Structural and outfitting work of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier completeMinister of State for Defence Shripad Naik in response to a question on the IAC raised in the Rajya Sabha said, “Major structural and outfi...
Navy requests government for additional funds, cuts 200-ship requirementThe navy has reworked its plan of having 200 warships by 2027, in view of its fund crunch. Navy Chief Admiral said that the navy’s share of...
Navy Chief Admiral Singh flags concern over decline in funds allocation to NavyThe Navy Chief said the first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) will be fully operational by 2022 and it will have a fleet of MiG-29K aircr...
China planning 10 aircraft carriers, we need at least 3: Navy ChiefThe navy chief’s comments come as a formal proposal to start work on the third aircraft carrier have not found favour with the defence mini...
For future aircraft carrier, Navy homes in to electric propulsion, could use hybrid systemNavy Chief says three carriers needed so that at least two are operational at any given time.
Lot of resources been shifted from other arms of PLA to its navy: Indian Navy chiefThe white paper titled 'China's National Defence in the New Era', released in Beijing on Wednesday, touched upon various aspects of its mil...
Indo-US pact to develop futuristic military tech yet to deliver after 6 yearsUS is one of the biggest arms supplier to India, having bagged contracts for direct sales worth $17 billion just over the last decade. Both...
Navy looking at inducting 56 warships and submarines: Admiral LanbaLanba explained that India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, also known as IAC-1, is in its third and final phase of construction at Koc...
India has assured second-strike capability: Chief Naval Admiral Sunil LanbaOperationally at sea, the mission-based deployments, which we have been doing for over a year, have ensured that the entry and exit routes ...
India does not fear China's new aircraft carrier. Here's what it fearsThe launch of the warship does not amount to much in real terms. But India can ill-afford to ignore China's continuing global maritime ques...
China's naval efforts may prove wanting in front of Indian Navy's experienceWhile India has operated air wings from carriers, what is needed for the Vikramaditya and future carriers is protection and support against...
Eye on China, Narendra Modi government clears funds for India's largest-ever warshipManohar Parrikar-led DAC cleared a flurry of long-pending projects for ultra-light howitzers, medium-transport aircraft, light utility heli...
India may lose aircraft carrier edge over ChinaAfter inducting its first carrier 65,000-tonne Liaoning in 2012, China will soon begin sea trials of its domestically-built Type-001A carri...
US pushes India to ink contentious defence pacts LSA, CISMOA and BECAThe US says CISMOA and BECA are basically "technology enablers" which will allow it to transfer high-tech avionics and electronics to India.
India now puts aircraft carrier plan on fast trackThe 40,000-tonne IAC-I or INS Vikrant being built at Cochin Shipyard will be ready for induction only by 2018-2019 after a long delay.