Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019: Government has come up with Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019 will bring the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea into domestic law and enable Indian authorities to take action against piracy on the high seas. A pirate is a seaman, or robber who attacks, seizes or destroys any ship on […]
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Swavlamban : NIIO
Swavlamban: Swavlamban’, the maiden seminar of the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO), was held at New Delhi The two day seminar saw enthusiastic participation by the academia, industry, policy makers, think tanks, students and senior government officials, in addition to the naval personnel. Personnel at Command Headquarters and outlying units of the Navy also […]
INS Sindhudhvaj
INS Sindhudhvaj: The Indian Navy decommissioned its Kilo class Submarine, INS Sindhudhvaj from its service at Vishakapatnam after 35 years of service. With its decommissioned Navy has left with only 15 conventional submarines in service It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in June 1987. It was one of the 10 Kilo-class submarines, India acquired […]
SPRINT Challenges
SPRINT Challenges: PM unveiled ‘SPRINT challenges’, an initiative aimed at boosting the usage of indigenous technology in the Indian Navy. Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) in cooperation with the Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO), aims to induct at least 75 new indigenous technologies/products into the Indian Navy. The collaborative project is named SPRINT — Supporting […]
INS Sindhudhvaj
INS Sindhudhvaj: The Navy’s Kilo class submarine INS Sindhudhvaj was decommissioned from service at Visakhapatnam after 35 years in service. With this, the Navy now has 15 conventional submarines in service. She had many a firsts to her credit, including operationalisation of the indigenised sonar USHUS, indigenised satellite communication system Rukmani and MSS, inertial navigation […]
S-400 Missile System
S-400 Missile System: US House of Representatives has passed a legislative amendment that approves a waiver to India against the punitive CAATSA sanctions for its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia to help deter aggressors like China. Ro Khanna, the US representative from California’s 17th congressional district said, “The United States must […]
Dunagiri, a Project 17A Frigate
Dunagiri, a Project 17A Frigate: Dunagiri, a Project 17A frigate, will be launched into the Hooghly river at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited, Kolkata on 15 July 2022. Christened after a mountain range in the state of Uttarakhand, ‘Dunagiri’ is the fourth ship of P17A Frigates. These are follow-on of the P17 Frigates (Shivalik […]
INS Vikrant
INS Vikrant: The fourth phase of Sea Trials for Indigenous Aircraft Carrier- Vikrant has been successfully completed during which integrated trials of majority of equipment and systems onboard were undertaken. Defence Ministry said, the ship’s delivery is being targeted by the end of this month, followed by commissioning of the ship in August this year […]
India’s Defence Exports
India’s Defence Exports: India’s defence exports for 2021-22 were estimated at Rs 13,000 crore, the highest ever. The U.S. was a major buyer, as also nations in Southeast Asia, West Asia and Africa. The private sector accounted for 70% of the exports, while public sector firms accounted for the rest. Earlier, the private sector used […]
INAS 324 Squadron
INAS 324 Squadron: The Indian Navy commissioned a new Indian Naval Air Squadron 324 at eastern Naval Command. It will enhance the surveillance capability on the Eastern Seaboard. The unit is the Eastern Seaboard’s first Naval Squadron to use indigenously designed and built Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III (MR) helicopters. It has been named […]
