The Indian Navy has taken delivery of it’s tenth P-8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft. It is the second aircraft to be delivered under an option contract for four additional aircraft placed in 2016.
The Indian Navy is set to take a decision on the future of the naval LCA and will be considering alternatives for fighters to operate from what will be a CATOBAR Indigenous Aircraft Carrier-2 (IAC-2).
The new ACNS (Air Materiel), Rear Admiral Srinivas Kanugo, will have three sub-directorates looking at air logistics, plans/procurement and perspectives and systems engineering under him, as well as responsibility for air technical manpower management.
Check out these images of the Indian Navy’s Dhruv Advanced Light helicopters (ALH) preparing for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fleet Air Arm at INS Hansa in Goa this week.
The engaging aerobatic demonstrations of the Indian Navy’s elite Sagar Pawan team, based in Goa, have been put on hold because of heavy training pressures on aircraft.
The newly-developed naval base INS Kadamba in Karnataka, a short distance from Goa, will not make the naval bases in Goa, especially INS Hansa, redundant, a senior Indian Navy official said Saturday.
