The Government proposes to acquire an aircraft carrier 'Admiral Gorshkov' from Russia. The delivery of the ship has been planned for December 2012. A team of Indian specialists comprising of officers, sailors and civilian personnel have been deputed to Russia as part the overseeing team who are constantly monitoring the progress of work onboard the ship. Additionally, the Refit work ...

The Minister of State for Home, M.Ramachandran has informed the Parliament that Rs. 260 crores has been released for Coastal Security Scheme. He said that post 26/11 Mumbai incident, coastal security had been beefed up. The proposal for Coastal Security Scheme (Phase II) which included construction of new coastal police stations, jetties, procurement of motor boats, vehicles and other related ...

Northrop Grumman has been given $42 million plus fixed fee contract from the U.S. Navy for support services on new and commissioned submarines, surface ships of the U.S. Navy and other foreign navies. The company will provide engineering, technical analyses, mechanical and electrical design, manufacturing, installation, test and evaluation."We maintain and overhaul a wide range of U.S. Navy nuclear and ...

The Minister of Defence, A.K.Antony has informed Parliament a programme for construction of six submarines is currently underway at Mazagon Dock Limited. In addition, modernization and upgradation with the state-of-the-art weapon and sensor-fit on the existing submarines is undertaken to enhance their combat worthiness.He said the primary role of the submarines is for sea denial. There are other platforms viz. ...

Raytheon has been awarded a contract of $42 million from U.S. Navy to develop advanced electronic attack system technology known as the Next Generation Jammer. The jammer will be replacing the current ALQ-99 jamming pods and will provide new capabilities to U.S. Navy's EA-18G Growler, F-35 aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles."It is our top priority to provide innovative systems to ...

Brazil's Navy Chief Admiral Julio Soares De Moura Neto was given a ceremonial Guard of Honour on his first official visit to India, when he arrived here in New Delhi on August 9. The Brazilian Navy chief who led a delegation held a series of meetings with the Indian officials.The visiting dignitary met the top brass of the Ministry of ...

Northrop Grumman has built its first E-2D advanced Hawkeye aircraft which has entered the U.S. Navy fleet. It was "welcomed home" in a ceremony which was held at Norfolk Naval air station in Virginia. At the ceremony there were many senior officials from the navy and the company. Admiral Gary Roughead, who is the chief of naval operations, accepted the ...

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Black shadow 730 is equipped with modern navigation and sonar technologyThe seabob Black shadow 730 is an extreme high performance diving scooter. It is equipped with modern navigation and sonar technology. The sBs 730 is capable of operating in depths of up to 60 metres.With its patented E-jet power system the scooter is provided with high performance jet propulsion. The ...

The Golden Jubilee of the Indian Navy's frontline fighter squadron, INAS 300, was celebrated in Goa with over a hundred White Tigers, both serving and retired in attendance. Thus it was appropriate to include a write-up by former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash, who was the commissioning Commanding Officer of 300 Naval Air Squadron when it was re-equipped ...

Defence Minister a.K. antony has expressed the need for increased vigilance and response to threats from sea while reviewing the progress of coastal security measures undertaken by navy, Coast guard and other related Ministries during a high level meeting in Delhi. antony said that the decisions and approvals for coastal security including the procurement cases should be implemented in a ...

Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil RamsayIndian naval air squadron 300 celebrates completion of five decades of serviceFOllOWIng gOVErnMEnT approval in april 1956 for the development of combatant naval aviation, the Indian navy was able to finalise the acquisition of the aircraft carrier ex-HMs Hercules along with two aircraft squadrons for its air Wing. The choice of jet aircraft was the Hawker ...

Rear Admiral (Retd) Sushil RamsayIndian navy's in-house design organisation has received the much needed support since its nascent yearsTHE BOOM in the shipbuilding industry witnessed world over since the beginning of the 21st century, experienced an unprecedented jolt precipitated by the economic downturn in mid-2008. Till then, the global trend was towards expansion of shipbuilding infrastructure to enhance capacity as ...

Lt General (Retd) Naresh Chandsubmarines have progressed from having to porpoise at the surface to see outside through crude viewing devices fixed in height and direction to today's photonic masts using high-resolution cameras housed in the submarine's dorsal fin-like sailTHE POsT-WOrlD War II generation brought up on a regular dose of naval war movies must be familiar with the term ...

Lt General (Retd) Naresh ChandAny spill, however small, has an environmental and financial impact which takes time and resources to overcome THE rECEnT oil spill in the gulf of Mexico has been considered the largest offshore oil disaster in Us history. British Petroleum (BP) stated that the cost of dealing with its ruptured oil well has risen to $6.1 billion ...

Wallop Defence systems ltd designs and manufactures a range of airborne devices, defence pyrotechnics naval countermeasure products for use by armed forcesWallop Defence systems ltd, Craydown lane, Hampshire, sO20 8DX, England is part of the Esterline Defense group with headquarters in the Usa. The parent company, Esterline Technical Corporation, is a multinational operation and has a turnover in excess of ...

UK MoD takes delivery of QinetiQ's PaCsCaT technology demonstrator. It will undergo a series of tough practical evaluation trialsThe UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accepted QinetiQ's Partial air Cushion supported CaTamaran (PaCsCaT) innovative solution demonstrator craft (IsDC) as a trial vessel. The decision came following the successful completion of initial manoeuvring and propulsion trials. It will now undergo a ...

Hawker seahawk jet aircraft was chosen as carrier-borne fighter aircraft for Vikrant and commissioned into the Indian navy as Indian naval air squadron (Inas) 300 on July 7, 1960. To commemorate the golden Jubilee of Inas 300, rear admiral (retd) sushil ramsay of SP's Naval Forces interviewed Admiral R.H. Tahiliani, former Chief of the naval staff, who as a lt ...

During a recent test, a navy laser using a tracking system from raytheon shot down four unmanned aerial vehiclesIn a grainy, black-and-white video that looks like a home movie of a UFO attack, a sleek aircraft streaks through the sky one minute, to burst into flames the next and plummet into the sea. The silent video, which raytheon debuted at ...

Admiral (Retd) Arun PrakashThe prospect of carrier-borne aircraft and military aviation, except unmanned aerial vehicles, appears uncertain. It depends heavily on two factors-technology and economics.CrysTal gazIng or predicting the future must be one of the most hazardous occupations known to man. In ancient times, those who got it wrong were declared false prophets and were either stoned to death or ...

Lt General (Retd) Naresh ChandA modern torpedo can destroy targets at a range of 40 km and a speed of about 50 knots. Its destructive power is more than a missile and it can differentiate between a target and a decoy.NaVy Is the only service which operates on the surface, subsurface and in the air. The submarine operates subsurface and ...

Defence Minister a.K. antony in a written reply in the rajya sabha has stated that some of the requirements of the armed forces have been met by procurements through the FMs procedure of the Us government. Major FMs procurements are: C-130J 30 aircraft; self protection suite for VVIP Boeing business jets; Indian naval ship Jalashwa; UH 3H Helicopters and Weapon ...

Atlas Elektronik with its combined unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) resources from germany, UK and Denmark conducted a successful series of aUV demonstrations at the company-owned test site in Bincleaves, Dorset, UK. The autonomous Underwater Vehicle (aUV) seaOtter MK II was equipped with a new side scan sonar, multibeam echosounder and camera. The demonstration was planned and executed as a transit ...

The second of the three follow on Talwar class stealth frigates being built by yantar shipyard, Kaliningrad, russia was ceremoniously launched on June, 23, 2010 by ramma Dewan, wife of Vice admiral D.K. Dewan, the Vice Chief of naval staff. The launching ceremony was attended by governer of Kaliningrad region, The Commander- in-Chief of Baltic Fleet of russian Federation and ...

India and seychelles have agreed to take forward their cooperation to tackle the spread of piracy in the Indian Ocean region (IOr). On the request of the seychellois leadership, India also agreed to extend help for maritime and Exclusive Economic zone surveillance operations and capacity building of its forces. The decisions were taken at the series of meetings between Defence ...