Coast Guard Holds 10th Edition of Search, Rescue Exercise off Chennai Coast
The Coast Guard held a national maritime search and rescue exercise off Chennai coast. The exercise is the 10th edition of the Coast Guard that is being organised by the National Maritime Search and Rescue Board. A total of 24 observers from 16 foreign nations took part in the exercise in the Bay of Bengal. The theme of the 10th edition was 'Capacity Building Towards Marine Passenger Safety'.
The two-day exercise, which was be conducted under the aegis of the National Maritime Search and Rescue Board (NMSARB), is hosted by the Indian Coast Guard as the nodal maritime SAR coordinating agency for the Indian Search and Rescue Region (ISRR). In addition to 51 participants from national maritime SAR stakeholders, the exercise will be attended by 24 foreign observers from 16 friendly foreign countries.
Aug 29, 2022
India-US Joint Military Exercise Vajra Prahar Concludes
The 13th edition of the India-US joint Special Forces exercise Vajra Prahar 2022 culminated at Himachal Pradesh's Bakloh. Special Forces from the two countries participated in a 21-day joint training exercise.
This annual exercise is hosted alternatively between India and the United States. The 12th edition was conducted in Washington, USA in October 2021.
The joint training provided an opportunity for the forces from both nations to train in air borne operations, special operations and counter-terrorism operations in a joint environment under the United Nations Charter.
The exercise was conducted in two phases - the first phase involved combat conditioning and tactical level special missions training exercises and the second phase included 48 hours of validation of the training received by both contingents in the first phase.
Indian Navy's AK-630 Gun Gets First Made in India Ammunition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make in India in the defence sector received a major boost as the Indian Navy received the first-ever completely made in India 30mm ammunition. The ammunition would be used in AK-630 guns, which is fitted on warships.
Satyanarayan Nuwal, CMD of the Economic Explosives Limited, handed over the first consignment of the ammunition to the Navy's Chief Vice Admiral S.N. Ghormade.
Aug 28, 2022
Chinese Missile Tracker Ship Prospecting Indian Ocean Bed South of Sri Lanka
The Chinese made a strong political statement to a weak Ranil Wickremesinghe government by insisting that Yuan Wang 5 be allowed to berth at Hambantota Port after India's reported concerns with Colombo.
According to available information, the military ship is expected to head towards its home port Jiangyin near Shanghai as per details provided at Hambantota. However, it is not clear whether the ship will make another port call while on the way back to China.
Although classified as a Chinese Research Vessel, the ballistic missile tracker ship became a bone of contention with Sri Lankan authorities allowing the ship to berth at Hambantota on August 16 after initially deferring the port call on August 11.
The Hambantota port is on a 99 year lease with the Chinese after Sri Lanka under the Beijing friendly Rajapaksa regime did a debt-equity swap with the Xi Jinping regime in 2017.
According to China watchers, the berthing of Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota was a political statement of assertion by the Xi Jinping regime on the weak Ranil Wickremesinghe government after India quietly conveyed its concerns about the military ship.
Aug 27, 2022
Boeing Pitches 'Atmanirbhar strategy' for Naval Fighter Jets
In the coming week, India will commission its first Indigenous aircraft carrier. US aviation major Boeing has made a strong pitch for the Indian Navy to choose the F/A 18 Super Hornet fighter jet, claiming that it would bring a profit of $3.6 billion in domestic manufacturing.
Boeing has joined its offers with the Government scheme Aatmanirbhaar Bharat, before the commissioning of the indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant which will operate the new fighters.
Vikrant is the largest warship built by India, and India plans to buy 26 carrier-based fighters for Vikrant.
This deal will be done through a Government-to-Government deal to meet the needs of the Indian Navy, with the US firm competing with French aircraft maker Dassault Aviation has pitched its Rafale-M jets.
Aug 26, 2022
Indian scientist Samir V. Kamat Appointed as DRDO Chairman
According to a Personnel Ministry order, Distinguished scientist Samir V. Kamat was appointed as Secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Kamat, who is Director General, Naval Systems & Materials, at the DRDO will succeed G. Satheesh Reddy who has been named as scientific adviser to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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