DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN JANUARY 2025

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra Has Been Assumed As The Command Of IAF's Western Air Command.

* Major General Rohit Mehrotra Has Assumed As The Command Of 61 Sub Area.

* Air Marshal Rakesh Sinha Has Assumed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defense Staff ( CDS) HQ.

*  Air Vice Marshal Manmeet Singh Took Over As Senior Office In Charge Administration HQ WESTERN Air Command, New Delhi.

* India Declared 2025 As The Year Of Defences Reforms. (ministry Of Defense) 

* Major General Ramesh Shanmugam Takes Charge As The Additional Director General of NCC Of Kerala And Lakshadweep.

*  1993 Batch IPS OFFICER From Bihar Cadre Sunil Kumar Jha Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of CRPF.

* Assam Police Chief Gyanendra Pratap Singh Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of CRPF.

* Lt General Bhupesh K Goyal Assumed As The Director General Of (Organisation And Personnel) In DGAFMS.

* Col Ishrat Ahmad ( AOC MEERUT) 3rd Generation Army Officer, Is The First Indian Female Muslim Commanding Officer From Rajasthan.

* Vice Admiral Rajaram Swaminathan Assumed Charge As The Controller Of Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A).

NAMED AFTER - 

* Mahavir chakra Awardee Captain Anuj Nayyar ( In 1999 Kargil War) To Commemorate Him Indian Railways Have Dedicated WAG 9HC Locomotive At Electric Loco Shed, Arakkonam.

MANUFACTURED - 

* Bengaluru Based Dynamatic Technologies Developing An Indigenous Jet Powdered Loitering Munition.

* Indian Army's Daredevils Set A New World Record For Highest Human Pyramid.

EXPORTED - 

* Chennai Based Big Bang Boom Solutions Has Exported It's  FIRST Consignment Of Vajra Super Hot (C-UAS) To Kenya's Ministry Of Defense.

FIRST EVER NAVAL ANTHEM - 

*  The FIRST Ever Indian Naval Civilian Anthem JEE JAAN LAGAN SE Was Unveiled On 17th January 2025.

( Composed By Ritul Mohan) 

* Hyderabad Based Redon System Is Developing Indigenous Pneumatic Launchers.

SUBMARINE - 

* Mazagaon Dock Shipyard Limited (MDL) Has Delivered 6th Sorpene Class Submarine VAGHSHEER To INDIAN Navy.

* INS KIRCH, An Indigenous Missile Corvette Of The Eastern Sword Celebrates 24th Anniversary.

* INS DEEPAK COMPLETED 14 YEARS OF SERVICE TO NATION.

MOU SIGNED - 

* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed a Contract With Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) For The Supply Of The Medium Range Surface To Air Missiles (MRSAM) For INDIAN Navy At A Cost Of Rs 2960 Crores.

* Indian Army And State Bank of India Have Renewed The Existence MoU For Providing Banking Services.

* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed Rs 1560 Crores Contract With Heavy Vehicles Factory To Procure 47 BLT-72 Bridge Laying Tanks For Indian Army.

* GRSE Has Signed MoU With Hyderabad Based Appollo Micro System For Joint Research And Development And Co Production Of Under Water Weapons.

LAUNCHED - 

* Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) Has Launched Two Adamya Class FAST PATROL VESSEL (AMULYA AND AKSHAYA) For The Indian Coast Guard (ICG).

*  KEEL FOR THE TRAINING SHIP Of INDIAN Coast Guard Laid By Mazagon Dock Shipyard Limited 

* LARSEN AND TURBO (L&T) Launched The 2nd Multi Purpose Vessel  INS UTKARSH For Indian Navy.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Flagged Off 3 Frontline Naval Combatants To Nation At Mumbai.

* INS SURAT - The Powerful P15B Guided Missile Destroyer 

* INS NILAGIRI - India's First P17A Stealth Frigate 

* INS VAGSHEER - The Final Submarine Of P75 Sorpene Project.

* Andaman And Nicobar Commands (ANC) Conducted Successful Salvo Launch Of BRAHMOS Missile.

* Indian Navy Received The First Signal Intelligence Chip SHIP ZAGROS) 

( Its A New Military Vessel Equipped With Electronics Sensor)

* Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi Has Inaugurated The UPPER LIMB TRAINING LAB At Pune's Artificial Limb Center On The Occasion Of Veterans day.

* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Flagged Off SANJAY - The Battlefield Surveillance System (BSS) At South Delhi.

* It Is An Automated System Which Integrated The Inputs From All Ground And Aerial Battlefield Sensors.

* Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) Has Laid The Keel Of The 7th ASW-SWC For The Indian Navy.

ACHEIVEMENT - 

* Indian Army Team Has Completed The ACONCAGUA Peak In Argentina, The Highest Mountain In South America.

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DECOMMISSIONED - 

*  INDIAN Coast Guard Boat C-449 Decommissioned After Long Service To Nation At Chennai.

RANKING - 

*  India Ranked 4th In Overall Military Strength In Global Fire Power 2025 Index After US, RUSSIA AND CHINA 

* 14,55,450 active Military Personnel 

OPERATION - 

* Indian Navy Successfully Conducted An OPERATION DEMO At RK Beach. 

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PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Army Veteran Baldev Singh Passed Away.

BOOKS 

* GREATEST AIR ACES OF ALL TIMES Book Author - Aviator Anil Chopra 

*  SHOOTING STRAIGHT: A Military Biography Of Lt General Rostum K Nanavaty Book Author - ARJUN SUBRAMANIAM 

* AN ARMY WIFE'S TALES Book Author - Ms Jyoti Barmola Mamgain 

TESTED - 

* Economic Explosive Limited (EEL) Has Successfully Tested BHARGAVASTRA, An Indigenous Counter Drone System With Guided Micro Missile 

( This System Featuring Both Hard Kill And Soft Kill Capabilities) 

( Can Detect Large Drone At 10 km Distance)

* HAL Conducted Maiden Flight Test Of CATS- OMCA (Combat Air Teaming System Optionally ) Manned Combat Aircraft 

AWARDS - 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Presented Police Medals To 35 CBI Officers.

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MANUFACTURE - 

* L & T Developing Light Weight Bullet Proof Material In Collaboration With Amruta University.

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AWARDS - 

* Lt General Sadhana Nair, VSM Along With His Son Sqn Ldr Tarun Nair Honoured With Presidential Award ( For The First Time Happened )

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