SP's Naval Forces - December 2024-January 2025
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Issue Features
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MESSAGE
Message from Chief of the Naval Staff, India
My compliments to SP Guide Publication on celebrating its Diamond Jubilee. The Navy Day serves to remind us of the Indian Navy’s most glorious chapter of victory at sea.
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EXCLUSIVE
CNS INTERVIEW
“Indian Navy is Committed of Becoming an ‘Atmanirbhar’ Force by 2047”
On the occasion of Indian Navy Day, in a comprehensive interview to Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief, SP’s Naval Forces, Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, shares his vision for the Indian Navy and gives his insights into the evolving landscape of Navy’s strategies, combat preparedness, and modernisation
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MODERNISATION / MAKE IN INDIA
Indian Navy Inaugurates Three Warships — A Strategic Leap Forward
By Manish Kumar JhaIndia to emerge as a major maritime power, says Prime Minister Modi as Indian Navy commissioned three Warships - Surat, Nilgiri, and Vaghsheer. This marks a major step towards enhancing India’s maritime defence capabilities and reinforcing a leading maritime power in the region.
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MODERNISATION / NAVAL AVIATION
Flying Into The Future
By Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla (Retd)The next 25 years promise to be even more exciting for the Indian Navy’s naval aviation arm as it plans to increase the number of aircraft in its inventory to 500 by 2050 from its current number of around 300 fixed and rotary wing aircraft and UAVs
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India-Indonesia Relations
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The India-Indonesia friendship, elevated to the level of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2018, has widened bilateral relations to include defence industry collaboration, science, and technology
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NEWS
Indian Navy Hosts Indonesian Navy Delegation
Admiral Muhammad Ali, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy, as part of the highlevel delegation. and Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, held bilateral interactions to deepen maritime cooperation and strengthen ties between the two-close maritime neighbours.
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NEWS
MoD Inks Contract for Medium-Range SAM for Indian Navy
Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for the supply of Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missiles (MRSAM) for the Indian Navy at a cost of approximately ₹2,960 crore.
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NEWS
Sixth Scorpene Class Submarine Delivered to Indian Navy
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited delivered the Sixth Scorpene Submarine ‘Vaghsheer’ of Project P-75 on January 9, 2025 to the Indian Navy, subsequently to be commissioned into Indian Navy as INS Vaghsheer.
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NEWS
Yard 12707 (Surat) and Yard 12651 (Nilgiri) Delivered to Indian Navy
In a historic milestone for the country’s Atmanirbharta, journey, two warships, a destroyer (Surat) and a frigate (Nilgiri) were delivered to the Indian Navy on December 20, 2024.
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NEWS
Operational Demonstration by Indian Navy’s Eastern Naval Command
The Indian Navy successfully concluded a breath-taking Operational Demonstration (Op Demo) at the iconic Ramakrishna Beach, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on January 4, 2025.
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NEWS
MoD Inks ₹1,990 Crore Contract
Ministry of Defence has signed two contracts, worth approximately ₹2,867 crore, for the construction of Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) Plug for DRDO-AIP system & its integration onboard Indian Submarines, and the integration of Electronic Heavy Weight Torpedo (EHWT) onboard the Kalvari-Class submarines.
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NEWS
Launching of Two Fast Patrol Vessels
Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), India’s premier Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) Shipyard, achieved yet another milestone with the concurrent launch of two indigenously designed and constructed Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard.
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APPOINTMENT
Vice Admiral Rajaram Swaminathan, Controller Warship Production and Acquisition
Vice Admiral Rajaram Swaminathan, assumed charge as the Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition on January 30, 2025.
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Editorial
By Jayant Baranwal, Publisher & Editor-in-ChiefThis issue of SP’s Naval Forces coincides with the Navy Day. As the Chief of the Naval Staff says, in his message, “The Navy Day serves to remind us of the Indian Navy’s most glorious chapter of victory at sea.
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