Al Nagah- It is the joint exercise between the Indian and Oman Armies.
Both armies shared valuable combat expertise on countering terrorist operations in an international environment.
Suriya Kiran - It is Indo - Nepal Joint Military Exercise.
It is the 11th and 12thedition of this exercise aimed at training of troops in counter insurgency operations in mountainous terrain.
It formally incorporated issues related to humanitarian assistance and disaster Relief (HADR).
Nomadic Elephant -Indo - Mongolian Joint Military Exercise.
The exercise was aimed at training the troops in counter insurgency & counter terrorism operations under the United Nations mandate.
Yudh Abhyas - Indo - US Joint Military Exercise.
The theme of the exercise was to build and develop military relations for regional security operations and peace keeping operations under UN Charter.
Mitra Shakti - Indo – Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise.
The exercise focused on counter terrorism operations in semi urban terrain.
Indra - Indo – Russia Joint Tri Service Exercise( Army, Navy and Airforce)
This is the first ever tri service exercise ‘INDRA’ between India & Russia.
Prabal Dostyk - Indo – Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise.
Sampriti - Indo-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise.
It was aimed at carrying out operations against terrorists and insurgents on the lines of those in the J&K and NE.
Ajeya warrior - Indo – UK Joint Military Exercise.
The aim of the exercise was to build and promote bilateral relations and counter insurgency operations between the two countries.
Pralay Sahayam - The exercise was conceptualised as Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise based on an urban flooding scenario in the twin cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad.
The Exercise synergised the efforts of all stakeholders Army, Navy, Air Forces, NDRF, civil administration, CAPFs and other civil agencies.
Significant operations of Indian Navy
Naval exercises
Malabar -IN, US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self - Defence Force (JMSDF) participated in the exercise.
The primary objective of the exercise was to enhance maritime cooperation and interoperability amongst the participating navies.
Varuna - It is a joint navy exercise between India-France.
Konkan -It is a bilateral navy exercise between Indian Navy and Britain Navy.
SIMBEX - It is the annual bilateral exercise with Republic of Singapore Navy.
AUSINDEX – It is the biennial Australia-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise.
SLINEX – It is the naval exercise between Sri Lanka-India.
Sambandh -Indian Navy conducted this exercise to showcast its capabilities to ‘Observers’ from 18 Friendly Foreign Countries of Indian ocean region (IOR).
Events and deployments
Navika Sagar Parikarma - Six naval women officers are undertaking Navika Sagar Parikrama on an Indian-built 56 feet long Sailing Vessel, INSV Tarini.
This is first Indian all-women crew circumnavigation of the globe under sail.
Expedition was flagged-off from Goa on Sep 17 and is expected to return to Goa in Apr 18.
Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) - ‘Goa Maritime Conclave’ (GMC) was attended by Chiefs of Navy/ Heads of Maritime Agency/ representatives of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Maldives, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
The Conclave was aimed at ‘Addressing Regional Maritime Challenges’ in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
INS Kiltan - It is an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette deployed recently.
It is an indigenously designed submarine.
INS Kalvari - It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which is designed by French company and being manufactured in India, deployed recently.
Significant events in Indian air force
Procurements
Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas)- it is an advanced multirole aircraft with state-of-art avionics was made under “Make in India”
Su-30 MKI - Induction of Su-30 MKI aircraft in the IAF is under progress.
The current lot of Su-30 MKI aircraft are being manufactured in HAL through Transfer of Technology.
Advanced indigenous weapons like 'BrahMos' supersonic cruise missile and ‘Astra’ Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile has been indigenously integrated and fired from aircraft.
Exercises
Siam Bharat - A Command Post Exercise (CPX) was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from IAF team participated in the exercise.
Op Sahayam -In the aftermath of cyclone 'Ockhi' the IAF unrelentingly pursued HADR along with NDRF team.
