{"id":9843,"date":"2020-12-17T10:06:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T04:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trishuldefenceacademy.in\/blog\/?p=9843"},"modified":"2020-12-17T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T06:24:12","slug":"types-of-aircraft-in-indian-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trishuldefenceacademy.in\/blog\/types-of-aircraft-in-indian-navy","title":{"rendered":"Types Of Aircraft In Indian Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the time it’s the Indian Air Force aspirants who surf on the internet to know about “Types of Aircraft” but hardly there is someone who seeks to know the Types of Aircraft in the Indian Navy. So in this informative blog dedicated to all Indian Navy aspirants, we are going to tell the types of aircraft used by our proud Indian Navy. After getting through it you will get the basic idea.\u00a0 Firstly for a first-timer let’s learn about the term Indian Navy<\/strong> Air Arm or Naval Aviators.<\/p>\n

What Is Naval Air Arm\/Naval Aviator in Indian Navy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Indian Naval Air Arm is the aviation branch and a fighting arm of the Indian Navy which is tasked to provide an aircraft carrier-based strike capability, fleet air defence, maritime reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare. <\/strong>Read the Followings are the types of aircraft.<\/p>\n

List Of Active Types of Aircraft & Helicopters Used In Indian Navy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aircraft<\/th>\nOrigin<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nVariant<\/th>\nIn service<\/th>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Combat Aircraft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
MiG-29<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\nmultirole<\/td>\nMiG-29K<\/td>\n36<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maritime patrol<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Boeing P-8<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\nASW\u00a0\/\u00a0patrol<\/td>\nP-8I<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ilyushin Il-38<\/td>\nSoviet Union<\/td>\nASW\u00a0\/\u00a0patrol<\/td>\n<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dornier Do 228<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\nsurveillance<\/td>\n228-201<\/sup><\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Britten-Norman BN-2<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\nutility \/\u00a0patrol<\/td>\nBN-2B\/2T<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helicopters<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Kamov Ka-31<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\nAEW<\/td>\n<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SH-60 Seahawk<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\nASW\u00a0\/\u00a0SAR<\/td>\nMH-60R<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kamov Ka-27<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\nASW<\/td>\nKa-28<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Westland Sea King<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\nSAR\u00a0\/ utility<\/td>\nMk.42B\/C<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAL Dhruv<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\nutility<\/td>\n<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAL Chetak<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\nliaison \/ light utility<\/td>\n<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trainer Aircraft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
MiG-29<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\nConversion trainer<\/td>\nMiG-29KUB<\/td>\n8<\/sup><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BAE Hawk<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\nJet trainer<\/td>\nHawk 132<\/td>\n17<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAL Kiran<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\nJet trainer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n20<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UAV<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
IAI Heron<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\nsurveillance<\/td>\nHeron 1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IAI Searcher<\/sup><\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\nsurveillance<\/td>\nMk. I \/ II<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DRDO Lakshya<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\ntarget drone<\/td>\n<\/td>\n39<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MQ-9 Reaper<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\nUnmanned combat aerial vehicle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2 leased for maritime surveillance in the Indian Ocean region.<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Types Of Aircraft In Indian Navy\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Following is the serial wise description of types of aircraft used in Indian Navy -Navy Aviators (Indian Navy Air Arm)<\/p>\n