NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINE ‘ARIHANT’ LAUNCHED
India’s first indigenously built nuclear propelled strategic submarine named ‘Arihant’, meaning ‘Destroyer of the Enemies’, was launched on July 26 at the Ship Building Center, Visakhapatnam
Keel for India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), was laid by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony at Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) in Kochi. designed by Directorate of Naval Design (DND) of Indian Navy as Project 71.
Note: Other projects of DND:
# Project 15: Delhi class guided missile destroyers.
# Project 15A: Kolkata class guided missile destroyers.
# Project–16: Godavari class frigates.
# Project 16A: Brahmaputra class frigates.
# Project 17: Shivalik class stealth frigates.
# Project 25: Khukri class missile corvettes.
# Project 71: Indigenous Aircraft Carrier.
INS Airavat, the third Landing Ship Tank (Large) of the Shardul class was commissioned in May
The first batch of three MiG-29K aircraft were received on December 04, 2009 at INS Hansa Goa. A total of 16 aircraft have been contracted from MiG RAC.
The Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala was commissioned on January 08, 2009. This Academy named INS Zamorin will be the largest officer-training Naval Academy in Asia.
Two lady officers were inducted as the first women Observers of the Indian Navy. Sub Lieutenant Seema Rani Sharma and Sub Lieutenant Ambica Hooda were awarded ‘Wings’ on November 20, 2009.
The first of the three Indian Air Force AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) platform arrived in India from Israel in May.
On September 18, 2009 an IAF AN-32 aircraft landed at Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in eastern Ladakh. Though helicopters have been landing at this ALG, this was for the first time that a fixed-wing aircraft has landed at the compacted airstrip of Nyoma, located 23 kms from the Line of Actual Control at an altitude of 13,300 feet.
The Su-30 aircraft was formally inducted at Air Force Station Tezpur on 15 June 15, following the upgrade of the airbase in the northeast.
President Pratibha Patil inducted the new state-of-the-art VVIP jet into the IAF on April 1, 2009. The President later undertook a flight to Assam aboard the new Boeing 747/700, christened as ‘Rajdoot’. The sparkling white 60-passenger-capacity aircraft, designed on the lines of the US President’s Air Force One and equipped with a wide range of security cover and latest communication devices, replaces the Boeing 737.
The President of India, Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil became the first woman President anywhere across the world to fly a fighter jet - SU-30.
Indigenously built Main Battle Tank, Arjun from Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Avadi released.
India rolled out its first batch of the indigenous, Russian-designed T-90 tanks in August, which will be the country’s main battle tank over the next three decades.
JOINT EXERCISES
- ‘YUDH ABHYAS-09’ with the US Army at Babina near Jhansi in October
- The Indian and Maldivian troops conducted ‘EKUVERIN-09’ exercise in Belgaum
- COPE INDIA 2009 was held in October at Agra between IAF and US Air Force
- ‘SIMBEX 09’ in March with the Singapore Navy
- US and Japanese Navies under the aegis of the MALABAR exercise
- 'Konkan’ with Royal navy
- 'Varuna' with French Navy
INS Savitri, an Offshore Patrol Vessel, returned yesterday after a deployment of over a month in the waters of Mauritius and Seychelles for Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) surveillance and anti piracy patrols.
The 7th Edition of Aero India, Asia’s premier Air Show, was held in Bengaluru from February 11 to 15, 2009.
A 400-strong contingent of the Indian Armed Forces comprising marching columns and a combined military band from the Army, Air Force and Navy participated in the French National Day parade on July 14, 2009 in Paris.
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