Mrityunjoy Mazumdar
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Small Craft for Patrol, Riverine, and Special Operations Tasks Come to the Fore in Littoral Warfare
In ensuring maritime security in the littorals, most navies and coast guards have to counter a wide range of asymmetric,…
Indian Naval Aviation: Indigenous N-LCA Advances, Pilot Training Expands
N-LCA
In keeping with its thrust on indigenous development, the IN has been funding the development of the homegrown Naval…
Indian Naval Aviation: Revamping the Helicopters
Around 100 naval helicopters of American, British, French, Indian and Russian provenance are thought to be in service with the…
Indian Naval Aviation: ISR Capabilities Set for a Quantum Leap
The Indian Navy (IN) is well aware of the need for battlespace awareness/maritime domain awareness (MDA) and the crucial role…
Indian Naval Aviation: Waiting for Gorshkov … and the IAC
After a four year delay, Sevmash was on track to deliver the Vikramaditya by Dec. 4, 2012, until boiler problems…
Indian Carrier Aviation: No Longer the Only Game in Town
The Indian Navy likes to point out with respect to Indian carrier aviation that besides the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)…
Indian Naval Aviation: Transforming at 60
India’s naval fleet air arm, known formally as Indian Naval Aviation, marked its Diamond Jubilee in May 2013 with two…
Philippine Navy Struggles With Modernization Plans
The second 378-foot, 2,300-ton former U.S. Coast Guard cutter for the Philippines, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF 16) (ex-U.S. CGC Dallas)…
Israel Shipyard Ltd. Shows Off Its New Saar S-72 Concept at IMDEX
Some two years after initiating design work, Haifa based Israel Shipyard Ltd. (ISL) used the recent IMDEX Asia 2013 exhibition…