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)
MAY -
LAUNCHED -
* M/S Suryadipta Projects Limited, Has Launched The 6th Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge LSAM 20 From Thane, Maharashtra.
* Flying Wedge Defense And Aerospace Technologies Unveiled India's First Indigenous Bomber UAV FLYING WEDGE DEFENSE 200B.
* Indian Air Force Has Tested BHISM - Portable Cubes At Agra, From The Aircraft, For The First Time.
( BHISM- Bharat Health Initiative For Sahyog Hita And Maitri)
* Indian Army Along With Punit Balan GROUP Have Developed Constitution Park In Pune.
* Indian Navy Has Begun Trials For P-75I Submarine Worth Rs 60,000 Crores.
* YD-1280 Build By GSL For INDIAN Navy ,Keel Laid For First Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel At Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
* GRSE Laid The Keel Of 8th ASW SWC For Indian Navy At Kolkata.
* Giridhar Aramane, Defense Secretary Has Launched AROWANA, The Midget Submarine Designed And Constructed by Mazagaon Ship Builders Limited (MDL)
* Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Celebrated 250th Anniversary.
30) Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Has Commissioned A Solar Electric Hybrid Boat SAURSHAKTI & a Fuel Cell Electric Ferry SUCHI Designed By MDL.
* IAF C-130J Aircraft Carried Out a Successful Night Vision Goggles Aided Landing At An Advanced Landing Ground In The Eastern Sector.
* IIT KANPUR Has Inaugurated A New DRDO Industry Acadmia Center Of Excellence In it's Campus. ( In Collaboration With DRDO()
* Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) Has Successfully Conducted Maiden Sea Trails Of NISTAR DSV For Indian Army.
* 6th Barge Of Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge LSAM 20 Delivered Built By MSME Shipyard , M/S Suryadipta Projects Private Limited For Indian Navy At Thane, Mumbai.
INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENT -
* INDIAN Navy's Lt Commander N Dinesh Anand Joined The Britannia Royal Naval College, (Dartmouth) As The First Ever INDIAN Instructor At This Premier British Training Establishment.
CYCLONE -
* Indian Coast Guard Takes a Preparatory Measures For CYCLONE STORM REMAL, Originating From Central Bay Of Bengal.
RETIRE -
* Indian Army's K-9 Warrior MERU ( DOG) Retires After 9 Glorious Service To The Nation.
OPERATION -
* Indian Air Force Conducted The Operation BAMBI BUCKET To The Douse Forest Fires At Nainital, Uttarakhand.
* Department Of Urology And GI Surgery Teams Have Performed First Ever Combined Liver Kidney Transplant In Armed Forces.
* The Inter Service Organisation (Command, Control And Discipline) Act Enforced From 10th May 2024.
BRO -
* Border Road Organisation (BRO) Has Achieved Another Milestone By Inaugurated Of 2.79 Km Sungal Tunnel On NH 144A Bridging Aknoor To Poonch In Jammu and Kashmir.
SUMMIT -
* The Royal Sultanate Of Oman And The Indian Air Force ( IAF) Have Successfully Conducted The 10th Edition Of Indian Air Force- Royal Air Force Of OMAN ( RAFO) Air Staff Talk From 24th To 30th April 2024.
* 6th Edition Of Commandant Conclave Held At Military Institute Of Technology, Pune.
* 16th India-Australia Navy Staff Talk Held in Kochi.
* The 12th Joint Working Group (JWG) Meeting Between The Defense Ministers Of India And Mongolia Took Place In Ulaanbaatar.
* The 2nd Edition Of India-Australia-Indonesia Trilateral Maritime Security Workshop (TMSW) Conducted From 15th To 17th May 2024 ( Theme Of Work Shop - Indian Ocean Region: Collaborative EFFORTS To Enhance Regional Maritime Security Challenges And Opportunities At Kochi, Kerala.
* Indian Army is Organizing A Seminar On Historical Patterns Of Indian Strategic Culture UDHBHAV.
AWARDS -
* Inspector General Donny Michael, TM Coast Guard Commander Eastern Command Sea Board Awarded The Most Spirited Establishment Award.
And ICGS Anmol Awarded The Most Spirited Ship Award ( Andhra Pradesh).
* Major Radhika Sen, An Indian Women Peacekeeper Who Served With The UN Mission In Congo, Will Be Honored With Prestigious 2023 UN Military Gender Advocate Award.
PERSON PASSED AWAY -
* Former Indian Army Officer Col Waibhav Anil Kale Was Killed In Gaza.
MOU SIGNED -
* Indian Coast Guard ( ICG) Hq Delhi Has Signed MoU With Central Bank Of India To Offer Competitive Concessional Loans And Benefitted To ICG Personnel.
* Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Has Signed MoU With Armoured Vehicle Nigam Limited (AVNI) For The Procurement Of 10 30 mm CRN-91 Guns.
* Maiden Visit Of Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) Training Delegation To Southern Naval Command And Indian Naval Academy.
( talked On Defense Cooperation, Military Exercise)
* INDIAN Coast Guard Aligned With Digital INDIA Launched Automation Of Service Health Care Administration (ASHA 2.0) An Application For Conduct Of Medical Examination And E- Health Records.
* MoU Signed Between Indian Coast Guard And Jindal Steel & Power (JSP)For The Supply Of Indigenous Marine Grade Steel For Shipbuilding.
* Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Has Signed MoU With Hindalco Industries For Supplying Of Indigenous Aluminium To Public/Private Shipyard.
* INDIAN Navy Had Signed MoU With National Council For Vocational Education And Training (NCVET) For Skill Certification Courses.
* The Indian Navy And M/S Times Pro Have Signed a MoU To Establish An Education And Training Portal For Naval Civilians.
* Indian Army Has Signed A MoU With Center For Development Of Advanced Computing (CDAC) To Promote R & D And Innovation In Defense.
* Indian Naval Ships Delhi, Shakti And Kiltan Departed To Singapore As A Part Of The Operational Deployment Of The Indian Navys Eastern Fleet To The South China Sea.
* Indian Naval Ship INS DELHI, INS SHAKTI Reaches Kota Kinabalu In Malaysia, Took Part Of The Operational Deployment Of The Eastern Fleet.
* INS KILTAN Has Arrived At Cam Ranh Bay In Vietnam As a Part Of The Operational Deployment In South China Sea.
* Director General Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA) Lt. General D S Rana Will Gift Additional Bullet Proof Jackets To The Tanzania People's Defense Force ( TPDF)
UNVEILED -
* Shri Nitin Agarwal, IPS DG BSF Has Unveiled The Tallest BSF Flag ( 350 Feet Tall) At The Shahi Qila Complex In Attari, Amritsar Punjab.
APPOINTMENTS -
* Zoya Mirza, From Durg, Chhattisgarh District Became First Woman Commissioned As Lieutenant Doctor In The Indian Army At AFMC.
* Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor Has Assumed As AOC-In C Training Command At Bengaluru. Brigadier DS Basera VSM Has Assumed As The Secretary Of Kendriya Sainik Board.
* Air Marshal Hardeep Bains Assumed As The 36th Commandant Of The National Defense College, New Delhi.
* Lieutenant General Pawan Chaddha Has Been Assumed As Commandant Of Maharastra And Goa.
* Air Marshal SK Vidhate Has Been Assumed As Air Officer Vice Admiral Gurucharan Singh Has Takes Charge As Commandant Of National Defense Academy Charge Personnel.
* Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla Has Been Appointed As Chief Of Personnel At Human Resources Development At Navy Headquarters.
* Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar Has Been Assumed As Chief Of Staff Western Naval Command.
* Air Marshal M S Sridhar Has Been Assumed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defense Staff ( Medical).
* Captain Rajan Kapoor Has Been Assumed As The Command Of Naval Air Station INS GARUDA.
* Mrs Shashi Tripathy Has Been Appointed As The President Of Navy Welfare And Wellness Association (NWWA).
UMMIT - JUNE -
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.
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* 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.
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