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Indian Navy Commissions First MiG-29K Fighter Squadron
The Indian Navy has commissioned its first squadron of MiG-29K/KUB shipborne fighters, dubbed the “Black Panthers,” a MiG spokesperson in India said on Saturday. The ceremony at an airbase in Dabolim, in the state of Goa on India’s west coast, was attended by India’s Defense Minister A K Antony, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral D [...]
India Receives Second Russia-Built Stealth Missile Frigate
The second of three stealth frigates that Russia builds for India at the Yantar Shipyard in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad arrived at the port of Mumbai, an Indian Defense Ministry source said on Sunday. The source did not specify whether an official ceremony of the frigate’s reception would be held. Russia and India signed [...]
Indian Navy Gets First of 8 P-8I Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
The Navy on Wednesday received the first of the eight P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft it is to get from Boeing. India had signed a deal worth over $2.1 billion with the American firm in January 2009 for procuring the long-range surveillance aircraft, which are equipped with anti-submarine weaponry. The first plane was handed over to [...]
Northrop to Supply Navigation Systems for Indian Coast Guard Vessels
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is to supply advanced shipboard navigation systems for 20 fast patrol vessels for the Indian Coast Guard. The fast patrol vessels will be built at Cochi Shipyard Ltd., India. Under the contract, awarded through the company’s Indian reseller Marine Electricals Ltd., Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit will provide a [...]
India says to get Soviet-era aircraft carrier in 2013
India on Monday said long-time ally Russia would finally hand over a refurbished aircraft carrier next year and end a bitter dispute over the Soviet-era warship caused by rising costs and delays. The 30-year-old Admiral Gorshkov, renamed INS Vikramaditya, is to fill a vacuum left by the scrapping in 1997 of India’s first aircraft carrier, [...]
Russia to Deliver Third Frigate to India
The second of three stealth frigates that Russia builds for India at the Yantar Shipyard in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad will be handed over to the Indian Navy on Friday. Sergei Mikhailov, a spokesman for the Yantar Shipyard, the solemn ceremony of delivering the warship will be held in Kaliningrad and be attended by [...]
India Successfully Test Fires BrahMos Cruise Missile
The Indian Navy has successfully test-fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile launched from a warship off the western Goa coast, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) reported on Sunday. The BrahMos missile, a joint development of Russian and Indian specialists, was launched from the guided missile frigate INS Teg built by Russia on order [...]
Indian Aircraft Carrier Handover Delayed – Builders
The refurbishment of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier has hit further snags, with handover delayed to fall 2013, Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation said on Tuesday. The previous official handover date for the carrier Vikramaditya had been December 4, 2012, but sea trials in September revealed the ship’s boilers were not fully functional. This delay is [...]
MiG-29 Test-flown from Indian Aircraft Carrier
JSC Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (part of the United Aircraft Corporation) performs flights of the MiG-29K/KUB shipborne fighters from the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier, which is on trials in the Barents Sea. The first landing on an aircraft carrier on July 28, 2012 was performed by MiG-29KUB, piloted by RAC MiG test pilots Mikhail Belyaev and [...]
