Veteran defence journalist Sujan Dutta explains the setting of the Coronavirus outbreak in the Indian Navy establishment in Mumbai and its implications.
Podcast: INS Angre Coronavirus outbreak
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Tag: Indian Navy
Mumbai: 21 Indian Navy sailors test positive for #Coronavirus
Positive cases are logistics sailors from INS Angre
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All of them are logistics sailors who come from the same block at INS Angre, which is the base depot ship or offshore administrative hub of the Indian Navy at Mumbai and services multiplying outlining naval units.
Scoop: Indian Navy bans Facebook for all personnel
No Bumble, Tinder, Instagram, WhatsApp or Messenger for sailors, either. Nor smartphones onboard ships and at bases.
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Seven naval personnel were arrested earlier this month after an alleged spy ring with links to Pakistan was exposed by Andhra Pradesh Intelligence & Naval Intelligence. Besides social networking, smartphones have also been banned for use by naval personnel onboard ships and bases.
India’s VSHORAD program off flight path
Defence ministry faces problematic result after 20 years of shopping around
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Even after two decades since the acquisition case, the Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) search has seen a system absent from trials and failing trials, being passed as technically compliant and ending up as, apparently, the cheapest. Also problematic is the difficulty its purchase could pose by provoking U.S. sanctions under their CAATSA.
2+2: India to finally exchange personnel with US CENTCOM
Indian Navy to exchange personnel with U.S. NAVCENT
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The joint statement said, “The Ministers committed to start exchanges between the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and the Indian Navy.” NAVCENT is part of CENTCOM and, both, the NAVCENT and the U.S. Fifth Fleet are headquartered in Manama, Bahrain with a common commander.
Navy increases captains’ tenure to 08 years
The move is being perceived to preclude time-scale captains' promotions to commodore
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The Indian Navy has increased the mandatory tenure of captains to eight years before officers can be eligible for promotion to the rank of commodore. As a result of this, captains in the navy will spend an additional three years in the rank – up from the existing five-year tenure, before they are eligible to being considered for promotion to commodore.
Rubin offers 80% indigenous Amur submarine to India
The Russian design bureau will bid with Larsen & Toubro for the P75(I) program
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United Shipbuilding Corporation design bureau Rubin is offering the Amur 1650 submarine with AIP in partnership with Larsen & Toubro for the Indian Navy’s P75(I) program for six submarines.
Airbus offers two birds for NUH program*
*And hopes the Indian Navy will pick the Panther AS565 over the H135M
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Airbus VP Ashish Saraf explains why they’re offering two helicopters for the same Indian Navy program, how new performance parameters could change the result & the challenges of strategic partnerships.
Boeing pitches Indian F/A-18 line with HAL, Mahindra
Boeing has offered the Block III Super Hornet to the Indian Navy & IAF
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Boeing is the third international manufacturer to have announced a partnership with Indian companies for the production of fighter aircraft in India.
DRDO asks for LCA Mk2 funding
IAF 'committed' to 201 LCA Mk2 fighters
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DRDO Chairman S. Christopher told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence about a requirement of INR 800 crore to develop the LCA Mk2, adding the IAF had committed to 201 fighters.
Lockheed Martin hires India hand Vivek Lall
Raises game in Indian fighter contest
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In a move certain to dial up the tempo in their bid to build F-16 fighters for the Indian Air Force, Lockheed Martin has appointed Dr. Vivek Lall to the position of Vice President, Strategy and Business Development.
Navy MiG-29K in Goa crash
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According to the Indian Navy, “The pilot aborted take-off during a training sortie. During deceleration, the aircraft veered off the end of runway and caught fire. The pilot jettisoned the canopy and egressed the aircraft safely.”
Q&A: Navy’s top submariner explains
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StratPost recently had the opportunity to pose some questions to the senior-most submariner in the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral Srikant, Inspector General Nuclear Submarines (IGNS), about the state and future of the submarine arm, on the occasion of its golden jubilee.
Indian Navy should heed San Juan tragedy siren
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Former naval aviator Captain K.P. Sanjeev Kumar examines the San Juan tragedy, pointing out that after half a century of operating submarines, India still does not have organic submarine rescue capability and asks why navies such as ours invest in submarines without closing the loop on submarine rescue.
Indian submarine contest down to four
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Two of the contenders; Mitsubishi/Kawasaki of Japan and Navantia of Spain have failed to submit the requested information for their Soryu and S-80 submarines to the Indian Navy.
