DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN JULY 2024

TESTED - 

* Indian Navy Has Successfully Conducted Certification  Tests For Explosive, Indigenously Developed By M/S Economic Explosive Limited Nagpur.

* Hyderabad Based Redon Systems Has Successfully Tested It's Achuk Canister Launched Loitering Munition in Leh.

* In Last 7 Years The Railway Protection Force Have Been Rescued 84,119 Children Under NANHE FARISTHEY.

PROJECTION - 

*  India Aims To Become Leading Aviation Hub With $ 4 Billion MRO Industry By 2030.

* Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Received A Cheque Of Rs 121.53 Crores For FY 2022/23 From Bharat Dynamic Limited ( BDL) 

* Bharat Electricals Limited (BEL) Has Developed A Technological Upgrade To THD-1955 Radar System.

FIRST IN - 

* The First Mothership San Fernando Has Reached To The Kerala's Vizhinjam International Seaport.

* Bhawana Kanth Became The First Woman Pilot Of The IAF To Fly Su-30 MKI Fighters During The Exercise Pitch Black 2024.

* Captain Supreetha C T Becomes FIRST Female Officer From INDIAN Army To Be Deployed At The World's Highest Battlefield Siachen.

* Colonel Anshu Jamwal, a dogra Rajputani From Jammu Became The First Woman Officer To Head The Defense Regiment Of The Indian Army. 

* India's Lt Cdr Shristi Thakur, An Mountaineer Is The Only Woman Officer Among 13 Countries Participating In Peace Event By International Sport Council.

DEALS - 

*  INDIAN Army Gets 35000 Make In India Kalashnikov AK-203 Rifles.

APPROVAL - 

* The Ministry Of Defense Has Sanctioned Rs 300 Crores Through Its Technology Development Fund (TDF) To Enhanced The Capability Of  Cutting Edge Technology And Promoting Atmanirbharata.

* CISF Has Announced The 10% Quota And Upper Age Limit Relaxation For Ex- Agniveers.

*  INS Brahmaputra Has Caught Fire 

PRODUCTION - 

*  India's Annual Defense Production Hits Record High Of Rs 1.27 Lakh Crores In FY 2023/24.

* Indian Army Inducted First Ever Indigenous Chip Based 4G Base Station At Sahyadri LTE. 

* Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Developed Anti Radiation Decoy System. 

FIRST IN INSTALLED - 

* Indian Army Has Inducted The First Ever Indigenous Chip Based 4G mobile Based Station. ( SIGNALTRON) 

* Gurugram Based R+D Studio Has Designed And Build The World's First Carbon Neutral Modular Outpost Near Razdan Pass ( 14000 Feet) at Jammu And Kashmir For Indian Army. 

*  India's Optiemus Unmanned Systems Has Launched The Indigenised Drones For Agricultural And Mapping Application  

* Ministry Of Defense Notified Fifth Positive Indigenisation list Of 346 Items For Defense Public Sector Undertaking 

* The Indian Navy Warships INS TEG Rescued Indian And Srilankan From Capsized Comoros Flagged Oil Tanker MV PRESTIGE FALCON- Off Oman. 

INAUGURATION - 

* Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari Has Inaugurated The New Weapons System School ( WSS) At Air Force Station Begum pet, Hyderabad. 

* Eastern Naval Command Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar Has Inaugurated The Artificial Intelligence Experience Hub At The Maritime Reference Library in Vishakapatanam.

* Goa Shipyard Limited Has Launched The FIRST Indigenous P1135.6 Frigate INS TRIPUT.

SUMMIT - 

*  The INDIAN Air Force And The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) Successfully Conducted The 5th Edition Of Air Staff Talk 

* 2nd Joint Working GROUP Meeting On Defense Cooperation Between India And Kyrgyzstan Held In New Delhi.

* The 3rd Army To ARMY Staff Talks (AAST) Between INDIAN Army And UAE Army Held At UAE.

* 10th Indian Navy- And Japan Maritime Force Staff Talk Held At Tokyo, Japan.

* The First INDIAN Coast Guard Annual Operation Sea Training Conference Held in Vishakapatanam.

* 10th Edition Of Joint Defense Committee Meeting Between India And Egypt Held in Delhi.

*  Indian Navy Shiv INS TABAR Reach To The St Petersburg To Celebrate 328th Russian Navy.

* Operation SAHAYATA On 10th Day, To Protect' MV Maersk Frankfurt At West Mangaluru.

*  Commandant Preeti Poswal And Commandant Asha Dahiya Of INDIAN Coast Guard (ICG) Are Participating In The Maritime Boarding Exercise With Radiological And Nuclear Incident Simulation By Nations Office On Drug And Crime In Trinomial we, Srilanka 8-19 July 2024.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* General Upendra Dwivedi Has Taken Charge As the 30th Chief Of Army Staff (COAS).

* Lt General N S Raja Subramani Has Assumed As Vice Chief Of Army Staff.

* Lt General Devendra Sharma Has Assume As 25th General Officer Commanding In Chief Of The Shimla.

* General Majinder Singh Has Assumed As Command Of Sapta Shakti Command.

* Lt General Rajesh Pushkar Has Assumed As The Command Of Kharga Corps.

* Lt General Hitesh Bhalla Has Assume As Command Of  Leh Headquarters Fire And Fury Corps.

* Lt General Ajay Chandpuria Has Assumed As Commandant Of Vajra Corps.

* Surgeon Rear Admiral Ajith Gopinath Has Assumed As Command Medical Officer At Eastern Naval Command.

* Mrs Sunita Dwivedi Has Took over As 24th President Of Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA).

* Rear Admiral Rupak Barua Has Taken Charge Of Director General Of Naval Armament Inspection.

* Major General Vikash Lakhera Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Assam Rifle.

* Lt General Abhijit S Pendharkar Assumed As The Director General Of Territorial Army.

*  Captain Shantanu D Bhise Has Assumed As Command Of INS Pallaba.

* Surg Rear Admiral Vivek Hande Assume As The Senior Consultant ( Medicine) In DGAFMS New Delhi.

* Additional Director General AK Harbola TM Assumed As Indian Coast Guard Commander Western Seaboard Mumbai.

LAUNCHED - 

* Indian Navy Recived The 3rd 25T Bollard Pull ( BP) Tug BAJRANG (indigenous). 

MOU SIGNED - 

*  Bangladesh Navy Has Signed a Contract For Made In India 800 Tons Ocean Going Tug With India's Garden Reach Shipbuilding And Engineers. 

* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed MoU With Unmanned Aerial System, electronic Warfare And Electro Optics Domains In Tamilnadu For Testing Facility.

* Society Of Indian Defense Manufactures ( SIDM) Has Signed MoU With GeM India To Bolster Indigenous Defense Manufacturing.

* Indian Coast Guard ( ICG) Has Signed MoU With Punjab National Bank ( PNB) To Extend The Rakshak Plus Scheme For ICG Personnel. 

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Signed MoU With Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) For Development Of LCA AF MK-2 

* Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Signed a Tripartite With Rosboronexport Russia And MSK Business Solution Private limited For Cooperation In The Licenced Production And Supply Of Indigenised 30 mm & 40 mm Ammunition & 30 mm grenade Ammunition For BEL.

*  iDEX And Armed Forces Medical Services Signed MoU For The Launch Of Medical Innovation And Research Advancement (MIRA).

HOST - 

*  Indian Army Eastern Command Annual Flight Safety Conference Was Held At William Fort, Kolkata.

* 7th Edition Of Indian Navys Apex Meeting On Safety Was Conducted At Kochi.

AWARDS - 

* The International Maritime Organization Has Awarded Indian Navy For Exceptional Bravery At Red Sea By INS Visakhapatnam. 

* CDS General Anil Chauhan Presents The Kargil Honours Award To Veterans And Veer Naris