Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar takes over command of Eastern Fleet

Nov 11, 2023

Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar, Nau Sena Medal (NM), took over as the Fleet Commander, Eastern Fleet Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF), from Rear...

Rear Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes over as Fleet Commander of Eastern Fleet

Dec 20, 2021

New Delhi [India], December 20 : Rear Admiral Sanjay Bhalla on Monday took over as the Fleet Commander of the Eastern Fleet, Flag...

No role for Turkish firms in Indian Navy's mega Fleet Support Ship project

Apr 11, 2024

Defence Ministry's Hindustan Shipyard Limited is carrying out the design and development of the five fleet support ships indigenously and has terminated all arrangements...

Five IAF Rafales take off for India, to reach Ambala on July 29

Jul 27, 2020

Paris [France], July 27 : In a long-awaited development, five Rafale fighter aircraft today took off for India from an airbase in France to...

Air India commences retrofit programme for widebody fleet, accelerates retrofit of narrowbody fleet

Aug 10, 2025

Air India has commenced the wide-body retrofit programme for its legacy B787-8 aircraft, with the first of 26 aircraft (VT-ANT) having flown to a...

SpiceJet receives MoU for 10 aircraft; capacity set to more than double this year

Feb 19, 2026

This development follows the Board's approval, announced last week, for a calibrated ramp-up of the fleet to 60 aircraft through a mix of wet...