Coming in the new millennium, the Bangladesh Navy started to consider the necessity of being a three-dimensional force equipped with submarines and aircraft.

[citation needed] Bangladesh Naval Aviation joined in the search operation of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with a Dornier 228NG MPA in March 2014.

[citation needed] Currently, naval aviation operates from their own hangar situated beside the Shah Amanat International Airport at Chattogram.

[4] BN has issued two tenders for the procurement of four helicopters with anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface vessel warfare (ASuW), over-the-horizon targeting (OTHT), maritime search and rescue (MSAR), medical evacuation (MEDEVAC), casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and special mission capabilities.

She told that, there is a plan to induct more maritime patrol aircraft, anti-submarine warfare helicopters and long range MPA in the near future.