DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN SEPTEMBER 2024

MOU SIGNED - 

* Mahindra Group Has Signed A Non Binding MoU With Sentrycs Limited Of Israel For Developing And Providing Differentiated Anti Drone Solution In INDIA.

* The Indian Navy And South African Navy Have Signed An Implementing Agreement (IA) That Ensured The Safety Of The South African Navy's Submarine Crew In Times Of Distress Or Accident By Deploying India's Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle ( DSRV).

* Israel And India Strengthening Security Ties Through Advanced Cooperation Against Drone Threats.

* The Indian Army And Indian Air Force Have Inked MOU With Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya In The Presence Of Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh And Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav To Enhanced The Skills Of Personnel In Logistics Operation.

* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Contract With Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) For 240 AL-31 FP Aero Engines For Su-30 MKI Aircraft At a Cost Of Over 26000 Crores.

* Hyderabad Based Astra Microwave Products (AMP) Has Signed MoU Premier Explosive For Strategic Alliance.

* India And China Agreed To Work With Urgency And Redouble Their Efforts To Achieved Complete Disengagement.

*  A MoU Signed Between The iDEX Under The Ministry Of Defense And Defense Innovation Unit, Under US Defense To Enhanced Cooperation In Innovation At The 3rd Edition Of INDUS-X Summit, California USA.

* The Society Of Indian Defense Manufacturer (SIDM) Signed Two MoUs On Defense Industry Cooperation With The Emirates Defense Companies Council (EDCC) And Edge GROUP In UAE.

*  Indian Army Has Signed With Tiranga Mountain Rescue (TMR) For Land Warfare Studies.

* The Occasion Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Has Signed MoU With The Habitats Trust And HCL Foundation For Marine Conservation At New Delhi.

* Indian Army Has Signed MoU With The BEL To Establish Artificial Intelligence 

* Lt Commander Neeraj Vasisth Has Presented His Book Titled AYODHYA TO AYUTTHHAY To General Upendra Diwedi 

*  A Poem On National War Memorial And A Chapter On Veer Abdul Hameed Included In Curriculum Of Class VI.

* Indian Air Force Has Successfully Retrieved Its AH- 64 E Apache Gunship Which Crash Landed In Khardungla, Ladakh 

RESCUE - 

* Indian Coast Guard Along With Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) Has Rescued An Indian Fishing Boat Alangaara Matha 750 NM 

DEFENSE PRODUCTION - 

* India's Defense Production Hit a Record High Of Rs 1.27 Lakh Crores in Financial Year 2023/24 ( Exporting Hardware To 90 Nations).

WORLD RECORD - 

* 128 Infantry Battalion And Ecological Task Force Of Territorial Army Set A World Record Of Planting Over 5 Lakhs Sapling In One Hour On 22nd September 2024.

OPERATION SADBHAV - 

* India Government Launched The OPERATION SADBHAV - 

* India Sent Humanitarian Assistance To The People Country Who Affected By CYCLONE YAGI ( Myanmar, Vietnam AND Laos) 

* India Sent 10 Tonnes Of Dry Ration, Clothing And Medical Assistance To These Countries.

* INS Satpura The Indian Navys Carries To Affected People.

*  Nigeria Set To Become The First Nation To Purchase 4 Light Combat Helicopters (LAH) From HAL.

Expedition - 

*  Two Indian Woman Navy Officers  Set To Embark The Extraordinary Sailing Expedition 

* Lt Commander Roopa A & Lt Commander Dilna K Circumnavigate The Globe- Navika Sagar Parikrama II On INSV Tarini.

* Unveiled The Logo 

APPROVAL - 

* Cabinet Committee Has Approved The Proposal For The Procurement Of 240 Aero Engines For The Su 30- MKI Aircraft For The Indian Air Force.

* The Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) Chaired By Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Approved 10 Capitals Acquisition Proposal Worth Rs 1.45 Lakh Crores To Enhanced The Defense Preparedness.

*  INS SUMITRA ( Saryu-Class) Completed 10 Years Of Service.

* M/S Suryadipta Has Launched The 7th Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge (LSAM 21) For Indian Navy At Thane, Maharashtra.

* The Center Extend The Ban On Pro Khalistani Fringe Group SIKHS FOR JUSTICE For Another 5 Years.

* Chief Of Defense Staff (CODS/) General Anil Chauhan Has Released The Joint Doctrine For Amphibious Operations During The Chief Of Staff Committee Meeting.

* DRDO Conducted The First Phase Of Field Firing Trials Of The Indian Light Tank Zorawar.

 * Indian Army Unveiled The Him- Drone A Thron 2 To Recolonized High Altitude Operation Through Using Drones At Ladakh.

* iDEX In Association With StartUp DefTech & Green India Private Limited  Has Built Unique Robot ASWA BOT, 

FIRST IN - 

* INDIAN Army Constructed India's First 3D Printed Construction  At Jhansi Military Station, Uttar Pradesh.

* World's First Portable Hospital At An Altitude Of 15000 Feet Has Been Built By Indian Army And Indian Air Force Jointly Called Arogya Mitra Health Cube.

* Squadron Leader Mohana Singh Became The First Woman Fighter Pilot Of LCA Tejas Fighter.

* BrahMos Aerospace Became The First Indian Company In India To Announced The Reservation For Agniveers.

* India Has Unveiled A New SATARK park In Pune, As The First Memorial Dedicated To Military Intelligence.

DEVELOPED - 

* Karnataka Based Astr Defense Has Developed India's FIRST Indigenous Double Stack Magazine 

* Astr Defense Has Unveiled The Made In India President Chambered Pistol 32 ACP.

* DRDO And IIT Delhi Jointly Developed Light Weight Bullet Proof Jacket ABHED.

LAUNCHED - 

* Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) Has Launched Two Ships Named INS MULKI And INS MALPE. 

( These Ships Are Part Of Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Watercraft For Indian Navy) 

 * Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar Has Inaugurated The India's New Kalvari  Submarine Escape Training Facility VINETRA, At INS Satavahana, Vishakapatanam.

* LSAM 13 (Yard 81) The 5th Barge Of 08 Missile Cum Ammunition Barge By Developing By MSME Shipyard Vishakapatanam For Indian Navy.

EGYPT AIR SHOW 2024 - 

* Indian Air Force SARANG Has Participated In The Egypt Air Show 2024.

COUNTRY VISIT - 

*  India's First Indigenous Stealth Frigate INS Shivalik Set To Visit Indonesia As Operational Deployment To The South China Sea And Pacific Ocean.

* ICGS Sujay Has Visited For 3 Days To The Bali, Indonesia.

* Indian Navy Has Inducted The India's First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS VIKRANT (R11) Into The Western Fleet.

* INS Talwar, INDIAN Naval Ship Arrived At Mombasa, Kenya.

* INS Sukanya Celebrated 35 Years of Service.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Lt General Ulhas Kirpekar Assumed As The Director General Of Financing Planning Of Indian Army. 

* Air Marshal Tejinder Singh Took Over As Deputy Chief Of Air Staff (DCAF) Of INDIAN Air Force.

*  Rear Admiral Srinivas Maddula Took Charge As flag Officer Of Sea Training.

* Rear Admiral G Rambabu Assumed As The Principal In INDIAN Naval Academy.

* Major General DP Singh Has Assumed As The Command Of Strategic Strikers.

* Rear Admiral Chetan C. Chandegave Took Charge As The 18th Flag Officer Submarine.

* Vice Admiral Vineet Mccarty Has Assumed As Controller Personal Service Of Indian Navy.

* 1998 Batch Indian Information Service Officer Vijay Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Spokesperson Of  Ministry Of Defense.

* Commodore Ajay Yadav Took Charge As The Naval Officer In Charge West Bengal 

* Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh Has Been Appointed As The Next Chief Of Air Staff. 

* Air Marshal SP Dharkar Has Been Appointed As The New Vice Chief Of Air Staff.

* Rear Admiral K Srinivas Took Charge As Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard At Vishakapatanam.

*  Indian Army Officer Colonel Vikrant Prasher Has Been Appointed As SSP ( Training & Special Ops) in Jammu and Kashmir For 2 Years.

* Inspector General Donny Michael Has Been Promoted To The Additional Director General Of Coast Guard Regional Commander East.

CRASHED - 

A Mig 29 Fighter Jet Of The INDIAN Air Force Has Crashed Near Barmer In Rajasthan On 2nd September 2024.

 * INDIAN Coast Guard (ICG) Has Participate in The 20th heads Of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting ( HACGAM) In Incheon, South Korea.

INAUGURATION - 

* Lt General M V Suchindra Kumar Has Inaugurated Gul-A-Seum, The Gulmarg Army Museum.

*  Union Minister For Ports And Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal Has Laid The Keel Of Country's Largest Dredger To Be Built At Cochin Shipyard Limited.

HOST - 

*  The 3rd Edition Of The Joint Defense Cooperation Committee Meeting Between India And Kenya Held In Delhi.

* India And Saudi Arabia Bolster Defense Ties In The 6th Joint Committee Meeting At Riyadh.

* 5th India- Maldives Defense Cooperation Dialogue Held In New Delhi.

* The US Department Of Defense And Indian Ministry Of Defense Participated in The 3rd India-US Defense Acceleration Ecosystem ( INDUS-X) Summit In Silicon Valley, California On 9th September.

*  Indian Russian Defense Partnerships Photo Exhibition Has Launched in Delhi.

*  5th India - Philippines Joint Defense Cooperation Committee Meeting Held At Manila.

* 12th Indian Navy And Indonesia Navy Staff Talk Conducted At Jakarta, Indonesia.

* The 2nd Edition OF Naval Commanders Conference 2024 Set To Held On 17-20th September In New Delhi 2024.

* First Ever Tri Service Future Warfare Course Schedule To Conducted In New Delhi From 23rd To 27th September 2024.