India and the US on Tuesday( 01 April 2025) will kick off their major tri-service exercise called 'Tiger Triumph' in the Bay of Bengal, with a focus on enhancing military interoperability for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) and crisis situations.

The two week-long exercise, with a harbour phase at Visakhapatnam and then massive maritime and amphibious operations off Kakinada, will also see the two sides formulate standard operating procedures to establish a combined coordination centre to enable rapid and smooth coordination between the task-forces during exercises and contingencies, officials said.

India will be represented by warships INS Jalashwa, INS Gharial, INS Mumbai and INS Shakti, with their integral helicopters and landing crafts, and P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft.

The Army will deploy troops from the 91 Infantry Brigade and 12 Mechanised Infantry battalion, while the IAF will have C-130J 'Super Hercules' aircraft and Mi-17 helicopters, along with a rapid action medical team (RAMT).