Page 21 - Latest Updates on Indian Navy
Navy blames 'strategic partner' delay for scuttling fleet expansion
Under SP policy, ministry was to nominate select Indian defence companies as designated partners
 "Navy blames 'strategic partner' delay for scuttling fleet expansion")
Indian Navy is short of essentials and sending out half-complete vessels
There are gaps across the board
India, China navies stop suspected Somali pirate attack on a merchant ship
Indian defence ministry said four of its navy ships in the vicinity responded to a distress signal
Indian Navy bids farewell to TU 142M patrol aircraft
TU 142M was inducted in the Navy at Dabolim in Goa in 1998 from Russia
 "Indian Navy bids farewell to TU 142M patrol aircraft")
Indian Navy bids farewell to submarine-hunting Tupolev aircraft
The Tupolev-142M fleet is being replaced by 12 Boeing P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft
 "Indian Navy bids farewell to submarine-hunting Tupolev aircraft")
Indian navy spurns homemade warplane, latest blow to push for self reliance
It is hunting for a new fighter jet after rejecting an indigenously made aircraft as too heavy
 "Indian navy spurns homemade warplane, latest blow to push for self reliance")
Indian Navy rejects homemade fighter jet in a blow to Asia's self-reliance
Tejas found too heavy; experts say manufacturing of state-of-the-art warplanes could be decades away
 "Indian Navy rejects homemade fighter jet in a blow to Asia's self-reliance")
Navy downplays concerns of Pak's int'national naval exercise in Arabian Sea
Chief of Naval Staff says that it is a normal maritime activity which any nation is entitled to
 "Navy downplays concerns of Pak's int'national naval exercise in Arabian Sea")
Navy launches search to procure 57 carrier-borne fighter jets
Admiral Sunil Lanba had said that present LCA does not meet the carrier capability required by Navy
 "Navy launches search to procure 57 carrier-borne fighter jets")
Navy kicks off global search for a carrier-borne fighter
Leaving Tejas out in the cold, navy reaches out to global vendors
 "Navy kicks off global search for a carrier-borne fighter")
Andaman crisis: Indian Navy makes another attempt to rescue 800 tourists from Havelock Island
The Navy on Wednesday made its first attempt to rescue the tourists stranded in Hevelock
Indian Navy chopper makes emergency landing in Goa after oil leakage
All persons onboard are safe
 "Indian Navy chopper makes emergency landing in Goa after oil leakage")
Indian Navy keeping a close eye on Chinese ships in IOR: Navy chief
He also termed the claims made by Pakistan that an Indian submarine had entered into territorial waters as bogus
Navy's P-8I maritime aircraft losing technology race due to poor contracting
India lost the advantage of being first-mover due to poor contracting
 "Navy's P-8I maritime aircraft losing technology race due to poor contracting")
Navy's P-8I maritime aircraft losing technology race due to poor contracting
Boeing has to perpetually upgrade P-8 Poseidons supplied to Australia and Britain; its contract with India has no such provision
 "Navy's P-8I maritime aircraft losing technology race due to poor contracting")
India to get 4 P-8I reconnaissance aircraft starting 2020
Boeing officials said the P-8I planes are likely to be certified for aerial refuelling by 2017
Navy's second home-built carrier will be nuclear, but will come only in 2030s
Already, the navy faces six years of delay in the first indigenous carrier, the 44,000-tonne INS Vikrant
 "Navy's second home-built carrier will be nuclear, but will come only in 2030s")
Major policy push to make submarines in India
Steered by Defence Minister, new norms to rope in domestic private firms as partners
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Indian Navy commissions new fast attack craft 'INS Tihayu'
The ship is capable of operating in shallow waters at high speeds and is equipped with enhanced firepowe
 "Indian Navy commissions new fast attack craft 'INS Tihayu'")
Indian Navy launches missile destroyer 'Mormugao'
The ship is the second of four Project 15B highly advanced destroyers, being built at a cost of Rs 29,700 cr
 "Indian Navy launches missile destroyer 'Mormugao'")
