The third Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) squadron of the Indian Navy will be commissioned in the naval air station in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu on April 11.

The squadron, which would oper

In one of the world's largest tenders for multirole helicopters, the Indian Navy is planning to procure more than 75 such choppers at an estimated cost of over USD four billion to meet the demand of i

After a gap of two decades, India is all set to join the elite club of nations having nuclear-powered submarines with the induction of the Russian-origin 'Nerpa' into the Navy on Wednesday.

Defence

Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Monday said the country will exercise the option of carrying out nuclear strikes if somebody does the 'foolhardy' act of attacking it with atomic weapons.

"On

A Navy tradition caught up with the repeal of the U.S. military's ‘don't ask, don't tell’ rule on Wednesday when two women sailors became the first to share the coveted ‘first kiss’ on the pier after

Attacks by Somali pirates on two cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden were thwarted by an Indian Navy warship last week, navy officers said here on Monday.

INS Sukanya, an offshore patrol vessel on anti-p

An unidentified Chinese warship demanded that an Indian naval vessel identify itself and explain its presence in South China Sea waters off Vietnam in July, the Financial Times said on Thursday.

The

With the Navy set to induct aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov by 2012, the first batch of Navy personnel have begun training on the refurbished vessel in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Amid heightened focus on aerial maritime surveillance, the Navy is planning to induct nine amphibious aircraft to keep a vigil over the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.

An Indian warship on anti-piracy patrols in the Arabian Sea has apprehended 19 foreign nationals on board a dhow sailing suspiciously off the Bitra Island in the Lakshadweep Islands chain.