Delivery of the four P-8I maritime patrol aircraft is expected to be completed by January 2022. The Indian Navy will begin inducting a second batch of P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircraft in April.

The signing of the arrangement is also the first step towards the KC-30A refuelling the Indian Navy’s P-8I Neptune surveillance aircraft, increasing India’s reach in the Indo-Pacific ...

The Defence Secretary was received by Commodore Kapil Mehta, the Commanding Officer of INS Rajali, who provided a ...

The Indian Navy operates 12 P-8I maritime patrol aircraft. These sonobuoys are dropped from the aircraft into the sea for anti-submarine warfare. The announcement came after US National Security ...