1. Indian Navy initiated process to acquire six lethal submarines under ambitious ______________________ India likely, costing over 50000 crores.
- Navy will build 6 conventional diesel-electric submarines which would be almost 50 per cent bigger than under-construction Scorpene class submarines being built at Mazagon Dockyards Limited in Mumbai.
2. ________________ and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) inked an MoU to undertake joint research and development of advanced technologies for __________.
3. ______________ approved sale of 24 multi-role MH-60 Romeo Seahawk maritime helicopters to India at an estimated cost of USD 2.6 billion, boosting Indian Navy's anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare operations.
4. 2nd Edition of Indian Navy-______________Peoples’ Navy Bilateral Exercise (IN – VPN BILAT EX) held at Cam Ranh Bay.
5. 3rd edition of Joint Naval Exercise of India and Australia AUSINDEX held off the coast of Vishakhapatnam (____________________).
6. Cabinet Committee of Security approved procurement of 464 T-90 tanks from _______________________, worth over 13,000 crores. It will increase new T-90 regiments by 10 more units. T-90 tanks would be equipped with thermal imaging night sights to allow striking during night battles.
7. Coast Guard vessel ICGS _________________ has been commissioned.
8. DRDO Tested Long range sub sonic cruise missile ______________________, developed by Bengaluru based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE). It is India’s first indigenously designed and developed long-range cruise missile. This Nuclear capable missile can be equipped with 300kg warhead and has range of 1000 KMs.
9. Goverment signed Contracts for Construction of 16 ______________________ (ASW SWC) with CSL Kochi and GRSE Kolkata (8 by Each Shipyard). Delivery of ships is to commence from October 2022, with two ships per year subsequently, by each shipyard.
10. India - Singapore joint military exercise, named Bold Kurukshetra 2019 held (12th edition) at Babina Cantonment, Jhansi (___________________).
11. India and ____________________ will conduct their Joint naval exercise ‘Varuna’ off Goa coast in May 2019. Varuna is a top-level naval exercise, with intensive dual carrier task group operations and anti-submarine warfare manoeuvres.
12. Indian Coast Guard vessel ___________________ has been commissioned into service. Its 3rd in series of new generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), built by Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
13. Indian Navy Warships INS Kolkata and INS Shakti arrived ______________________________ port city of Busan, after participating in International Fleet Review (IFR), organised to celebrate 70th anniversary of Chinese Navy. 2 ships will now participate in ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Field Training Exercise (FTX) at Busan.
14. Indian Navy launched guided missile destroyer ______________________________ (built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Mumbai), as 3rd third ship to be launched under Project 15B.
- Warships built under Project 15B project are propelled by four gas turbines to achieve speed in excess of 30 knots. They have a length of 163 metres and 17.4 metres at beam and a displacement of 7.300 tonnes.
15. Navy chief Sunil Lanba inaugurated Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) in ______________________ at Directorate of Naval Design (Surface Ship Group), that aims to boost indigenous warship design capabilities of Navy. VRC centre will facilitate collaborative design reviews for continuous interaction between designers and end-users to improve design and ergonomics onboard warships.
