News: Visiting Chief of Navy Staff Admiral R K Dhowan, visit at the invitation of Admiral Kraison Chansuwanit, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, held high level talks with senior Thai government and armed forces officials, agreed to explore bilateral cooperation in shipbuilding projects. The two sides identified exchange of white ...
Read More »Pipavav Defence, Russian firm in joint venture to revamp Navy submarines
News: Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd and Russia’s JSC Ship Repairing Centre Zvyozdochka have agreed to jointly refit and certify submarines of the 877EKM category at an estimated Rs.11,000 crore. India currently has a fleet of nine EKM submarines, an export version of Russia’s kilo-class vessels. Of these, ...
Read More »HSL ready for construction of Aircraft Carrier IAC-II
News: Hindustan Shipyard Limited, the largest shipyard on the East Coast, is ready to take up construction of next generation Indigenous Aircraft Carrier-II, build 60,000-tonne carrier.with nuclear power or using conventional diesel or gas turbines. IAC-II will be the largest and biggest with an air compliment of 50-plus aircraft. HSL, which ...
Read More »India officially opens up on its undersea aspirations
News: Aspiration of Navy, which currently has 48 ships under construction on various shipyards, is to become a 200-ship Navy by 2027. The only nuclear attack submarine of this kind being produced in Russia, currently is Yasen class. Indian Navy is looking for a newly built, customised, submarine under the ...
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