DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN JUNE 2024

LAUNCHED - 

* The Delivery Of 2nd 25T BP Tug Baljit Build By MSME Shipyard, M/S Shoft Shipyard Private Limited Thane, For Indian Navy.

* The Fifth Barge Of Missile Cum Ammunition Barge Project, Build By MSME Shipyard M/S Secon Engineering Project Limited (SEPPL) Vishakapatanam, For Indian Navy.

* Admiral Dinesh K Tripathy Has Inaugurated State Of Art Facility SAMAGRI An Automated Material Support Center At Nausena Bhawan, New Delhi.

* INDIAN Navy's New  Fleet INS Surat Added.

*  Chief Of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan Released The Joint Doctrine For Cyberspace Operations.

* General Manoj Pande, Chief Of Army Staff ( COAS) Flagged Off The Indian Army D5 Motorcycle Expedition From National War Memorial New Delhi.

DECOMMISIONED - 

* Indian Navy Retires UH-3H SAARAS Helicopter After 17 Years Of Service To Nation. 

( It Will Preserve At Vishakapatanam) 

* Indian Navy's Indigenous ALH Arrived At Seychelles Onboard INS SUNAYANA For The 48th Seychelles National Day.

PORTAL/APP  LAUNCHED - 

* Director General Of Railway Protection Force (RPF) Manoj Yadav Has Launched SANGYAAN App- 

( Aim To Educate And Empower RPF Personnel By Providing Comprehensive Information)

* The Mahar Regiment Center ( MRC) In SAGAR Has Launched The One Soldier, One Plant Initiative. ( Southern Command). 

*  Indian Army Vice Chief Lt General Upendra Dwivedi Has Launched The VIDYUT RAKSHAK - An Integrated Generator Monitoring Protection And Control System Developed By Major Rajprasad RS Of The Corps Of Engineers For Mass Induction In The Indian Army. 

* The Indian Indigenous NAGASTRA-1 Developed By Solar Industries, Nagpur Has Been Delivered To INDIAN Army.

* INS MYSORE Completed 25 Years Of Service To Nation.

* Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) Has Commissioned India's First Digital Substation With Indigenously Designed 420 KV Optical Fiber Current Transformer ( FOCTs) And IEC 61850 Compliant IEDs.

* Bengaluru Based AXIS CADES Has Delivered The First Batch Of It's Man Portable Counter Drone System ( SOFT KILL) To The Indian Army. 

* The Union Government Has Designated The Kollam Port In Kerala As An Authorised Immigration Check Post For Entry And Exit From India. 

APP DEVELOPED - 

*  Indian Navy Unveiled INDRA App Developed And Designed By Directorate Of Naval Oceanology And Meteorology. ( Launched By Adm Dinesh K Tripathi) 

(INDRA - Indian Naval Dynamic Resource For Weather Analysis) 

INAUGURATION - 

* Indian Navy Has Inaugurated A New Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) Infrastructure With Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar ( MSSR) At INS RAJALI, Tamilnadu.

* Vice Chief Of Army Staff Lt General Upendra Dwivedi Has Flagged Off Dras Thunder Motorcycle Rally From Delhi To Kargil War Memorial 

* The Army Hospital New Delhi Inaugurated A State Of The Art Skin Bank Facility, First In India.

*  Genome Sequencing Lab With Cutting Edge Next Generation Sequencing Facilities Was Inaugurated At Armed Force Medical College, Pune.

CRASHED - 

* A Su-30 MKI Of Indian Air Force Has Been Crashed At Nashik, Maharashtra.

HOST - 

*  The 8th National Defense Academy Inland Enterprise Class Championship Concluded At Khadakwasla Lake.

*  6th INDIAN Navy- Royal Navy Of Oman Staff Talk Held At New Delhi.

* 34TH Steering Committee Meeting ( SCM) On Warship Material Technology Conducted At Naval Materials Research Laboratory. 

*  76 Trainees Of King Fahad Naval Academy Of Royal Saudi Naval Forces ( RSNF) Joined The First Training Squadron At Kochi.

* Indian Naval Ship INS SHIVALIK Has Departed To Singapore To Participate JIMEX 24 And RIMPAC 24.

FIRST IN - 

* SLt Anamika B Rajeev, Became The India's Navy's First Woman Helicopter Pilot Has Received Golden Wings From Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar At INS Rajali.

* Lt Jamyang Tsewang Etched His Name As The First Pilot Of Indian Navy From Ladakh. 

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APPOINTMENTS - 

* Major General Harsh Chhibber Takes Over As Commandant, College Of Defense Management Secunderabad. 

* Air Marshal Vijay Kumar Garg Has Been Assumed As Air Officer Commanding In Chief Maintenance Command.

* Lt Zubin Minawalla Has Assumed As Command Of Trishakti Corps. 

* Government Has Appoints Lt General Upendra Dwivedi As The Next Chief Of The Army Staff ( COAS) With Effect From 30th June 2024. 

( Currently He Served  As Vice Chief Of Indian Army) 

* Rear Admiral Ravnish Seth Has Assumed As Chief Staff Officer (Technical) At Eastern Naval Command.

* Rear Admiral Nelson D'Souza Takes Over As Commandant Military Institute Of Technology, Pune 

* Lt General Anindya Sengupta Has Been Appointed As The New Central Army Commander.

* Lt General Dhiraj Seth Has Been Appointed As The NEW Southern Army Commander.

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GIVEN - 

* Bengaluru Based Zen Technologies Has Successfully Delivered Its First Anti Drone System With Hard Kill ( ZEN ADS HK) To The Army Air Defence College In Gopalpur Odisha. 

MOU SIGNED - 

* The Union Health Ministry And Defense Ministry Have Signed MoU To Start A Tele MANAS Cell At Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.

* Defense Account, Ministry Of Defense Has Signed MoU With Bank Of India, Canara Bank, Central Bank Of India, Utkarsh Small Finance Bank As SPARSH Service Centres Across 1128 Branches Nationwide.

* Navy Education Society (NES) Has Signed MoU With M/S Jeannypr Softtech Private Limited To ERP System To Naval School.

* A subsidiary Of German Defense Conglomerate ThyssenKrupp Marine System, Atlas Elektronik Gmbh Partnered With CFF Fluid Control Limited For The Supply Of 12 Indigenous Low Frequency Variable Depth Sonar System For Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW).

* Indian Army And Punjab national Bank Has Signed MoU For Personnel Services Providing.

* Society For Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research (SAMEER) , Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology And Military College Of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), INDIAN Army Signed MoU To Advanced Collaboration In Next Generation Wireless Technologies For Indian army.

* The Defense Services Staff College, Wellington And Defense Services Command & Staff College  (DSCSC) Mirpur, Have Signed A MoU With INDIA  For Bilateral Cooperation.

* India And France Have Agreed On The Base Pricing Of 26 Rafael M Fighters For Indian Navy.