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Stage set to launch India's first defence satellite
India’s first defence satellite GSAT-7 dedicated to Navy for maritime security is now set for the launch. The home-built satellite will be crucial as it will overcome Navy’s previous limitations from line of sight and ionospheric effects and will have ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
INS Sindhurakshak (submarine of Indian Navy) sinks
In a major blow to the Indian Navy, a recently refurbished submarine sank following an explosion and fire leaving 18 crew of its on board dead. INS Sindhurakshak sank into the shallow waters of its berth at the naval dockyard in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
India’s launches indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
India launched its first indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant which was a remarkable moment in the $5 billion project that seeks to enhance the country’s power and curtail the rising influence of China. INS Vikrant will come into full service ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Fact Box: INS Trikand (F51)
Indian Navy inducts INS Trikand (F51) Indian Navy has further expanded it arsenal by inducting Russian built guided-missile stealth frigate INS Trikand. It is the last of the six stealth frigates ordered from Russia. The Navy had earlier inducted three 4,000-tonne ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Coast Guard Ship C-402 commissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai
Indian Coast Guard Ship C-402, the second of the series of 36 Interceptor boats designed and built by L&T, Surat was commissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai 30 m long Interceptor Boat with 90 tonnes displacement Max. speed of 45 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2013
India successfully test-fires BrahMos manoeuvrable version
India successfully test-fired a highly manoeuvrable version of the 290-km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a naval warship off the coast of Vishakhapatnam in Bay of Bengal. This was the 34th launch of BrahMos. India Navy inducted the BrahMos ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2013
Boeing delivers first P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to Indian Navy
American plane maker Boeing delivered the first of the eight P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to the Navy as part of deal worth over $2.1 billion signed in 2009 for buying the long-range surveillance aircraft, which are equipped with anti-submarine weaponry. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
DRDO develops depth detector “Tarangini”
Scientists from the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), a Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Lab, have developed a device named “Tarangini” which can fathom underwater depth and can also measure the hardness of the bottom surface. Application: Tarangini ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Indiaex-2012: US And Indian Navies Demonstrate Submarine Rescue Operations
INDIAEX 2012: The U.S. and Indian navies bilateral exercise. First time where the compatibility of a U.S. Navy’s Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) with Indian navy submarines will be estimated. Objective: Demonstrating cooperation b/w the U.S. submarine rescue ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012
Category: International / World Current Affairs
INS Tarkash commissioned into Navy
Russia-built multirole stealth frigate INS Tarkash Tarkash belongs to the second batch of three modified Krivak-III (Talwar) class frigates India ordered from Russia in 2006 under a $1.6-billion contract. The first frigate of the batch, INS Teg, was delivered in ..