DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2023

* Indian Army Implement Common Uniform For Brigadier And Above Ranks.

* Aviation Security Culture Week Celebrated By Bureau Of Civil Association Security (BACS) From 31st July To 5th August 2023.

* India Received Spike NLOS Missiles From Israel.

* Pixxel Got Approval To Make Satellites For INDIA Air Force.

* 140 Police Personnel Have Been Awarded With The Union Home Minister's Medal For 2023.

* Boeing To Make Apache Helicopter For Indian Army. (Boeing Is America's Aerospace Major Company) 

* Indian Army Launched BATTLE OF MIND Quiz Competition on The Occasion Of Completion Of 25 Years Of Victory in Kargil.

* President Droupadi Murmu Launched The VINDHYAGIRI- The 6th Ship Of Project 17A Of Indian Navy At Kolkata.

* The MAIDEN Test Drop Of Indigenous Search And Research Kit ( SARK) Developed By ARDE, Agra Was Successfully Undertaken on 15th August P-8I Aircraft ex INAS 316.

* Advanced Weapons And Equipment India ( AWEIL) Has Introduced India's First Long Range Revolver Named PRABAL. 

* INDIAN Coast Guard And Philippines Coast Guard Commander Signed MoU To Enhanced Maritime Cooperation.

*  Light Combat  Aircraft(LCA), Tejas LSP- 7 Successfully Test Fired The ASTRA Indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air To Air Missile From Coast Of Goa.

* INS VAGIR Has Set Record For The Longest Scorpene Submarine Deployment By INDIAN Navy.

*  DAC Approved RS. 7800 Crores To Enhanced Operational Capabilities Of Armed Force.

* The Defense Ministry has Signed A Contract With Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) Vishakhapatnam For The Acquisition Of 5 Fleet Support Ship (FSS) For Indian Navy At Cost Of 19000 Crores.

* BHEL Is Set To Manufacture India's First Indigenous Selective Catalyst Reactor ( SCR). 

APPOINTMENT - 

* Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena AVSM, NM Has Taken Charge As The Chief Of Staff, Eastern Naval Command, Vishakapatnam.

* Major Amita Rani Has Been Appointed As The Additional Director General Of Military Nursery Service (MNS).

* ADG S Paramesh Has Been Appointed As The Additional Director General Of Indian Coast Guard, New Delhi.