INDRA Navy And Aviaindia: Maritime Security And Interoperability Joint Exercises Between Indian And Russian Forces

FE Online, December 9, 2018

Ahead of the Indian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Military-Technical cooperation later in the week, India Russian Navies and Air Force are set for their joint exercises here in India.

AVIAINDRA-2018 is the second in the series of bilateral joint exercise between IAF-RFSAF.

Ahead of the Indian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Military-Technical cooperation later in the week, India Russian Navies and Air Force are set for their joint exercises here in India. Russian Federation Navy (RuFN) Ships Varyag, Admiral Panteleyev and Boris Butoma arrived in Visakhapatnam to participate in INDRA NAVY, the bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Russian Federation Navy exercise which started on Sunday.

The main aim of the 10th edition of exercise INDRA NAVY from Dec 9-16 is to increase inter-operability amongst the two navies, develop common understanding and procedures for maritime security operations.

The second in the series of bilateral service specific Ex AVIAINDRA, — Indian Air Force and Russian Federation Aerospace Force (RFSAF), is starting on Monday at Air Force Station Jodhpur from Dec 10-21. AVIAINDRA-2018 is the second in the series of bilateral joint exercise between IAF-RFSAF. The exercise is planned in two phases.

According to the Indian Air Force, “The exercise is unique wherein the foreign participant does not bring its air assets. In Russia, the IAF pilots flew alongside their Russian counterparts in RFSAF aircraft at Lipetsk from 17 Sep 18 to 28 Sep 18. In India, the RFSAF pilots will fly alongside their Indian counterparts in the IAF aircraft, which are common to both Air Forces.”

Courtes:FE