The C-27J tactical transport aircraft, designed and produced by Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, has achieved a further success on the international markets, with a 130 million Euro order for four aircraft to be supplied to the Moroccan Defence Ministry. This brings the total number of orders received to 121, making the C-27J the world’s [...]

Gulf of Aden in the western Arabia Sea falls under the area of responsibility of the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy. The ships from the Command regularly maintain surveillance in the piracy infested region off the Somali Coast and Gulf of Aden either individually or as part of cooperative engagements with the friendly [...]

The South African Navy displayed the newly acquired Navy fleet to the Commander-in-Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), President Thabo Mbeki during a Presidential Fleet Review. The last Presidential Fleet Review was conducted in 1997 during President Nelson Mandela’s term, at that time, it coincided with the Navy’s 75th birthday. Ten years [...]