On October 19, a book titled Paper to Flight, detailing the design and development of India’s carrier-borne Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Navy, was released in Bengaluru. The book, written by Cmde C.D. Balaji (Retd), former Director of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), offers insights into the challenges and breakthroughs experienced during the program’s development. It […]
The Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared two major defense procurement deals for the Indian Navy, totaling Rs 45,000 crore. These agreements include the indigenous construction of two nuclear-powered attack submarines and the acquisition of 31 Predator drones from the United States. The submarines will be built at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam, with […]
The Indian Navy has received Nirdeshak, the second of four planned Survey Vessels (Large), from Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) on October 8, 2024. The vessel, built in Kolkata, is part of a contract signed on October 30, 2018, for the construction of four survey ships. The first vessel in the class, INS Sandhayak, […]
The Indian Navy is set to commission its sixth and final Kalvari-class submarine, Vagsheer, in December. The vessel, built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, is undergoing its final testing phases. Part of Project 75, valued at Rs 23,562 crore, the Kalvari-class submarines have been constructed with technology transferred from the French firm […]