Singapore Navy's multi-role stealth frigate RSS Formidable in Vishakhapatnam.
A Singapore Navy ship reached Vishakhapatnam on Sunday to participate in a joint naval exercise with India, said an official statement.
RSS Formidable, a multi-role stealth frigate commanded by Lt. Colonel Khoo Aik Leong Albert, will participate in the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercises 'SIMBEX-16'.
A senior Singapore Navy delegation headed by Colonel Aaron Beng, who commands the 185 Squadron, is also visiting Vishakhapatnam-headquartered Eastern Naval Command (ENC) during the period, said the Defence Ministry statement.
During the visit, the seniors Singaporean Navy commanders will call on ENC's commander-in-chief, Vice Admiral HCS Bisht and Eastern Fleet commander, Rear Admiral AB Dasgupta.
In the exercise, Indian Navy will be represented by guided missile destroyer INS Ranvijay, indigenous anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kamorta, a Sindhugosh class submarine, along with number of maritime patrol aircraft and helicopters.
A Fokker 50 maritime patrol aircraft of the Singapore Navy will be operating from Port Blair.
The SIMBEX series was first formalised when Singaporean Navy ships began training with the Indian Navy in 1994.
Simbex-16, being held in the Bay of Bengal region, is 23rd in the series and is aimed to increase interoperability and to develop common understanding and procedures for maritime security operations.
The thrust of exercises at sea this year would be on anti-submarine warfare, integrated operations with surface, air and sub-surface forces, air defence and surface encounters.