Robot lifebuoys are autonomous and are fitted out with sensors and electronic equipment that allow them to locate a stranded person in the water, and head out to them automatically.
August 30, 2021Mortal remains of Lt. Colonel AS Baath were recently found at a depth of nearly 80 metres but search for Captain Jayant Joshi was continuing.
August 23, 2021The sea phase included surface warfare exercises, weapon firing drills and helicopter operations.
August 18, 2021Following public pressure, the Indian Navy had to back down from its plan to conduct a flag-hoisting ceremony,
August 14, 2021Indian Navy Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt are the latest indigenously designed and built, multi-role Guided Missile Stealth Frigate, and Anti-Submarine Corvette respectively, and form part of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam under the Eastern Naval Command.
August 9, 2021Work on the ship's design began in 1999, and the keel was laid in February 2009. The carrier was floated out of its dry dock on December 29, 2011, and was launched on August 12, 2013.
August 4, 2021The Indian Task Force comprises Guided Missile Destroyer Ranvijay, Guided Missile Frigate Shivalik, Anti-Submarine Corvette Kadmatt, and Guided Missile Corvette Kora.
August 2, 2021All crew members of the fishing vessel have been rescued and one injured person is under medical care onboard the INS Airavat.
August 1, 2021"An area of three kilometres from the perimeter of naval installations in Goa is designated as 'No Fly Zone'.
July 26, 2021All individual and civil agencies have been prohibited from flying such non-conventional aerial objects, drones and UAVs near the navy establishments. Such flying objects will not be permitted within a 3km area radius of the naval base or areas in the state.
July 23, 2021The ceremony marked the formal transfer of these helicopters from the US Navy to the Indian Navy, which were accepted by His Excellency Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian Ambassador to the USA.
July 17, 2021In general, these exercises are called ‘PASSEX’ or Passage Exercises are routinely conducted by the Navy as an endeavour to build interoperability and enhance levels of joint operations with friendly and like-minded navies of friendly nations.
July 13, 2021Diving operations are further challenged by poor underwater visibility, unmapped shaft construction hazards, flotsam, and falling debris
June 18, 2021A special pennant equal to the length of the ship is made for the decommissioning ceremony.
June 14, 2021With ALH Mk III, an all-weather aircraft, being equipped with MICU, the Indian Navy can now undertake the medical evacuation of critical patients by air even in unfavourable weather conditions.
May 31, 2021The incident, following the sinking of barge P-305 on the same day, with 261 persons onboard, led to one of the biggest co-ordinated Search and Rescue (SAR) operations off the coast of Mumbai.
May 27, 2021Naval aircraft are kept ready at naval air stations INS Dega at Visakhapatnam and INS Rajali near Chennai to undertake aerial survey of the most affected areas, casualty evacuation, and airdrop of relief material as required.
May 23, 2021