P8I Current Affairs, GK & News
Fact Sheet: Sea Dragon 23
The Sea Dragon 23 exercise is a biennial coordinated multilateral anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise for long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. The exercise is hosted by the United States Navy, and it involves the participation of other friendly navies from Japan, Canada, South Korea, and India. The exercise aims to achieve high levels of synergy and coordination ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Anti-submarine warfare • Indian Navy • Joint Naval Exercise • P8I • P8I surveillance planes • Poseidon-8I (P8I) • Sea Dragon exercise
Exercise Kakadu 2022
Exercise Kakadu 2022 commenced in Australia’s Darwin on September 12, 2022. Key facts The Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22) is a multinational exercise hosted by the Australian Navy in Darwin – the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory. It will be held from September 12 to 24 this year by the Royal Australian Navy with the support ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Australia • Exercise Kakadu • Indian Navy • INS Satpura • Naval Exercises • Operation Pitch Black • P8I • P8I surveillance planes
India-US ink $1 billion deal to buy four Poseidon-8I aircraft
India has signed a defence deal with United States worth over $1 billion to purchase four additional Poseidon-8I (P8I) long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. This deal is a follow-up order to the eight P-81 aircrafts that are already bought by India in a direct deal with Boeing’s Indian subsidiary in 2009. The acquisition ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2016
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Defence • defence deals • India-US • Indian Navy • P8I