FEBRUARY -
* Indian Army Has Launched OPERATION SADBHAVNA For The Development Of Ladakh.
MARCH -
* Air Marshal BR Krishna Inaugurated General Rawat India-Australia Young Officers Exchange Programme At Air Force Academy Dundigal,
APRIL -
DEFENSE APPOINTMENT -
* Lt. General D S Rana Has Assumed The Appointment As DG Defense Intelligence Agency And Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defense Staff.
* Vice Admiral Atul Anand Assumed Charge As The Director General Naval Operation.
* Vice Admiral Suraj Berry Takes Over As The New Chief Of The Personnel Of The Indian Navy.
* Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh Assumed Charge As The Vice Chief Of Naval Staff.
* Former Vice Chief Of Air Staff Air Marshal Sandeep Singh Has Been Appointed As The New Military Adviser In The National Security Council Secretariat.
* Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Wins The 13th All India Police Commando Competition At NSG, Manesar.
* 4th Joint Defense Cooperation Committee Meeting Between India And Philippines Was Held In New Delhi.
* Former Northern Army Commander Lt. General Yogesh Kumar Joshi Took Charge As Director General Of Centre For Contemporary China Studies in The Ministry of External Affairs.
MOU SIGNED -----
* Defense Ministry Signed 470 Crores Contract With Firm For Modernization Of Naval Aircrafts Yard At Kochi, Goa.
* Ministry Of Defense And BEL Signed a Contract For 13 Lynx-U2 Fire Control Systems For Indian Navy.
* Ministry Of Atomic Energy And Space Announced That NPCIL With Public Sector Enterprises T0 Set Up 10 Nuclear Power Project In Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan And Haryana At 105000 Crores Cost.
* Indian Air Force Signed With Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) For The Procurement Of Indigenous Electronics Warfare system.
* DGCA And European Union Aviation Safety Agency ( EASA) Have Signed A MoU For Aircraft System And Innovative Air Mobility.
* Indian Army And EEL signed A Deal For 450 Made In India Nagastra-1 Attack Drones.
* The Defense Secretary Giridhar Aaramane Has Inaugurated The Third LCA Production line And Handed over 100th SUKHOI-30 MKI At Nasik.
* The 11th COMNAVGUARD Meeting Between The Indian Navy And The Indian Coast Guard Conducted On 10th April At Visakhapatnam.
* The First Army Commander Conference Of Year 2023 Will Be Organise In Hybrid Format.
* IAF's First Woman Gallantry Award Winner Wing Commander Deepika Misra Received Vayu Sena Medal.
* ISRO Launched PSLV-C55 With Two Singapore Satellites (TeLEOS_2) From Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
* DRDO and Indian Navy Successfully Conducted A Maiden Flight Trial of Sea Based Endo Atmospheric Interceptor Missile At Odisha,
* India Ranks Fourth In Global Military Expenditure, US Ranked One.
* First Female Rafale Pilot Shivangi Singh Who Is Part Of IAF Team In Exercise ORION IN France.
MAY -
* Air Marshal Saju Balakrishna Took Charge As 17th Commander In Chief Of The Andaman & Nicobar Command ( CINCAN).
Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari Took Charge As New Air Officer Commanding-In-Chief Of South Western Air Command ( SWAC) At Gandhinagar.
Lt. General Adosh Kumar Took Charge As The New Director General Of Artillery.
Air Marshal B Manikantan Took Charge As AOC In CSAC.
* Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit Has Been Appointed As The New Deputy Chief Of Air Staff.
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Handed Over a Fast Patrol Vessel & a Landing Craft Assault Ship To The Maldives National Defense Forces.
* Nigeria Will Be The First Country To Buy Light Combat Helicopter ( LAH) From India.
* INDIAN Navy's Oldest Indigenous LST (L) INS Magar Decommissioned After 36 Year Of Service.
* A BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile Successfully Tested From INS Mormugao By Indian Navy.
* The Defense Ministry Has Has
Banned The Import oF 928 military Items To Promote The Domestic Defense Industry.
* Chinnar Corp Commander Lt General Amardeep Singh Aujla Has Been Appointed As The New Master General Sustence (MGS) Of The INDIAN Army.
* INDIAN Army Gagrat Corps Has Conducted Joint Flood Relief Exercise JAL RAHAT in Assam.
AWARD -
* Former Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh ( Retired) Has Been Conferred With The Order Of The Rising Sun, Gold And Silver Star By Government Of Japan For Strengthening India And Japan Relationship).
* India Extended The Help To Myanmar Who Suffered Cyclone Mocha, Named Operation KARUNA Help People.
JULY -
APPOINTMENT -
* Lt. General Pratik Sharma Assumed As The Director General Military Operation At Indian Army.
* Lt General M U Nair Has Taken Charge As The New National Cyber Security Coordinator
* Vice Admiral Atul Anand Assume As Additional Secretary Of Department Of Military Affairs.
* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Contract With Hindustan Aeronautics Limited For Procurement Of 2 Dornier Aircraft For Indian Coast Guard At 458.87 Crores.
* An MoU Signed Between Indian Navy, BARC And ECIL Hyderabad For Indigenous Development.
* L&T Signs Ship Repairing Agreement With US Navy.
* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY Test Fired Air To Surface Missile RUSTAM-2
* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) And The Ministry Of Defense Of The Republic Of Argentina Have Signed A Letter of Intent On Productive Cooperation And Acquisition Of Light And Medium Utility Helicopters.
* INS KIRPAN Has decommissioned After 32 years Of Service To India Navy And Handed Over To Vietnam People Navy.
* Indian Army Has Signed A Contract For Procurement Of Indigenous Developed Remotely Pilot Aerial Vehicle Through The iDEX Chanel.
AUGUST -
* 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.
SEPTEMBER -
APPOINTMENTS -
* Lt General Ajith Nilakantan Will Take Over As The New Commandant Of The Indian Army Hospital.
* Vumlunmang Vualnam Has Been Appointed As The New Civil Aviation Secretary.
* Yogesh Bahadur Khurania Has Taken Charge Of Special Director General Of Boarder Security Force, Western Command, Chandigarh.
* Lt Col Nector Sanjenbam (RETIRED) Has Been Appointed As SSP To Tackle The Manipur Violence.
* Delos Flora Has Been Appointed As Additional Director General Of Military Nursing Service (MNS).
* Mukesh Singh Has Been Appointed As The Inspector General In Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
* Payal Chabra Became First Woman Surgeon To Join The Elite Para Special Forces Of Indian Army.
* 3rd Missile Cum Ammunition ( MCA) Barge, Yard 77 (LSAM 9) Was Launched By Cmde G Ravi, Warship Production Superintendent ( Vishakapatnam) On 22nd September.
* Indian Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) Has Officially Approved The Indigenous DHRUVASTHRA Missile.
* DAC Approved Rs 45000 Crores For Purchasing 12 Su-30 MKI Fighter Jets For IAF.
* Director General Of Armed Force Medical Services Lt General Daljeet Singh Inaugurated The National Level Obstetrics And Gynecology Academy Conference.
* Indian Navy Launched 7th And Final Frigate Of Project 17A MAHENDRAGIRI At Mazagaon Duck, Mumbai.
* The Minister Of State For Defense Ajay Bhatt Released The Maritime Infrastructure Perspective Plan (MIPP) At 2nd Naval Commanders Conference.
* Indian Air force Received First C-295 Aircraft From Spain.
* 600 Indigenously Manufactured Self Neutralising Antitank Mines VIBHAV Has Been Inducted To Indian Army. ( Developed By DRDO).
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inducted The C-295 Aircraft Into The Indian Air Force At Hindon, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
* Union Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated The Bharat Drone Shakti 2023 Exhibition. at Ghaziabad.
* Indian Coast Guard's The H-183 Has Decommissioned After 22 Years Of Service.
* Hyderabad Based Skanda Aerospace Inaugurated India's First Aerospace Gear Manufacturing Facility.
HOST -
* 2nd Edition Of Naval Commanders Conference Is going To Held In 4-6th September In Hybrid Format.
* The 12th Meeting Of Malaysia And India on Defense Cooperation Meeting Held In Delhi.
* The Indian and US Armies Host The 13th Biannual Indo Pacific Armies Chief Conference (IPACC)
The 47th Annual Indo- Pacific Army Management Seminar (IPAMS) Held In New Delhi.
* Indian Army Has Recently Launched PROJECT NAMAN - which Reddressal Who Lost Their Lives
* The Theme For The Indo Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference 2023 Is - Together For Peace: Sustaining Peace And Stability In The Indo Pacific Region.
MOU SIGNED -
* INDIAN Navy And Uber Signed MoU For Business Support.
* Indian Navy And Indian Institute Of Science (IISc) Bengaluru Signed MoU For Technical Collaboration And Joint Research & Development.
OCTOBER -
PROJECTS, SCHEMES -
* Indian Army Launched PROJECT DARPAN & PROJECT SPEARS ( To Prepare Youths Of Upper Assam For CDS And NDA )
* Indian Army Initiated PROJECT UDBHAV ( To Rediscover The Profound Indic Heritage Of State Craft And Strategic thought).
* Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) Has Joined Forces With Maritronics India Private Limited (MIPL) To Bolster Indigenous Research And Development Efforts In Maritime Sector.
* IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhary Unveiled A New Ensign For The Indian Air Force On The Occasion of 91st Air Force Day.
* Gurkha Rifles Has Won The Gold Medal At Cambrian Patrol Competition 2023 International Military Exercise In Wales, UK.
* Defence Ministry Shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Has Delivered Third Stealth Destroyer IMPHAL To Indian Navy.
* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated The First Military Heritage Festival In New Delhi.
(Also Launched PROJECT UDHAV) To Promote Indigenous Discourse Through Integration Of Ancient Strategic Acumen Into Military Domain).
* Union Minister Smriti Irani Has Flagged Off bike Expedition YASHASHWINI Of CRPF Women In JNU CAMPUS, Delhi.
* Bureau Of Police Research & Development (MHA) Has Launched The VIMARSH 5G Hackathon.
* General Manoj Pande Has Inaugurated The Indian Army's First Ever Vertical Wind Tunnel At Special Force training School (SFTS Bakloh) In Himachal Pradesh.
* 3rd Ammunication Cum Torpedo Cum Missile ( ACTCM) Barge LSAM 17, (Yard 127) Was Launched By Cmde V Prabin From Thane, Maharashtra.
* 25th Bollard Pull Tug Mahabali Launched By Cmde Sunil Kaushik At Shoft Shipyard Limited, Bharuch, Gujarat.
APPOINTMENTS -
* Param Vir Chakra Awardee Captain Bana Singh Nominated As Ambassador For WAR AGAINST WASTE In Jammu & Kashmir.
* Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti Has Assumed As Deputy Chief Of Naval Staff.
* Lt General Rajeev Puri Assumed As The Commander of Brahmastra Corps.
* Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan AVSM VSM , Assumes As Chief Of Personnel Indian Navy.
* Birendra Kumar Yadav Has Been Appointed As The New Deputy Inspector General (DGP) Of Puducherry.
* Air Marshal Sadhna S Nair Assumed As Director General Hospital Service (Armed Forces) In Delhi.
* Rashmi Ranjan Swain Has Been Appointed As The NEW DGP Of Jammu and Kashmir.
HOST -
* Indian Army Conducted DHRUVA AIR DEFENSE CONCLAVE 2023 By DHRUVA Command.
* 49th All INDIA Police Congress Held At Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
* Indian Coast Guard Conducted 21st National Maritime Search And Rescue Board Meeting At Kolkata.
* A Tri-Service Table Top Exercise PRAYOG-23 Is Host By Shilong
* Indian Navy Warship INS TRUSHUL Has Participate In A Maritime Exercise Partnerships With French Navy Ship
* 29th Edition Of The Annual INDIAN Navy's And INDIAN Coast Guard Apex Level Meeting NAVGUARD Held In New Delhi.
* The 43rd Annual Governing Body Meeting Of The Tear Smoke Unit (TSU) Was Convened By BSF.
* Rajesh Pal, Director General INDIAN Coast Guard Inaugurated The 6th Indian Coast Guard Subordinate Officer's Conclave 2023
With Theme - Towards An Inclusive Approach).
* The 21st Meeting Of India-Russia Working Group On Military Technical Cooperation And Defence Industry Of India-Russia Inter Governmental Commission On Military & Military Technical Cooperation Took Place In New Delhi.
* The Bi Annual IAF Commanders Conference Held New Delhi.
* Indian Army Conducted The Chanakya Defence Conclave.
MOU -
* The Ministry Of Defence Has Signed A Contract For A Midlife Upgrade And Repowering INS BEAS With Cochin Shipyard Limited At A Cost of Of 313.42 Crores
(INS BEAS IS First Diesel Propulsion)
* Defence Ministry Signed Contract For Construction Of The First Indian Coast Guard Training Ship With Mazagon Dock & Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.
* The Indian Air force Has Signed A MoU With Indian Manufacturer For The Procurement Of Automatic Weather Station In 82 IAF Location.
AWARD -
* General Manoj Pande Awarded Best Green Station Award During Army Commanders Conference To Udhampur Military Station. (first)
2nd - Dehradun Military Station
And Best Transformative Station - Bikaner Military Station.
COAS Flight Safety Trophy To - 671 Army Aviation Squadron.
* Admiral R Hari Kumar ( Chief Of Indian Navy)_ Presented The Maiden NIB ( Navy's Intellectual Beacon) To CM Varun Chakroborthy.
APPOINTMENTS -
* Lt General Sumer Ivan D' Cunha Has Been Assume As Director General Of Army Air Defence.
* Lt General Dhiraj Seth Has Been Assume As The Command Of Shapt Shakti Commanders.
* Former Delhi High Court Judge Rajendra Menon Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of Armed Force Tribunal (AFT).
* IPS OFFICER Vidhi Kumar Bidri Has Been Appointed As The IGP Of Kashmir.
* Rear Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar Has Been Appointed As The Commander Of Eastern Naval Command.
* Rear Admiral CR Praveen Nair NM Takes Over As Fleet Commander Of The Sword Arm.
* Former Indian Defense Secretary Ajay Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Advisor To The US India Strategic And Partnerships Forums (USISPF).
* IPS OFFICER Alok Sharma Has Been Appointed As The Director Of Special Protection Group (SPG).
* Inspector General Donny Michael (TM, Gallantry) Has Taken Charge Of Commander Of Coast Guard Eastern Region.
* Inspector General Neeraj Tiwari Took Charge As Indian Coast Guard Region (Andaman And Nicobar)
* Army Medical Corps Officer Col Sunita Became The First Woman To Command Armed Forces Transfusion Center, Delhi.
* ITBP DG AD Singh Has Given Additional Charge Of DG OF CRPF.
UNVEILED -
* Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Has Unveiled The Crest Of INDIAN Navy's Guided Missile Destroyer - SURAT
* HAL And Safran Have Incorporate A New Company Called SAFHal Helicopter Manufacturing Company.
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled A Decommissioned MIG-211 Fighter Jet, Which Was Used In 1971 Bangladesh War At Raj Bhaban.
* AMINI, The 4th Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water crafts (ASW SWC) Was Launched At L&T Kattupali, By Indian Navy
(AMINI Is Named Due To A Island Situated At Lakshadweep).
* DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat Has Unveiled The Model Of The AKASH Surface To Air Missile Build By IIT Bombay (Indigenous Method) For Indian Armed Forces.
* President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurated International Conference Cum Exhibition On Aerospace And Aviation in 2047, At Yashobhumi NEW Delhi.
* SECON Engineering Has Launched The 4th Missile Cum Ammunition Barge (LSAM 10) For The Indian Navy At Vishakapatanam.
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Unveiled The INS IMPHAL (Designed By Indian Navy s Warships Design Bureau) WDB At New Delhi.
* Bengaluru Based FLYING WEDGE Has Became India's FIRST Ever Private Company To Get Certified From DGCA.
* HERMES 900 Starliner Drone To Inducted Into Indian Army.
* Sweden's SAAB Bagged The India's First 100% FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) In Defense Projects, To Make Largest Generation Of Carl-Gustaf M4 System.
* Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Approved A Proposal For Extension Of The Rules Of Maternity, Child Care And Child Adoption Leaves For Women Soldiers, Sailors And Armed And Air Warriors.
* The INDIAN Navy's IIyushin-38 Sea Dragon Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft Bid Farewell After 46 Years Of Service To The Nation.
* Indian Navy Supersonic Cruise Missile BRAHMOS Has Been Successfully Test Fired From Bay Of Bengal.
* EXERCISE POORVI AKASH Conducted By Indian Air force To Maintenance The Critical Activities.
* ICGS SAMAR To Be Decommissioned After 27 Years Of Service To Indian Navy, Will Decommissioned At Kochi.
* The Vice Chancellor Of Rasthriya Raksha University (RRU) Have Handed Over Indigenously Developed ROOSTER DRONE To Northern Command.
* 14th Edition Of Special Forces And Diving Refresher Camp For The Mauritius Police Force At Port Louis. ( Conducted By Indian Navy's Mobile Training Team ( MTT).
* The Indian Army Celebrated 243rd CORPS Day
* Aeronautical Society Of India (ASI) Has Completed 75 Years.
MOU -
* India Got Major Shipbuilding Contract 25 Cargo Vessels Will Be Build At Goa Shipyard Limited For Russia.
* Armenia Has Signed A Contract With Hyderabad Based Zen Technology For The Supply Of Anti Drone System Worth Rs 41.5 million US Dollars.
* HAL Has Signed With Transfer Of Technology (ToT) Agreement With CSIR-NAL For The Serial Production Of BMI Engine Bay Door Inner Skin & Bottom Skin For LCA TEJAS MK1A Aircrafts.
* French Aerospace Manufacturer AIRBUS Signed MoU With Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( HAL) For Commercial Aircraft Service Support.
* India And Argentina Government Signed Specific Implementing Arrangements On Academics Cooperation Between Both Defense Ministry, For Training And Research Cooperation, Defense.
* The Integrated Defense Staff (IDS) Has Signed A MoU With CSIR For Technical Collaboration And Joint R & D In The Field Of Defense Technology.
* Uttar Pradesh State Government And Belgium Have Signed MoU To Partner In Defense And Space Research.
* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Contract With Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) For The Procurement of 16 Upgraded Super Rapid Gun Mounts ( SRGM) At Haridwar.
HOST -
* The 34th Triservices Training Commanders Conference Held At Shimla, Chaired By Anil Chauhan
* The 33rd Edition Of Annual IMBL Meeting Between India And Srilanka Held At Palk Bay,
* Baramulla, Host The General Bipin Rawat Memorial Cricket Tournament 2023.
* The 7th INDIA-NEPAL Coordination Meeting Between Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) And Armed Police Forced (APF) Nepal Held At New Delhi.
* Mumbai Host The Indian Navy's Sailing Championship 2023.
* 4th DRDO Kishan-Jawan-Vigyan Mela Held At DRL & R&D Centre Changbu, Tawang.
* The 24th Army Technology Board (ATB) Meeting Was Conducted By Army Design Bureau (ADB) At IIT DELHI.
* 10th ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus Is Going To Held At Jakarta, Indonesia On 16th November 2023.
* Indian Navy's Annual Apex International Level Conference IPRD 2023 Held In New Delhi From 15th To 17th November 2023.
* Institute Of Aerospace Medicine, Bengaluru Is Conducting 62nd Indian Society Of Aerospace Medicine ISAM Conference From 23-25th November 2023.
* Army Medical Corps Officer Lt Col Sanjeev Mallik Has Won 5 Gold Medals At 42nd World Medicine AND Health Games In Colombia.
MISSILES-
* DRDO Successfully Test Fired A Surface To Surface Short Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) PRALAY From Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
AWARD -
* Admiral Karambir Singh (Retired) Has Been Conferred With The Order Of The Rising Sun, Gold And Silver Star By The Government Of Japan.
DECEMBER -
HOST/SUMMIT -
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated The 40th Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Commander's Conference At Coast Guard HQ In New Delhi.
* Inaugural Edition Of High level Virtual Interaction MAHASAGAR Maritime Heads For Active Security And Growth For All Region.
* DRDO Is Going To Participate At EGYPT Defense Expo 2023.
* Indian Army Idea And Innovation Competition And Seminar Titled INNO YODHA 2023 At Manekshaw Center, New Delhi.
* The Indian Coast Guard Is Organising 15th Edition Of Capacity Building Senior Officer's Meeting ( CBSOM-2023) To Strengthen International Cooperation.
* General Manoj Pande Presides The 2nd Mechanised Infantry MECHINF Commander's Conference.
Theme - The Way Ahead Road To 2032
* The Indian Army Conducted Millet March : Nourishing The Defenders Of The Nation By Rebooting Ration With Millets.
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Addresses The 212th Officers Course At The Airforce Academy In Dundigal, Telengana.
* 12th Edition Of Multinational Naval Exercise MILAN 2024 Planning Conference Held At Vishakapatanam. ( EXERCISE Will Held In February 2024)
* Indian Air Force (IAF) And United Service Institution Of India ( USI) Have Jointly Conducted The First Marshal Of Air Force Arjan Singh Annual Lecture At USI, Shankar Vihar.
* Indian Navy Deployed Indigenous Guided Missile Destroyer In Gulf Aden Region To Observes Recent Piracy Incident.
NAME -
* Indian Navy Commissioned INS IMPHAL (Named After North East City) (3rd Vishakapatanam Class Destroyer) In Naval Dockyard Mumbai.
* Indian Navy Has Unveiled The New Design Of Admirals Epaulettes.
FIRST IN -
* The Hematology And Stem Cell Department At Army Hospital Achieved First Ever Matched Unrelated Donor (MUD) Bone Marrow Transplant In India.
* Indian Navy Warships INS Kochi Helped Rescue A Crew Member From The Hijacked Vessel MV Ruen In Somalia.
* To Commemorate The 2nd Death Anniversary Of Late General Bipin Rawat, The First CDS Of Indian Armed Force, a Memorial Seminar VISHWA-MITRA Series Conducted At Pune International Centre.
LAUNCHED -
* SANDHAYAK, The First Of Four Indigenous Survey Vessel Ship Build By Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited, (GRSE) Kolkata Was Delivered To Indian Navy.
* AGNI 1 Ballistic Missile Successfully Test Fired From Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
* DRDO Successfully Carries Out Flight Trail Of AUTONOMOUS Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator UAV from Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka.
* Indian Air Force (IAF) Has Successfully Carried Out The Firing Trials Of In House Developed SAMAR ( Surface-to-Air Missile For Assured Retaliation) SAM System During The Exercise ASTRA SHAKTI 2023.
* Indian Navy Has Installed The Port Propeller Of Decommissioned INS VIRAAT Aircraft Carrier at INS SHIVAJI, Maharashtra.
APPROVAL/SCHEME -
* The Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) Have Approved Capital Acquisition Proposal Of Worth Rs 2.23 Lakh Crores To Enhanced The Operational Capabilities Of Armed Force.
* Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar Has Released The Naval History Book In 10 Regional Language in Delhi.
* Defense Ministry Approved Rs 2800 Crores Rockets For PINAKA Weapon System
INAUGURATION -
* French Defense Major Thales Inaugurated The New Office At Bengaluru.
* Three Anti Submarine Warfare Ships (ASW) Shallow Water Crafts Build By Cochin Shipyard Limited Kerala Has Been Launched By Indian Navy.
* CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Inaugurated Tele MANAS Cell At Armed Forces Medical College In Pune.
* A 30 Feet Model Of India's Latest Indigenous Stealth Missile Guided Destroyer INS MORMUGAO Unveiled At Goa On 18th December 2023.
* Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Inaugurated a New Design And Test Facility At Aero Engine Research And Development Centre ( AERDC) Of HAL In Bengaluru.
APPOINTMENTS -
* Squadron Leader Manisha Padhi ( Odisha) Becomes India's First Woman Aide-De-Camp.
* Abhinav Kumar Has Took Charge Of New DGP Of Uttarakhand.
* Air Marshal Makarand Ranade Takes Over As Director General ( Inspection & Safety) At AIR HQ.
* Rear Admiral Prakash Gopalan Assumed Charge As The Deputy Commandant And Chief Instructor Of INDIAN Naval Academy Goa.
* Air Marshal Praveen Keshav Vohra Has Took Charge As Senior Air Staff Officer Of Western Air Command Of IAF.
* Commander Prerana Deosthalee Will Become The FIRST Woman Officer Of INDIAN Navy To Command INDIAN Naval Warships.
* Indian Navy Has Appointed PRERANA DEOSTHALE As The CO Of INS TRINKAT, First Woman To Take Charge).
* Captain GEETIKA KAUL, From Snow Leopard Brigade Has Became The First Woman Medical Officer Of Indian Army To Be Deployed At The World's Highest Battlefield Siachen
* Western Navy Commander Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi Has Been Appointed As The Next Vice Chief Of INDIAN Navy.
* Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh To Be The New Chief Of Material Of Indian Navy.
* Vice Admiral SJ Singh Will Be The Next Western Navy Commander
* AIR MARSHAL Jeetendra Mishra VSM Has Assumed As Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defense Staff (OPS).
* Captain Fatima Wasim, Of Siachen Warriors Became The First Woman Medical Officer To Be Deployed On An Operational Post On the Glacier Siachen.
* Dr Payal Chhabra First Woman Army Surgeon To Join Para Commando.
* Lt General RC Tiwari Has Been Appointed As The New Eastern Army Commander Into The Kumaon Regiment.
* Col. Smitha Aiyappa Mandepanda Has Become The FIRST Woman Officer From The KODAVA Community In Karnataka,To Be Promoted To The Col Rank.
* Cmde Sarvpreet Singh Took Over As Chief Staff Officer ( Operations) Of Southern Naval Command.
* Senior IPS Officer Maheswar Dayal Took Over The Director General Of Prisons.
* Cmde Pradeep Patel Took Charge As CO Of INS KALINGA.
* IPS Anish Dayal Singh Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
* IPS Rahul Rasgotra Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
* IPS Nina Singh Has Been Appointed As The New Director General Of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
She Became The First Woman To Head The CISF.
* 1989 Batch IPS Vivek Srivastav Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Fire Service.
* Odisha Born Utkal Ranjan Sahu Is The New DGP Of Rajasthan.
MOU -
* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed Contract With AGNI Semiconductor Private Limited For Design and development Of Advanced Galium Nitride Semiconductor. (Which Will Used As Wireless Transmitter)
* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed Contract With Telecommunication Consultants India Limited For Digital Coast Guard Project Worth Rs 588.68 Crores.
* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed Contract With Bharat Electronics Limited For supply Of Electronic Fuze For Worth Rs 5336 Crores For Next 10 Years.
* Indian Coast Guard Has Partnerships With Uber To Define Maritime Mobility Solution, Delivering Efficient, Reliable And Secure Transportation
* INDIAN Navy Has Signed MoU With IIT Kanpur For Technological Collaboration And Research And Development.
* Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Has Signed a Contract With The Acquisition Wing Of The Ministry Of Defense For The Construction And Delivery Of Six Next Generation Offshore Patrols Vessels For Indian Coast Guard At a Cost Of Rs 1600 Crores.
* Amazon And Indian Coast Guard Have Signed MoU To Provide Employment Opportunities For Veterans.
* Vizag Based KRASNY DEFENSE Has Bagged A 100 Crores Order From Russia's Largest Commercial Shipbuilders Yard, SSK Zvezda For Electrical Outfitting Of Two Ice Class LNG Tankers.
* BEL Has Bagged An order Of 2676 Crores GSL & GRSE For The Supply Of 14 Types of Sensors For Indian Navy Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel Project.
* Ministry Of Defense Has Give An Order To Cochin Shipyard Limited Worth Rs 488 Crores For The Repair And Maintenance Of The Equipment System Of Indian Navy Vessel.
* 138 MoU Signed Between Uttar Pradesh Defense Corridor With Investment Of 25000 Crores So Far.
* Godrej Aerospace Has Signed MoU With Hyderabad Based PANINIAN For Developing Small Indigenous Turbojet And Turbofans For Aerospace.
AWARD -
* President Droupadi Murmu Presents President's Colour To Armed Forces Medical College In Pune, Maharashtra.
* 3 INDIAN PSUs HAL, BEL And MDL Ranked 41st, 63rd And 89th In World's Top 100 Arms Producing Companies in 2022 Respectively.
* Captain Hansja Sharma, Has Been Awarded With SILVER CHEETAH Award For Topping The Combat Aviators, She Became The First Woman To Do So.
* Three Indian Officers Were Awarded The Prestigious Golden Owl Award By Srilanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe At Colombo. ( Wg Commander Sumeet Mahajan ( IAF), Major Rohit ( Indian Army), And Lt Commander Sunny Sharma ( Indian Navy).
* INS SHIVAJI, The Premier Training Establishment Of Indian Navy Received The VIR CHAKRA Awarded To Late Vice Admiral Benoy Roy. ( 1971 war)
2024 -
JANUARY -
APPOINTMENTS -
* Vice Admiral V Srinivasan Takes Over As The Flag Officer Commanding In Chief (FOCINC) Southern Naval Command, Kochi.
* Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh Has Been Appointed As Chief Of Material Indian Navy.
* Lt General Navin Sachdeva Takes Over The Command Of Indian Army's White Knight Corps.
* Vice Admiral B Sivkumar Has Assumed Charge As New Controller Warships Production And Acquisition.
* Vice Admiral Sanjay S Singh Has Been Assume As Flag Officer Commanding In Chief, Western Naval.
* Rear Admiral R Adhisrinivasan Took Over As CSO Of Western Naval Command.
* SSB Chief Rashmi Shukla (1998 Batch IPS Officer) Has Been Appointed As The DGP Of Maharashtra. ( FIRST FEMALE )
* Lt General Vipul Shinghal Assumed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Staff (DOT) At IDS.
* Samir Kumar Sinha Has Been Appointed As The Director General In The Ministry Of Defense.
* Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty Took Over As The 10th Commandant Of Indian Naval Academy ( INA).
* Vice Admiral AN Pramod Has Been Assumed As The Director General Naval Operation, Indian Navy.
* Rear Admiral Shantanu Jha NM Has Assumed Charge As Chief Staff Officer Of Eastern Naval Command.
* Cmde Asutosh Bhat Took Charge As Commanding Officer Of INS EKSILA, Vishakapatanam.
* Rear Admiral Satish Shenahi Has Took Charge As Chief Staff Officer Of Southern Naval Command.
* IPS Officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Seema Sashastra Bal (SSB) Up to November 2025.
* Major Pankaj P Rao Assumed As The Senior Consultant Surgery In DGAFMS.
* Asian Games Silver Medalist In Trap Shooting Event, Preeti Rajak Became The First Subedar (Woman) Of INDIAN Army.
RENAME -
* Indian Army's MR-SAM Is Now Named As ABHRA Weapon System.
REPUBLIC DAY PARADE -
* 2024 Republic Day Women Centric Parade At Kartavya Path
* Major Srishti Khullar & Captain Amba Samant ( Army Dental Corps) Led Armed Forces Medical Services
* Surg Lt Kanchana From Indian Navy
* Flt Lt Dhivya Priya From Indian Air Force
INAUGURATION -
* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated The Know Your Army Festival In Lucknow.
* Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Has Inaugurated The State Of The Art Auditorium ABHIGYAAN At Central Research Laboratory Of BEL Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
* Admiral R Hari kumar, Chief Of The Naval Staff Flagged Off The Indian Navy CHADAR Trek ( Frozen Zanskar River, Ladakh) At INS SHIVAJI On 16th January 2024.
* CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Inaugurated The 9th Chapter Of CAPSULE ON Science And Technology And Apply Research ( CAPSTAR) At Pune.
* Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge, LSAM 19, (Yard 129) Built By MSME Shipyard Launched By Indian Navy, Thane Mumbai.
DECOMMISIONED -
* INDIAN Navy Ship CHEETAH, GULDAR And KUMBHIR Have Decommissioned After 40 Years Of Service.
* A British Oil Tanker, MV MARLIN LUANDA, Was Attached By Houthi Militants By Iran, INS Vishakapatanam Was Rescued The Tanker.
* Indian Navy's INS SUMITRA Has Saved Hijacked Iranian Vessels, Hijacked By Few Somalia Pirates In The Arabian Sea.
* C-130 Super Hercules Tactical Transport Aircraft Of The Indian Airforce Made a Night Landing At The Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) In Kargil.
* Indian Army To Observe 2024 As Year Of Technology Absorption.
* Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF) Has Taken Over The Security Of Indian Council Of Medical Research, National Institute Of Virology Pune, Maharashtra.
* President To Award 277 Gallantry Medal This Year On The Republic Day.
DEVELOPED -
* DRDO Has Developed An Extended Range Anti Submarine Rocket ( ER-ASR) For The Indian Navy Whose Ranges Up to 8km.
* DRDO & BEL Have Developed Indigenous SARVATRA Bridge For The Indian Army.
( It Is a Multi Span Mobile Bridge With a High Mobility Launch Platform And Multi Span Capability Up To 75 meter ) This Can Be Used In Plain, Desert, Semi Desert Terrain During Day And Night Condition.
* Defense Food Research Lab Of DRDO Has Developed India's FIRST Ever Biodegradable Water Bottles.
* Indian Navy Successfully Carries Out Successful Trial Of BRAHMOS Extended Range Supersonic Cruise Missile (800+ km Range).
APP DEVELOPED -
* Indian Army Has Indigenously Developed SECURE ARMY MOBILE BHARAT VERSION (SAMBHAV) Ecosystem in Collaboration With National Center For Excellence Of Academia And Industry.
NEW LAUNCHED /WEAPONS -
* DRDO Launched Indigenous Assault Rifle UGRAM For Armed Forces.
* Indian Navy Chief R Hari Kumar Has Unveiled ( Medium Alt Long Endurance MALE) DRISHTI 10, Starliner Indigenous Drone Manufactured By Adani Defense In Hyderabad.
* INDIAN Army Launched OPERATION SARVASHSKTI To Counter Pakistan's Attempt To Revive Terrorism In Jammu and Kashmir.
* Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and INDIAN Coast Guard Have Launched The 2nd Generation DISTRESS ALERT TRANSMITTER For Fisherman With Two Way Communication Including NAVIC Compatibility.
APPROVAL -
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Approved Four New NCC Units In Jammu and Kashmir.
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Approved a Proposal To Launch a Group (Term) Insurance Scheme For Casual Paid Labourers (CPL) For Border Road Organisation (BRO) / General Reserves Engineers Force.
MOU SIGNED -
* Mazagon Dock shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Has Been Awarded Patent By Indian Patent Office For Adopting Procedure For Final Alignment Of Propeller Shaft On A Destroyer Class Vessels In Dry Dock.
* Indian Coast Guard (ICG) And Steel Authority Of India (SAIL) Signed MoU For Supply Of Indigenous Marine Grade Steel.
* India's Garuda Aerospace And Greek Spirit Aeronautical System ( GSAS) Signed a Strategic Agreement On Focusing On Drone Manufacturing.
* Armed Forces Medical Services And AIIMS New Delhi Have Signed MoU For Collaboration In Research And Academic In Technology.
* Indian Navy Has Signed MoU With Ahmedabad Based Arvind Limited For The Supply Of Advanced Antifungal Uniform Fabric
* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Signed MoU With IIT Madras At WINGS INDIA 2024 For Virtual Augmented Reality Aircraft Training Module For Hindustan-228 Aircraft.
* Indian Coast Guard Has Signed a Contract With BEL For The Procurement Of 267 Portable Software Defined Radios ( SDR) Worth Rs 90 Crores.
* India And France Have Signed A Letter Of Intent (LOI) On Defense Space Agreement.
* Rolls Royce Have Signed Agreement With Hyderabad Based Azad Engineering For Supplying Of Military Aircraft Engine Components For Next 7 Years.
HOST -
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh To Lead The 8th Armed Forces Veteran Day At Air Force Station, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
FEBRUARY -
DECOMMISSIONED -
* Survey Ship INS NIRUPAK Has Decommissioned By INDIAN Navy After 38 Years Of Service.
* Indian Navy Submarine INS KARANJ Will Take Part In Srilanka 76th Independence Day.
* Indian Coast Guard Ship VARAHA, An Offshore Patrol Vessel Arrived At Port Mombasa, Kenya As A Part Of Overseas Deployment Of ICG Ships To Africa.
* Indian Coast Guard Ship VIKRAM Rescued 11 Crew Member Of IFB KING ( IND-TN-12-MM-6466) At West Of Minicoy Island.
* The Ministry Of Defense Has Achieved a Milestone Becoming The Only Ministry To Cross The 1 Lakh Crores Gross Merchandise Value Of Procurement Through The Government E Market place Since 2016.
* Wreckage Of Pakistan Army Submarine PNS GAZI Which Sank In 1971 Found At Vizag.
* DRDO Has Handed Over To 23 Licensing Agreements To Transfer Of Technology To Private Industries in MSME Defense Expo, Pune 2024.
MOU SIGNED -
* Munitions India Limited ( MIL) Signed a Contract Worth Rs $ 225 million For Supply Of Artillery Ammunition To Saudi Arabia.
* Mahindra And Brazil's Embraer Defense Have Signed MoU For C-390 Aircraft Jointly
* Indian Air Force And Bharat Electronics Limited ( BEL) Have Signed MoU For Software Defined Radios.
* Ministry Of Defense Has Ordered 11 Shakti Electronics Warfare System For Indian Navy From BEL For Rs 2269 Crores.
* Ministry Of Defense Signed A Contract With Advanced Weapon Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) Kanpur For Manufacturing And Supply Of 463 Stabilised Remote Control Gun (SRCG) For Indian Navy And Coast Guard At 1752.13 Crores.
* MoU Signed Between Armed Forces Medical Services And IIT ROORKEE For Biomedical Research.
* Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) Signed MoU With Indian Air Force For Integration Of Futuristic Weapons And Sensors For LCA Tejas Aircraft.
* Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Inaugurated International Maritime Seminar As Part Of MILAN 2024.
NEW MEDAL -
* Ministry Of Home AFFAIRS (MHA) Has Introduced A New Medal Named KENDRIYA GRIHAMANTRI DAKSHATA PADAK.
* President Droupadi Murmu Conferred RPSF Constable Shasikant Kumar With JEEVAN RAKSHA PADAK.
RENAME -
* Army Educational Corps ( AEC) To Be Renamed As Army Knowledge & Enabler Corps.
INAUGURATION -
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Unveiled The Statue Of India's First CDS Shri Bipin Rawat At Tonsbridge School, Dehradun.
* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated The Adani Ammunition Complex In Kanpur, (South Asia Largest)
LAUNCHED -
* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Launched The Maritime Single Window And MMD Modules In SAGAR Setu.
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Presided Over The Commissioning Of INS SANDHAYAK - The First Survey Vessel Large Ship Into The Indian Navy,At Vishakapatanam.
* Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar Inaugurated The Precision Approach Radar At INS UTKROSH At Port Blair.
( It Enhance The Operational Capability Of The Airport In Recovering Military And Civil Aircraft During Emergencies)
* Indian Navy Chief Inaugurated The Integrated Underwater Harbour Defense And Surveillance System ( IUWHDSS) At Port Blair.
* Puducherry Has Launched India's FIRST Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Framework Under the Indo Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative.
* Indian Army Launched. procurement Monitoring Application ProMo To Accentuate The Capital Procurement Process.
* Havilder Varinder Singh, From Sikh Regiment Indian Army Has Developed A MULTIPURPOSE OCTOCOPTER, Which Can Used As Surveillance Operation And Can Dropping Grenades, And Other Aerial Works.
* IIT Guwahati Has Launched India's Largest Drone Pilot Training Facility
* M/S Suryadipta Projects Launched The 4th Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge ( LSAM 18) For The INDIAN Navy At Thane, Mumbai.
FIRST IN -
* Hyderabad Based MARUT DRONES Has Delivered India's First Mineral Exploration Drones To National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC).
* Senior NCC Cadet, Captain Ulfat Khan From URI Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla District Has Became The First Female Cadet Selected As Parade Commander At Prime Minister's Rally In Republic Day 2024.
* India And Rwanda Held The First Edition Of Joint Defense Cooperation Committee ( JDCC) Meet In Kigali, Rwanda.
* Colonel Sapna Rana Becomes The First Himachal Pradesh Woman To Commanding An Army Battalion.
* Indian Navy Declared 2024 As Year Of Naval Civilians.
* Mrs Sristhi Khullar, Contingent Commander Of The First Ever All Women Contingent Awarded By Chief Of Army Staff General Manoj Pande.
* Garhwal Rifles Has Won The Best Marching Contingent Trophy At Republic Day Parade 2024.
* Hyderabad Based Xmachines Exported Its X100 Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) To Spain.
* DRDO And Mahindra Defense Have Together Developed The Advanced Version Of The Wheeled Armours Platform.
HOST-
Pune, Maharashtra Host The MSME Defense Expo 2024
APPROVAL -
* Defense Ministry Has Approved For Proposal To Buy 9 Maritime Surveillance Aircrafts For Indian Navy, 6 Maritime Patrol Aircrafts For Indian Coast Guard, Worth Rs 29000 Crores.
APPOINTMENTS -
* Vice Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania Has Been Assumed Charge As The Chief Hydrographer To Government Of India.
* Vice Chief Army Staff Lt General MV Suchindra Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Northern Army Commander.
* Lt General Upendra Dwivedi Has Been Appointed As The Next Vice Chief Of Army Staff.
* Major General Dr. Ashok KUMAR (Retired) Has Been Appointed As The Director Of CENJOWS India.
* IPS Deepam Seth Has Been Assumed As The ADG Of SSB.
* Cmde Kavita Makkar Assumed As The Commanding Officer INDC Danteshwari & Dental Advisor Indian Navy.(First Woman Navy Officer To Do So)
* The 21st Round Of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting Was Held At Chushul- Moldo Border.
* Madras Regiment Has Won the Best Regiment At Indian Republic Day Parade 2024.
( Mumbai Contingent Runner's up)
DEALS -
* US Approved Sales Of 31 Predator Drones With India.
* US Has Approved $4 billion Weapons Sale To India Including MQ-9 Reaper UAVs Along With Weapons Package.
PATENT -
* Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Has Been Awarded Patent By The Indian Patent Office For Design And Validification Of Technological Shaft.
* Indian Army Has Secured A Patent For Hexacopter Tactical Remotely Piloted Aircraft For Surveillance At High Altitude Areas.
MARCH -
* Annual Eastern Command Anti Tank Guided Missile ( ATGM) Field Firing Was Conducted In West Bengal.
* L & T Laid The Keel Of First Cadet Training Ship At Kattupali Shipyard For Indian Navy.
* LSAM 19, The 5th Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge Build By Suryadipta Projects Private Limited Delivered To Indian Navy At Mumbai.
* Armenia To Purchase 84 Indian 155mm Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATGS).
* Indian Navy INS KOLKATA Has Rescued 21 Members Of Barbados Flagged Bulk Carrier MV TRUE CONFIDENCE At The Gulf Of Aden.
* INDIAN Air Force's LCA Tejas Crashed Near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
* INDIAN Coast Guard Has Busted a Pakistan Drug Consignment Of 450 Crores at Porbandar, Gujarat.
* INDIA Was The World's Top Arms Importer Between 2019/23, 4.7% Grew Than The 2014-18 Season According To Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SPRI) Report.
* Bangladeshi Flagged Cargo Vessel MV- ABDULLAH Carrying Coal And Manned By 23 Crew Members Has Been Hijacked By Somalian Pirates In Indian Ocean.
* Indian Army Raised Its First Apache Helicopter Squadron At Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
* India Has Launched OPERATION INDRAVATI To Evacuate Indian National From Haiti To The Dominic Republic.
* INDIAN Coast Guard Ship SAMUDRA PAHEREDAR, a Specialized Pollution Control Vessel Reached Manilla, Philippines To Demonstrate Marine Pollution Response Capabilities Towards The Indian Asean Initiative.
* LSAM 18, Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge Built By Suryadipta Project To Thane, Maharashtra.
* Indian Navy (INS SUMEDHA) Rescued 23 Pakistani Nationals From Somalian Pirates From FV AI- Kambar At Arabian Sea.
PERSON DIED -
* Former Navy Chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas Passed Away.
MANUFACTURING-
* Swedish Firm SAAB Has Constructing A New Facility In JHAJJA ( Jharkhand) To Manufacturer CARL GUSTAF M4 Weapons.
FIRST IN-
* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Dedicated India's First Ever (Indigenous) ASTDS Tug. (healthcare Facility)
* The Tug Ocean Grace Build By Cochin Shipyard Limited.
* AGRA AND AKSHAY Two New 5th And 6th Ships Of 08X ASW Shallow Water Craft Launched For Indian Navy Built By GRSE.
* The First Aircraft LA5033 Of The Tejas Mk1A Series Successfully Soared In The Sky At HAL, Bengaluru.
HOST-
* The First Edition Of Naval Commanders Conference 2024 Is To Organise In Hybrid Format. Held At INS VIKRAMADITYA.
* Def Connect 2024 Theme 2024 -
Accelerating Towards Atma Nirbharta in Defense).
* The 15th Indian Coast Guard Technical And Logistics Management Conference ( TLMC) Inaugurated At Kolkata.
* The Inaugural Edition Of The International Strategic Engagement Program IN_STEP At The National Defense College.
* The 10th Army To Army Staff Talk AAST Between India And Indonesia Commence In Secunderabad.
* 15th Jumbo Majumdar International Seminar Held At Delhi.
MoU SIGNED -
* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed 5 Major Capital Acquisition Contracts Worth Rs 39,125.39 Crores In New Delhi Under Atmanirbhar Bharat.
* HAL Signed Worth Rs 5,249.7 Crores Contract With Russian OEM For RD-33 Engines To Sustain MIG29 Fleet.
* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed 200 Crores Deal With Big Bang Boom Solution (BBBL) For Anti Drone System.
* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Contract With HAL FOR Procurement Of An Advanced Light Helicopter For Indian Coast Guard Worth RS 4079.78 Crores.
* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Contract With HAL For Acquiring 25 New ALH Dhruv Helicopters For Indian Navy.
* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Deal With HAL For Midlife Upgrade (MLU) Of 25 Dornier Aircraft At A Cost Of 2890 Crores.
* The Guyana Defense Force (GDF) Has Signed A Deal With HAL To Purchase Two Aircrafts From India With A Loan Of $ 23.27 Million From The Export-Import Bank Of India (EXIM).
* INDIAN Navy And IIT Kharagpur Has Signed MoU For Joint Research And Collaboration
* Indian Naval Sailing Vessel INS Tarini, Embark To The First Ever Transoceanic Sailing Expedition Undertaken By INDIAN Woman From Goa To Mauritius.
AWARDS-
* President Droupadi Murmu Honoured Two IAF Fighters Squadron Of Indian Airforce No 45 FLYING DAGGERS And The Number 221 Squadron VALIANTS During 1999 Kargil War With PRESIDENT STANDARDS .
* 509SU And 11BRD Received President's Colors Award By President Droupadi Murmu.
* Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune Has Awarded With The Unit Citation By Chief Of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan.
* Command Hospital Of Pune And Lucknow Awarded Raksha Mantri Trophy For The Best And Second Best Command Hospitals Of Armed Forces Medical Services For 2022.
( Raksha Mantri Trophy Introduced in 1989)
APPOINTMENT -
* Rear Admiral Satish Vasudev Has Assumed As The Flag Officer Defense Advisory Group And Advisor Offshore Security And Defense.
* Col Doming, First Woman Officer Leading The BRTF, Ladakh At 19,400 Feet.
INAUGURATION-
* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The CIVIL AVIATION RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CARO) At Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad. ( India's First).
* Indian Navy Has Inaugurated A New Museum In Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. TU-142 Aircraft Was Kept.
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Launched The ACING DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES With iDEX (ADITI) Scheme To Promote Innovation In Critical And Startegic Defense Technology At Def Connect 2024 in New Delhi.
* Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Unveiled The CHOLA BHAWAN, At Naval War College, Goa.
* Minister Of State For Defense Ajay Bhatt Inaugurated The Statue Of India's First Chief Of Defense Staff Late General Bipin Rawat And An 80 Feet high Tricolour At Talla Banas Village Of Uttarakhand' Pauri District.
* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated 206 Projects Worth Rs 3,666 Crores In Lucknow,
* Titagarh Rail Systems Launched The 2nd 25 Ton BP Tug (Bahubali) And Laid The Keel Of The 4th Tug (Yuvan) For Indian Navy At Kolkata.
* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated The Defense Technology And Test Center (DTTC) At Lucknow.
* Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated The NAUSENA BHAWAN In New Delhi.
* Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Has Inaugurated The Indian Coast Guard Hovercraft Maintenance Unit At Okha, Gujarat.
COMMISSION-
* Indian Navy Commissioned INS JATAYU At Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep.
* Indian Navy Commissioned FIRST MH-60R Multi Role Helicopter Squadron INAS 334 Seahawks At Kochi.
* ) Cmde Rajat Nagar Launched The 25T Bollard Pull (BP) Tug, Balijeet At Shoft Shipyard Bharaoch, Gujarat.
* Shoft Shipyard Launched The 3rd 25 Ton BP TUG (Bajrang) For Indian Navy At Baharuch, Gujarat.
CERTIFICATION -
* India's Newest Regional Airline FLY91 Has Been Granted It's Air Operator Certificate.
* Captain B Vashu Dheeraj Gets The Patent For System And Methodology For Monetary Transaction As Co-Inventer (Both Online And Offline Transaction)
* Indian Army Received A patent For The Innovation Of PORTABLE MULTI TARGET DETONATION DEVICE ( WEDC) Developed By Major Rajprasad.
DEAL -
* HAL Has Secured Contract With Guyana For The Supply Of Two Dornier-228 Aircraft At A Cost Of 194 Crores.
APRIL -
APPOINTMENTS -
* Lt General Js Sidana Has Appointed As The Director General Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers
* Brigadier Priya Jeyaraj Of Army Dental Corps Has Become First Woman Officer To Lead The Armed Forces Dental Clinic AFDC, New Delhi.
* Captain Shivaji Laxman Yadav Took Over The Command Of Naval Air Station At INS DEGA, Vishakapatanam.
* Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi Has Been Appointed As The Next Chief Of The Naval Staff Of Indian Navy.
* Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Has Been Appointed As The Next Vice Chief Of Naval Staff Of INDIAN Navy.
* Papua New Guinea Has Appointed Col Edision Napyo As Defense Advisor To INDIA For The First Time In History.
INAUGURATION -
* Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Has Inaugurated The First Steel Cutting Of Indian Navy's Fleet Support Ship (FSS) At Hindustan Shipyard Limited.
* Indian Coast Guard Inaugurated The Aquatic Center, At Mandapam, Tamilnadu.
* The Chief Of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande Has Inaugurated The High Tech IT Laboratory At The Uzbekistan Academy Of Air Forces During The Visit.
* Admiral R Hari Kumar Has Inaugurated The Naval History Division (NHD) At Goa
FLAGGED OFF -
* The First Batch Of Control Centres For The Automated Air Defense Control And Reporting System PROJECT AKASHTEER Were Flagged Off From Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Ghaziabad For Indian Army
REVENUE -
* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Recorded The Highest Ever Revenue From Operations Of Over 29,810 Crores At The End Of Financial Year 2023/24 Till March 2024.
EXPORT -
* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Delivered Two Dornier 228 Planes To Guyana Defense Force.
* India Send The BRAHMOS Missile To Philippines, As They Signed Deal Worth USD 375 Million Dollar In 2022.
* Larsen And TouBro Has Manufactured A Mammoth Hydro Treating Reactor Is Being Shipped To Mexico.
IMPORT -
* India Received A Fresh Batch Of 24 Modern Igla-s MANPADS 100 Missile From Russia.
MOU SIGNED -
* INDIAN Coast Guard Has Signed a Contract With M/S Elcome Integrated System Private Limited For Procurement of 28 Global Maritime Distress Safety System ( GMDSS) Communication Console For 28 Maritime Rescue Sub Center (MRSC) Across India.
* Indian Navy Has Signed Contract With Coimbatore Based ASTRA PREMIER For The Design And Development Of Indigenous Aircraft Towbarless Battery Power Tug.
* Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) Has Signed Agreement With Master Shipyard Repair Agreement (MSRA) With The United States Navy.
* India And Greece Will Resume Defense Ties After 2327 Years.
* Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) Has Signed MoU With IIT Delhi For Research And Training.
* INDIAN Navy And GITAM University Have Signed MoU For Research And Development in Drone Tech.
* ) The Ministry Of Electronics AND information Technology AND INDIAN Air Force Have Signed MoU To Utilise Dig locker Safety And Uses.
* Indian Defense Ministry's Goa Shipyard Limited Signed MoU With Damen ( Nederland's) Shipyards For Collaboration In The Field Of e-TUGS.
SUMMIT -
* The 4th Joint Working GROUP Meeting Between INDIA And And Uzbekistan On Defense Cooperation Took Place At Tashkent.
* Tri Services Conference PARIVARTAN CHINTAN Held In New Delhi. ( Chaired By Anil Chauhan)
* INDIA-Us Executive Steering Group (ESG) Meeting Commenced At Hq US ARMY Pacific.
* First Ever Investiture Ceremony Held In National War Memorial Complex, New Delhi.
DEVELOPED - '
* Noida Based Firm BHARAT PANTHER Build India's First Indigenously Designed And Developed Crash Fire Tender.
* INDIAN Navy Bravery On 1971 Indo Pak War Movie Title Launched ( OPERATION TRIDENT) At Nausena Bhawan, New Delhi.
* Lt General A K Singh, Army Commanders, Southern Command Released An AI Based Internet Chatbot SAMADHAN (Public Queries).
AWARDS -
On The Occasion Of 61st National Maritime Day, Sagar Samman Award Were Presented.
a) SAGAR SAMMAN VARUNA AWARD - Shri Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal.
b) SAGAR SAMMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE - CAPTAIN Kamal Kant Choudhary
C) SAGAR SAMMAN AWARD FOR GALLANTRY - Captain Subir Shah, Captain Om Dutta
* The National Maritime Day Celebrations Committee AWARDS (NMDC) Awards -
1st Rank - Anglo Eastern Maritime Academy
2nd Rank - Tolani Maritime Institute
3rd Rank - The Great Eastern Institute Of Marine Studies
* Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari Has Conferred Presidential AWARDS To 51 Indian Airforce Warriors.
* Indian Naval Air Squadron 330 Celebrated Its 53rd anniversary.
* Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Has Recived The DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS Award From IIT Madras.
HOST -
* The 5th Marshal Of The Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament By IAF Was Inaugurated In Chandigarh.
* INS KOCHI, INDIAN Navy Ship Rescued A Panama Flagged Oil Tanker MV ANDROMEDA STAR PM With 30 Crew Members (22 Indians) From Houthi Militants.
PERSON PASSED AWAY -
* The Voice Behind The Republic Day And Independence Day Commentary Brigadier Chitaranjan Sawant Passes Away.
* Indian Army Completed 40 Years Of Siachen Day, ( Highest Height ) on 13th April.
( OPERATION MEGHDOOT CONDUCTED IN 1984 ON THIS DAY )
* India Was The 4th Largest Military Spender ( $ 83.6 Billion) In 2023 After US, China And Russia.
* The Indian Naval Sailing Vessel ( INSV) Tarini Has Returned To Its Base Port Goa From Mauritius After Historic Transoceanic Expedition Of Nearly 2 Months.
( INS TARINI Was Undertaken In By Lt Cdr Dilna K And Lt Cdr Roopa Women Officer Of Indian Navy)
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