Ghost Shark, Ghost Bat: Australia accelerates autonomous warfare amid rising tensions; check their featuresAustralia is fast-tracking its advanced military drone programs. The Ghost Shark underwater drone and the Ghost Bat aircraft are moving fro...
15 Apr, 2026, 09.12 PM IST
US Navy starts Hormuz blockade: This 9,000-tonne destroyer with Tomahawk has been deployed to stop the sea traffic, check featuresArleigh Burke-class destroyers, the backbone of the US Navy, are highly versatile warships central to maritime deployments. With advanced A...
14 Apr, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
Republic Day 2026: DRDO to showcase its path-breaking innovations at Kartavya Path, Bharat ParvPrepare for an awe-inspiring display as India's Defence Research & Development Organisation unveils its latest groundbreaking defence techn...
22 Jan, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
In a first, Indian submarine INS Sindhukesari docks in Indonesia amid South China Sea conflictThe 3,000-tonne diesel-electric submarine, INS Sindhukesari, reached Jakarta for the ‘maiden operational turnaround’ after transiting throu...
24 Feb, 2023, 01.28 PM IST
Indian Navy's beefs up its underwater combat armTill now, the Navy has commissioned three vessels INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, and INS Karanj. This 23,000 crore-plus project at Magazon Dock...
24 Nov, 2021, 11.06 PM IST
India finalizing plans to order three more Scorpene submarinesFaced with an ageing underwater combat arm even as China and Pakistan bolster their fleets, India is now finalizing plans to order three mo...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.18 PM IST
Narendra Modi government must act fast to save India's depleting submarine fleetNarendra Modi government will have to get cracking on a four-pronged strategy if it wants to rescue the country's underwater combat arm fro...
02 Jun, 2014, 10.55 AM IST
Future wars would be non contact wars: DRDO chiefDRDO had done sufficiently in radars segment that 80 per cent of radar equipment required for the armed forces was provided by the organisa...
17 Apr, 2014, 08.17 PM IST
Are India's ageing submarines going the MiG-21 way?The Tejas light combat aircraft was slated to replace the obsolete MiG-21 in the 1990s but is still at least two years away from becoming f...
16 Aug, 2013, 09.51 AM IST
Tangled in red tape, India's submarine fleet sinkingThe navy's desperate attempts to rescue its sinking underwater combat arm have been dealt a double whammy.
09 Jun, 2013, 08.23 AM IST
Smaller version of BrahMos missile being developed for IAFA smaller variant of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is being developed for arming IAF's fighter aircraft.
19 Feb, 2013, 08.20 PM IST
- INS Chakra inducted on a 10-year lease from Russia
The 8,140-tonne steel shark floated menacingly, tethered to the jetty, as if waiting to break free. Soon, it will, to prowl silently underw...
05 Apr, 2012, 08.54 AM IST
- Navy to get N-powered submarine in the next few days
INS Chakra, the nuclear-powered Akula-II class submarine taken on lease from Russia for 10 years, will reach Indian shores in the next few ...
24 Mar, 2012, 09.00 AM IST
- India becomes 6th nation to join elite nuclear submarine club
India's long hunt for a nuclear submarine is finally over. But it will take the country another 10-12 months to get an operational nuclear ...
24 Jan, 2012, 09.57 AM IST
- With eye on China & Pakistan, India to revamp submarine fleet
India is looking at major rejig of its submarine production plans to ensure its operational readiness does not get further eroded in the co...
29 Dec, 2011, 11.20 AM IST
- Navy hunts for drones to operate underwater
Armed forces are inducting a large number of spy drones.
14 Jul, 2010, 08.40 AM IST
- India to acquire new undersea cruise missiles
In a strong booster dose to India's aging underwater combat arm after a long delay, the Navy is finally going to get back the upgraded Kilo...
04 Aug, 2008, 08.53 AM IST