New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which is planning to expand its fleet with modern, state-of-the-art platforms, organised a one-day conference themed “Extending Capability for Distant Horizons” at Coast Guard headquarters in New Delhi on Friday. The conference, inaugurated by Paramesh Sivamani, ICG Director General, brought together leading Indian shipyards and design houses to deliberate upon the future platforms.Representatives from Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineer…
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Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) bid farewell to one of its oldest Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVs) — also known as hovercrafts — at Haldia in West Bengal on Tuesday, officials said. H-186 was commissioned on March 21, 2002, and has participated in several Search and Rescue (SAR) missions during its 24 years in service.The ACV will be put up on display at a museum in New Town at Kolkata that also houses a decommissioned Tu-142M aircraft of the Indian Navy.The hovercraft will be …
Panaji, May 11 (IANS) The construction of the first-ever indigenously fabricated and built Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVs) for the Indian Coast Guard is progressing rapidly at Chowgule & Company Private Limited in Goa, officials said on Monday. The Ministry of Defence had signed a contract with the company on October 24, 2024, for the construction of six Air Cushion Vehicles for the Coast Guard as part of the country’s push towards indigenous defence manufacturing.In a major milestone for the pr…
Panaji, Feb 13 (IANS) Director General of Indian Coast Guard Paramesh Sivamani on Friday inaugurated a waterjet production and testing facility in Goa, marking a significant milestone in India’s pursuit of maritime Aatmanirbharta, a statement said. With this advanced production and testing facility under the Manufacturing and Transfer of Technology framework, India becomes the third country globally, after the US and South Korea, to host such a facility, it said.The newly inaugurated facili…