream and would be deployed on warships

China launches four advanced naval warships for Pakistan as ties deepen

China has launched first of the four advanced naval warships it is building for Pakistan, amid deepening defence ties between the two all-weather allies. The launching ceremony for the first warship was held at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai on Sunday. Pakistan-China defence ties turn a new chapter with the launch of the first ship of Type-054 class frigate, Pakistan's state-run APP news agency reported. The Type-054 class, equipped with the latest surface, subsurface, anti-air weapons, combat management system, and sensors will be one of the technologically advanced surface platforms of the Pakistan Navy fleet, the report said. Pakistan signed a contract with the China Shipbuilding Trading Company Ltd. (CSTC) for the delivery of two Type-054 A/P frigates in 2017. Last year, the Chinese official media reported that under a major arms deal between the two all-weather allies, China would build four advanced frigates for Pakistan Navy. The terms of the deal and the price of

Indian SME beats global firms to offer command system to Malaysian warships

The sophisticated CMS software collaborates with friendly warships' command systems over a real time datalink