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The Department of Defence Production of the Ministry of Defence is responsible for the indigenous production of equipment used by the Indian Navy and the other armed forces. It comprises the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories under control of the Ordnance Factories Board and eight Defence PSUs: HAL, BEL, BEML, BDL, MDL, GSL, GRSE and Midhani.
As of April 2024, the Indian Navy possesses two aircraft carriers, one amphibious transport dock, four tank landing ships, 12 destroyers, 13 frigates, 2 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, 16 conventionally powered attack submarines, 18 corvettes, eight landing craft utilities, ten large offshore patrol vessels, five fleet tankers as ...
The Indian Navy is also acquiring 30 autonomous underwater vehicles. [337] The Indian Navy is planning to procure 22 General Atomics Sea Guardian drones at an estimated cost of $2 billion. [338] This is the first instance of General Atomics drones being sold to a non-NATO military. [338]
High explosives, penetration, cluster munition, fragmentation, thermobaric, chemical weapon and tactical nuclear weapon: 1994 Being withdrawn [6] Prithvi-II (SS-250) surface-to-surface SRBM: 250 to 350 km (160 to 220 mi) 2003 In Service [7] Prithvi-III (SS-350) 350 to 600 km (220 to 370 mi) 2004 In Service [8] Dhanush
The Indian Navy has been focusing on developing indigenous platforms, systems, sensors and weapons as part of the nation's modernisation and expansion of its maritime forces. As of November 2023, the Indian Navy had 67 vessels of various types under construction including destroyers , frigates , corvettes , conventional-powered and nuclear ...
Weapon Type Caliber Origin Notes Handguns/pistols Pistol Auto 9mm 1A: Semi-automatic pistol: 9×19mm Parabellum India: Status: In service, as standard side-arm of the Indian Army, manufactured under license by OFB, used by special forces in small numbers. [26] Glock Austria: Status: In service, as standard special forces pistol. [26] Beretta ...
A flotilla of the Indian Navy's destroyers during Exercise Tropex 2023. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoueverable, long-distance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers. [1] [2] Seventeen destroyers have served, or currently serve, in ...
This article provides a list of active Indian military aircraft currently in service with the Indian Armed Forces, as well as aircraft on order. For a list of historical military aircraft used by the Indian military, see list of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force .