Indian Naval Air Arm

The Indian Naval Air Arm is a branch of Indian Navy which is tasked to provide an aircraft carrier based strike capability, fleet air defence, maritime reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare.

Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) at Goa appears to direct the field operations of the air arm. FONA also serves as the Navy's Flag Officer Goa Area (FOGA).

Fighters

 * Mikoyan MiG-29K x 48 (Multirole Fighter)
 * Yakovlev Yak-41M2 x 48 (V/STOL Fighter)

Bombers

 * Tupolev Tu-22M3 x 4 (Strategic Bomber/Maritime Strike Aircraft)

ELINT Aircrat

 * Yakovlev Yak-44 x 0 (Carrier based AWACS Aircraft) - under development
 * Ilyushin Il-38SD x 6 (Maritime Patrol Aircraft)
 * Boeing P-8I Neptune x 12 (Maritime Patrol Aircraft) - 16 more on order

Utility Aircraft

 * Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine-Islander x 8
 * Dornier Do228-101/201 x 26 (Utility Aircraft) - 12 more on order

Search and Rescue Aircraft

 * ShinMaywa US-2 x 12 (Air-Sea Rescue)

Trainer Aircraft

 * BAe Systems Hawk Mk.132 x 18 (Jet Trainer) - 6 more on order
 * HAL HJT-16 Kiran x 20 (Trainer Aircraft) - to be replaced by HAL HJT-36 Sitara
 * Pipistrel SW-80 Virus x 0 (Trainer) - 12 on order

Helicopters

 * AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin x 12 (Maritime Helicopter)
 * HAL Chetak x 30 (Utility Helicopter)
 * HAL Dhruv x 8 (Utility Helicopter) - 16 more on order
 * Kamov Ka-28 x 14 (ASW Helicopter)
 * Kamov Ka-31 x 14 (AEW Helicopter) - 10 more on order
 * Sikorsky UH-3H Sea King x 8 (Transport Helicopter)
 * Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk x 16 (Maritime Helicopter) - 24 more MH-60R Seahawks on order
 * Westland Sea King Mk.42B/C x 28 (Maritime Helicopter)

UAVs

 * General Atomics SeaGuardian x 22 (Maritime Surveillance UAV)
 * IAI Heron
 * IAI Searcher Mk.II
 * Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton x 12 (Maritime Surveillance UAV)