Gkhabbit: JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER DEFENSE CA IN 2025

Sunday, 12 October 2025

JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER DEFENSE CA IN 2025

JANUARY -

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.

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.

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.

MANUFACTURE -

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

AWARDS -

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

FEBRUARY -

APPOINTMENTS -

* Air Marshal Venkataraman Rajasekhar Has Assumed As The Air Officer In Charge Maintaince At

* Vice Admiral Rajat Kapoor Assumed As The Controller Of Logistics ( COL) At Naval Headquarters.

* Major General Sheena PD Assumed As The Additional Director General Of Military Nursing Services.

* Major General Sukruti Baveja Has Assumed As The Major General At Dakshin Bharat Area, Chennai.

TECHNOLOGY -

* Delhi Based ARMASEN TACTICAL Unveiled It's Latest High Cut Ballistic Helmet Cover.

* Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Has Introduced Its First Ever BS-IV Vehicle Diagnostic Tool By TASL At Chandigarh.

* Chinese Survey Vessel Xiang Yang Arrives At Bay Of Bengal.

* Bengaluru Based SCANDRON Has Launched India's MOST Powerful Cargo Drone CARGO MAX 20 KHC At Aero India 2025.

* Bengaluru Based DYNAUTON Systems Has Launched The Indigenous CHEEL UAV With 300 Km Range.

* India And US Have Announced A New Procurement And Co Production Arrangements Of Javelin ATGM STRYKER.

* Bengaluru Based SSS Defense Has Unveiled It's Indigenous SMG (SUBMACHINE GUN) & DMR (DESIGNATED MARKSMAN RIFLE)

* Lt Cdr Dilna And Lt Cdr Roopa A Created History By Successfully Crossing Cape Horn

* INS GHARIAL Celebrated 28th Anniversary.

* INS RANA Celebrated 43 Of Service To Nation.

PERSON PASSED AWAY -

* Lt General, Moti Dar PVSM (AVSM) Former Vice Chief Of Army Staff (July 1995- July 1996) And GOC In C Southern Command (January 1994 - July 1995) Has Passed Away.

HOST -

* The 13th Meeting Of Malaysia- India Defense Cooperation Committee ( MIDCOM) Took Place At Kualalumpur.

LAUNCHED -

* Adani Defense And Aerospace In Partnerships With DRDO Launched It's Vehicle Mounted Counter Drone System.

* Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Has Established A New Company Operative Base (COB). In Kutul Area At Narayanpur District, Chhattisgarh.

* Kalyani Has Unveiled The Latest 155mm/ 45 Calibre Mounted Gun

* Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR) Has Developed An Indigenous Portable Bullet Proof Booth Weighing 1650 Kg For The Armed And Para Military Force's.

* Rear Admiral K M Ramakrishnan Has Launched The Ancient Stitched Ship, A Unique Vessel Ship Built With Wood, Coir, Natural Resin At Goa.

CRASHED -

* Indian Airforce Aircraft Has Crashed At Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh.

* Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Released The First Edition Of The Ministry Of Defense Bi Annual - Hindi Magazine SASHAKT BHARAT - In New Delhi

VISIT -

* Indian Navy's First Training Squadron (1TS) Comprising INS SUJATA, And ICGS VEERA Arrived At Sihanoukville Port Cambodia.

* INS Shardul Visited To Bali, Indonesia For Reviewing The International Fleet 2025.

RENAME -

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Renamed The Indigenous HJT-36 Jet Trainer As The YASHAS.

MOU SIGNED -

* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed Rs 10,147 Crores Deal With Economic Explosive Limited And Munition India Limited And Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) For Advanced PINAKA MLR Rockets.

* Defense Ministry Has Signed Rs 642 Crores Contract With BEL For 28 EON 51 System.

* BEL Corporation, Reshef Technologies, Israel Have Signed An MoA For a Long Term Make In India' (LTMII) Contract To Manufacture Electronic Fuzes For Indian Army.

* GE Aerospace Has Signed 5 Years Performance Based Logistics ( PBL) Contract With The Indian Air Force For T700 Engine Sustained Solutions.

* BEL Has Signed A MoU with THE CSIR National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) To Operate In The Areas Of Unified Air Space Management And Sensor Development For Loitering Munition (LM) And High Altitude Platform.

* The Aerospace Business Of Godrej And Boyce Has Signed An MoU With Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) For The Indigenous Manufacturing Of Flight Control For AMCA

* The Defense Ministry Has Signed 2 Contracts Worth Rs 1917.47 Crores For Two Procurement Of 149 Software Defined Radios For Indian Coast Guard.

* The Indian Army Has Signed A Contract For Procurement Of 223 Units Of Automatic Chemical Agents Detection And Alarm ( ACADA) System Developed By DRDE, DRDO Gwalior.

* A MoU Signed Between INDIAN Army And DRDO To Facilitate The Transfer Of Technical Expertise From The Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSBL).

BOOKS -

* Indian Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi Has Launched Launched The Book I AM A SOLDIER'S WIFE Book Author - Geetika Lidder ( Wife Of Late Brigadier LS Lidder)

* UNFORGOTABLE CHAPTERS : Book Author - Prakash Singh ( MEMOIR OF TOP COP)

AWARDS -

* Senior NSG Officer D K Kedia Honoured With The CA In Public Service Award By ICAI.

MARCH -

RENAME -

* DRDO Has Renamed The SDFR - Based ASTRA - 3 Air To Air Missile As GANDIVA.

* Indian Navy s First' Training Squadron Reaches At Phuket Deep Sea Port, Thailand.

* Indian Army Has Renamed The Kitchener House To Manekshaw House At Vijay Durg.

HOST -

* Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The DRDO MHA Collaboration Conference Cum Exhibition.

* 9th Edition Of India - Australia Defense Policy Talk Held At New Delhi.

INAUGURATION -

* Admiral Dinesh K Tripathy Has Inaugurated The Computational Resource For Artificial Intelligence Testing And Learning (CRYSTAL)

* India's First AI Data Centre And Lab, At The Indian Navy Incubation Centre For Artificial Intelligence (INICAI) Bengaluru.

* General V K Singh Has Released The Commemorative Postal Stamp Of 5th Battalion Of Rajput Regiment.

* Chief Defense Staff (CDS) Anil Chauhan Inaugurated The TECHKRITI 2025, ASIAN Largest Intercollegiate Technical And Entrepreunial Festival At IIT KANPUR.

UNVEILED -

* Bharat Dynamic Limited (BDL) Has Unveiled The PRABHA - A New Cutting Edge Laser Beam Rider Guided Missile.

* Bengaluru Based Tonbolmaging Has Launched The Spartan-R Standalone Thermal Weapon.

* The 4th 25 T BP Tug Yuvan Built By M/S Titagarh Rail System Limited (TRSL) Has Unveiled For Indian Navy.

ECONOMY -

* India Achieved The Highest Ever Growth In Indigenous Defense Production in 2023/24 Since Implementation Of Make In India (1,27 lakh Crores)

TESTED -

* Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) Has Successfully Conducted The Test Launch Of HOME GROWN ASTRA, Beyond Visual Range Air To Air Missile (BVRAAM) From LCA AF MK1 Prototype Fighter Aircraft.

* India' Was The 2nd Largest Arm's Importer To Ukraine (8.3%)

MOU SIGNED -

* Indian Army And Bank Of India Has Signed A MoU To Commit 3 Years Partnerships To Provide Insurance Cover.

* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed $248 Millions Deal With Russia's ROSOBORON Export To Buy Engines For T-72 Tanks For Indian Army.

* Defense Ministry Has Signed Two MoU with HAL For The Supply Of 156 Light Combat Helicopter ( LCH) PRACHAND Worth Rs 62000 Crores..

* Indian Army Has Signed A MoU With ADRIN In Hyderabad, For The Design And Development Of Location Awareness & Knowledge Based Solution For High Resolution 3D Layer Archive For Precision Targeting.

APPOINTMENTS -

* Dr Mayank Sharma Assumed As The Controller General Of Defense Account.

FIRST WOMAN -

* FLYING Officer Tanushka Singh Has Become The First Female Pilot To Fly The Indian Air Force JAGUAR Fighter Jet.

BOOKS -

* THE CANTONMENT CONSPIRACY : Book Author - General Manoj Naravane

* WAFADARI IMAANDARI AND ZIMMEDARI Book Author - Lt General K S Dhillon

APRIL -

* India's Defense Export Has Recorded Rs 23,622 Crores in Financial Year 2024/25

(21,083 Crores in FY 2023/24)

* IN 2017 1522 Crores

* IN 2018 4682 Crores
* IN 2019 10746 Crores

* IN 2020 9116 Crores

* IN 2021 8435 Crores

* IN 2022 12,815 Crores

* IN 2023 15918 Crores

* IN 2024 21,083 Crores

HOST -

* The First Army Commander Conference Held At New Delhi.

* Tri Service All Women Sailing Expedition Flagged Off From Mumbai To Seychelles.

* Adani's Vizhinjam Port (Kerala) Welcomes The World's Largest Eco Friendly Container Ship Msc Turkiye.

PERSON PASSED AWAY -

* Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav Has Killed In Jaguar Fighter Jet Crashed In Gujarat.

* Former Vice Chief of Army staff And Colonel Commandant Of Bombay Sappers Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman Has PASSED AWAY.

FIRST IN -

* Indian Army Along With IIT Hyderabad Have Constructed The World's Highest Onsite 3D Printed (11000 Feet) At Ladakh.

APPOINTMENT -

* Indian Government Has Revamped The National Security Advisory Board.

* Former RA&W Chief Alok Joshi Has Been Appointed As The Chairman

* Lt Cdr Divya Sharma, Dornier Pilot Of INAS 318 At INS UTKORSH Became The First Woman Qualified Flying Instructor Of Indian Navy

* 1996 Batch IOFS Officer Shri K R Sinha Has Been Appointed As Executive Director At AWEIL ( Advanced Weapon And Equipment India Limited)

* Lt General Pratik Sharma Has Been Appointed As Commander In Chief Udhampur Northern Army Base.

BOOKS -

* Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chaudhary Has Launched A Book On Naib Subedar Chuni Lal. ( BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE) LT GEN SATISH DUA

*MOU SIGNED -

* Government Of India And France Have Signed An Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) For The Procurement Of 22 Rafale Aircraft ( For Indian Navy) Worth Rs 630000 Crores.

MAY-

APPOINTMENTS -

* Air Marshal Asutosh Dixit Has Assumed As The Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff HQ.

* Major General Lisamma PV Assumed As The Additional Director General, Military Nursing Services (MSC) In New Delhi

* She Succeeds Major General Sheena PD

* Brigadier Yashvir Mathur Assumed As The Commandant At Military Hospital, Prayagraj.

* Air Marshal Tejinder Singh Takes Over As The Air OFFICER Commanding In Chief (AOC-IN) Training Command.

* Air Marshal N Tiwari Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chief Of Air Staff.

* Shri Mahesh Kumar Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The Special DG HQ Eastern Kolkata

* Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor Has Been Appointed As Chief Of South Western Air Command.

* Lt Governor Of J& K Appointed Shaleen Kabra As The Official Spokespersons For The UT J&K

* Colonel Noreen Shanet John Became The First Woman Officer To Command Training a Battalion In The Army

* President Droupadi Murmu Presented 6 Kirti Chakras And 33 Shaurya Chakras Personal Of Armed Forces.

* Lt Colonel Harsh Gupta And Havildar Surinder Singh Have Designed The Logo OPERATION SINDOOR

* India Exports Defence Equipment To 90 Countries.

ACHIEVEMENT -

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Met Cdr Roopa A & Lt Cdr Dilna ( INSV TARINI) Back To Goa, After Circumnavigating The Earth And Sailing 50k Km, 4 Continents And 3 OCEAN.

UNESCO HONOUR -

* Brigadier General Amitabh Jha, Who SERVED With The UN Disengagement Observer Force ( UNDOF) And Havilder Sanjay Singh Who Has Deployed With UN Stabilization Mission In The Democratic Republic Of Congo, (MONUSCO) Will Be Honoured Posthumously With The Dag HAMMARSKJOLD Medal.

MOU -

* BEL And Indian Army Air Defense SIGNED a Contract For IDDIS Counter Drone System.

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Approved The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Programme Execution MODEL.

DEFENSE EXPORTS -

* India Is The 4th Largest Defence Spender In The World.

* 916 Billion USA

* 296 Billion China

* 109 Billion Russia

* 84 Billion INDIA

* 76 Billion SAUDI ARABIA

* India's Defence Exports In FY 2024/25 23622 Crores (34 Times Higher Than FY 2023/24)

INAUGURATION -

* Union defence Minister Rajnath Singh Virtually Inaugurated The BrAHMOS AEROSPACE INTEGRATION AND facility Centres At Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

* The Indian Navy Has Inducted The Ancient Stitched Ship Named INSV KAUNDINYA At Karwar.

* On 13th May 2025 Indian Army Launched a searched And Destroy Operation - OPERATION KELLER.

* 6th 25T Bollard Pull Tug, Sabal Built By M/s Titagarh Railway System Limited Ltd For Indian Navy Launched At Kolkata.

* Bengaluru Based New SPACE Research & Technologies Has Delivered The First' Batch Of Tethered Drones To Indian Army.

* Cochin Shipyard limited Laid The Keel Of The 8th ASW SWC + ( Mahe Class Corvette) To INDIAN Navy

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Received The First Indigenous Developed Private Sector ICS Compatible Center Fuselage Of LCA Tejas Mk1A

BOOKS =

* UNION DEFENCE MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH HAS LAUNCHED THE BOOK

READY RELEVANT AND RESURGENT - : A BLUEPRINT FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDIA'S MILITARY

BOOK AUTHOR - GEN ANIL CHAUHAN

LAUNCHED -

* ARNALA - The First of The 8th ASW SWC (Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft) Indigenously Designed And Built By GRSE, Kolkata Delivered To Indian Navy, Kattupalli.

TESTED -

* Nagpur Based Solar Defence (SDAL) Has Successfully Conducted The 2nd Test Of Indigenous BHARGA ASTRA Counter Drone System At Gopalpur, Odisha On 13th May 2025

OPERATION SINDOOR -

* Indian Armed Forces Launched Operation SINDOOR Against Pakistan Terrorists, Which Is The Rebellion Attack, Terrorists Attack on Pahalgam.

* Wing Commander Vyomika Singh Took Command Of Indian Air Force

* Col Sophia Qureshi Took Command Of Indian Armed Forces

PERSON PASSED AWAY -

* Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir Additional Deputy Commissioner Raj Kumar Thapa Passed away

ACHIEVED -

* The Indo -Tibet Border Police Has Climbed The Mt Makalu) ( 8,485 Meter) Fifth Highest in World

* A Team From National Institute Of Mountaineering And Adventure SPORTS (NIMAS) In Arunachal Pradesh Dirang Became First From India Climbed Khangchendzonga (3rd Highest)

JUNE -

APPOINTMENTS

* 1990 Batch Indian Defence Estates Service Officer Shailendra Nath Gupta Takes Charge As The Director General Defence Estates.

* Air Marshal Jasvir Singh Maan Has Took Charge As The Senior Air Staff Officer Of Western Air Command, Indian Air Force.

* Lt General Dinesh Singh Rana Assumed As The 18th Commander In Chief Of Andaman and Nicobar Command

* Lt General Rajiv Ghai Has Been Elevated As The Deputy Chief Of Army Staff.

* Lt General AVS Rathee Took Over The Command Of Konark Corps

* Brigadier Gidugu Himashree Retires After Extraordinary Journey Commanded Field Hospital Across Frontier.

* She Served 1998 To 2025 As Forests Of Arunachal To Siachen.

* Lt General D S Rana Has assumed As The 23rd Colonel Of The Gharwal Rifles

* Major General R D Sharma Assumed As The Command Of Prestigious Bison Divison.

* Rear Admiral V Ganapathy Has Assumed As The Commandant Of Military Of Technology (MLT) Pune.

DEVELOPED -

* Hyderabad Based Paninian india Has Unveiled SVAYATT - L1 Next Generation Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile.

* IIT Kanpur Unveiled SABAL-50 India's Most Powerful Combat Ready Military Drone.

OPERATION SINDHU -

* India Launched The Operation SINDHU To Evacuate Indian Nationals From Iran.

* Indian Navy Ship INS TEG Has Arrives Port Louis, Mauritius To Take Joint Surveillance Of Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone.

AWARDS -

* Major Divya Ajith Kumar Became The First Woman To Be Awarded Indian Army's Coveted Sword Of Honour.

BOOKS -

* BEYOND FEAR: A Personal Journey To SOMA Book Author - Major General G D Bakshi

(* Former Army Chief VP Mallik Released The Book Kashmir Insurgency.

LAUNCHED -

* Achal, The 5th Fast Patrol Vessel Built By Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) Launched For Indian Coast Guard

* INS ARNALA - The Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft Has Been Launched At The Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam By CDS General Anil Chauhan

* IIT Bombay And CME Pune Have Successfully Developed Light Weight Modular Bunker Using Pre -Fabricated UHPC Blocks

* ADAMYA, The Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) 8th FPV Project At Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) By Indian. Coast Guard

* The 5th BP Tug OJAS Built By M/S Titagarh Railway System Limited (TRSL) Kolkata For Indian Navy

MOU SIGNED -

* Educational Physics Wallah Has Signed MoU With CRPF Family Welfare Association To Provide Educational Support To CRPF Family Personnel.

* Solar Defence And AEROSPACE Limited ( SDAL) Has Successfully Completed The Trial Of It's Hybrid Vtol UAV Rudrasthra At The Pokhran Firing Range On 11th June 2025.

* AIR India Flight AI171 From Ahmedabad To London Crashed At Ahmedabad, More Than 240 Passengers Killed In That Accident

INAUGURATION -

* The Indian Army Has Unveiled The Oxygen Generation Plant For High Altitude Emergencies In Tawang Arunachal Pradesh.

* General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief Of Army Staff COAS Inaugurated The IBEX TARANA - Community Radio Station ( 88.4 MHZ) At Jyotirmath.

HOST -

* Indian Navy Hoisted The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Working Group Meeting On Maritime Security (IWG- MARSEC) 24-25th June in New Delhi.

PERSON PASSED AWAY -

* Indian Legendary Mountaineer Captain PADMA BHUSHAN And Arjun Awardee M S Kohli (Retired) Passed away.

* He Was The Leader Of India's First' Mount Everest Expedition in 1965

JULY -

APPOINTMENT -

* Air Marshal S Sivakumar Has Assumed As The AIR officer In Charge Administrative In HQ Delhi.

* * SUB LT ASTHA POONIA HAS BEEN INDUCTED AS THE FIRST FEMALE FIGHTER PILOT OF THE INDIAN NAVY.

Astha Poonia Recived WINGS OF GOLD

* MAJOR General Adarsha Verma Assumes As The Command Of AGNIVAAZ Division.

* India Recived The 2nd GE-F404 Engine From US.

* Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan AVSM Appointed As The Vice Chief Of The Naval Staff (VCNS).

* Rear Admiral Manish Chadha Appointed As The Commandant Of Indian Naval Academy. Ezhimala

* 1993 BATCH OF UTTAR PRADESH IPS OFFICER SANJAY SINGHAL HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SASHASTRA SEEMA BAL (SSB).

MOU SIGNED -

* An MoU Signed Between RPF And The National Commission For WOMEN For Effective Prevention Of Trafficking Of Women And Children And Other Crimes Against Women.

* The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) And UAE National Guard Command SIGNED MoU On Maritime Security.

INDUCTED -

* The INS TAMAL Commission By Indian Navy At Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia

Ships Motto - SARVADA SARVATRA VIJAY

* YARD 12652 (Udaygiri) The 2nd Ship Of Project 17A Stealth Frigate, Built By MDSL Delivered To Indian Navy.

* NISTAR, The First' Indigenously Build By HSL Delivered To Indian Navy At Visakhapatnam

* INS NISTAR, India's First Indigenous Designed Vessels Commissioned In Vishakhapatnam on 18th July 2025.

* INDIAN Navy's Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft Warship AJAY Has Been Inaugurated In Kolkata.

* INS SINDHU SHASTRA, India's Indigenously Developed Upgrades Kilo Class Submarine Completed 25 Years.

* Army Chief Announced RUDRA BRIGADE Vhairbha on 26th Cargill Vijay Diwas.

* Indian Army Received The First Batch Of Apache Helicopter From US.

*India's 2nd Indigenously Built Pollution Control Vessel SAMUDRA PRACHET Launched By Smt Priya Paramesh ( Developed By GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED) For Indian Navy.

* Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) Successfully Launched The ICGS ATAL - YARD 1275 - The Sixth Series Of 8 State Of Art Indigenous Designed Fast Patrol Vessel For Indian Coast Guard

TESTED -

* Indian Army Successfully Tested The AKASH PRIME AIR DEFENCE System At 15,000 Feet.

* The Profession Of Arms: A Guide For Young Army Officers Book Author - Major General P K Mallik

OPERATION SHIVA -

* Indian Army Launched OPERATION SHIVA To Ensure safe Amarnath Yatra In Kashmir.

AUGUST -

APPOINTMENTS -

* Senior IPS OFFICER SBK Singh Has Been Appointed As The Delhi Police Commissioner.

* VICE Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan Has Appointed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff POLICY.

* Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Has Assumed As The Flag Officer Commanding In Chief Of Western Naval Command At Mumbai.

* * LT GENERAL PUSHPENDRA SINGH ASSUMED AS THE VICE CHIEF OF THE INDIAN ARMY STAFF.

* VICE ADMIRAL SANJAY VATSAYAN ASSUMES AS THE 47th VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF

* Vice Admiral CR Praveen Nair Assumed Charge As The Controller Personnel Service (CPS)

* Vice Admiral Manish Chadha Has Assumed As Commandant Of Indian Naval Academy.

* 2010 Batch IPS OFFICER Raghavendra Kumar M G Appointed As The DIG In CISF.

* IPS Mrs Vinita Thakur Has Been Appointed As AFG CISF.

* FORMER CRPF DG ANISH DAYAL SINGH HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE DEPUTY OF NSA.

* Tamilnadu DGP Shankar Jiwal Has Been Appointed As Fire Commission Chairman.

* Lt General Raja Subramani (RETIRED) Appointed As The New Military Adviser To The National Security Council Secretariat ( NSCS).

FIRST IN -

* Gujarat Kandla Became The India's First Anti Drone Defense System Port.

* Khushi Pathan, a 21 Years Old Fashion Designs Student Has Developed A Unique Solar Powered Uniform For Indian Soldiers.

MOU SIGNED -

* Defence Ministry Has Signed MoU with Quality Council of India To Strengthen Delivery Of Pension, Healthcare, And Welfare Schemes

HOST -

* The 5th India - Uzbekistan Joint Working GROUP On Defence Cooperation Held In New Delhi.

* Lt General Sultan Kamaletdinov, First Deputy minister Of Defense Chief Of General Staff Of Armed Forces of Kazakhstan Has Meet Defense Chief Anil Chauhan.

* CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Inaugurated The Tri - Services Joint Dialogue RAN - SAMVAAD 2025 At Army War College, Madhya Pradesh.

* It Is First' Kind Of Session For Operation and Battle Regarding Dialogue.

Theme 1 - Emerging Technologies & Impact On Future Warfare

Theme 2 - Reforms In Institutionalised Training To Catalyse Technological Enablement

* BSF Launched Operation Alert Along Indo - Pak Border To Prevent Infiltration.

India's Navy Ship INS Tamal Arrived At Naples For Maritime Partnership.

* IKSHAK ( Yard 3027) The Third Survey Vessel Large Ship Delivered To Indian Navy.

VISIT -

* General Upendra Dwivedi Has Visited To Algeria.

DEFENSE PRODUCTION -

India's Defence Production Has Recorded Best Rs 1,50,590 Crores In FY 2024/25.

(18% Growth in 2023/24 It Was 1,27 Lakh Crores)

( In 2019/20 it Was 79,071 Crores)

INDUCTED -

* GRSE Built India's First Of Three Advanced Guided Missile Frigates HIMGIRI, Delivered To Indian Navy.

* The 16th And Final Airbus C-295 Delivered To India From Spain.

* NCERT Added Chapter On Field Marshal Manekshaw, Brigadier Usman And Major Sharma in Classes.

* India Unveiled The First Indigenous AI POWERED Combat Drone KAALA BHAIRAV In Bengaluru. (3000 Km Range)

* The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Has Launched Its First All Woman Commando Unit.

* UNION Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Along With Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Have Inaugurated INS UDAYGIRI and INS HIMGIRI Frigate In Visakhapatnam.

RETIRED -

* Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh Retired After 39 Years Of Service.

PERSON PASSED AWAY -

* * GROUP CAPTAIN D K PARULKAR (RETIRED) PASSED AWAY ON 10TH AUGUST 2025.

* 1971 PAKISTAN WAR HERO, WHO LEAD THE TEAM AND ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY IN PAKISTAN.

* HE COMMISSIONED IN AIR FORCE IN 1963.

* HE HAS RECEIVED THE VISHISHT SENAE MEDAL

MOU SIGNED -

* BSF India And IIT Kanpur Have Signed MoU To Enhance The Capability In Drone Forensics, Counter UAV Technology And Training.

* President Of India approved 127 Gallantry Awards, 40 Distinguished Service Award, 290 Mentions Awards On 79th Independence D

SEPTEMBER -

INAUGURATION -

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The India's State Of First Facility At Innovation For Defence Excellence iDEX) at Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

* INS SHUKANYA Celebrate 36th Anniversary.

* UDUPI Cochin Shipyard Limited, a Subsidiary Of Cochin Shipyard Limited Has Launched Its 3rd Vessel Built By M/s Wilson ASA, Norway.

* the 6th 25 T BP Tug Sabal Built By M/s Titagarh Railway System limited Has Launched At Kolkata For Indian Navy.

* 11th Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge LSAM 25 Build By MSME Shipyard For Indian Navy Launched.

* Shipping Corporation India Has Inducted The VLGC SHIVALIK - in its Fleet.

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Virtually Inaugurated The SAMUDRA PRADAKSHINA First Ever Tri Service All Women Circumnavigation Sailing Expedition From Mumbai. (10 Women OFFICER Participate, 26000 Nautical miles Will Cover)

* GRSE Has Delivered The 2nd Anti- submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft ( INS ANDROTH) To The Indian Navy.

* The All Women Sailing Expedition IASV TRIVENI ( Will Commence On 11th September 2025.

* Indian Coast Guard Has Inducted The AKSHAR, The 2nd Fast Patrol Vessel Under O8 FPV project By Goa Shipyard Limited.

* Indian Navy Has Inaugurated The India's First 75m Composite Indoor Shooting Range Lakshya At INS DRONACHARYA In Kochi, Kerala.

* India Coast Guard Has Commissioned a Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) Adamya, At Paradip, Odisha.

* 9 MONTHS EXPEDITION

* It Will Cross Twice The EQUATOR

* South Ocean, Great Capes , Drake Passage

* CISF MoU With Mpower ( a Mental Health Social Enterprises) Under Aditya Birla Education TRUST ( ABET)

* UNION DEFENCE MINISTER SHRI RAJNATH SINGH ON VISIT TO MOROCCO ON 21ST SEPTEMBER 2025.

* SHRI RAJNATH SINGH ALONG WITH MOROCCO DEFENCE MINISTER MR ABDELTIF LOUDYI JOINTLY INAUGURATED THE TATA ADVANCED SYSTEM LIMITED NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN CASABLANCA, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED WhAP 8X8

* THIS IS THE FIRST INDIAN DEFENCE COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING VENTURE IN MOROCCO.

COMMISSIONED -

* Indian Navy Commissioned INS ARAVALI At Gurugram, Haryana.

( Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi Was Present)

* 18 Members Of Team In Brahmastra Corps Has Successfully Summited Mount Gorichen West.(6383 meter)

* BSF Inducted The First Batch Of Drone Warriors At India's First School Of Drone Warfare.

* 103rd Raising Day Of Military Engineering Services (MES).

MOU SIGNED -

* Ministry Of Defence Has Signed Rs 62,370 Crores Contract With HAL For Procurement Of 97 LCA Mk1A Aircraft For Indian Airforce.

* MIG -21 STARTED IT'S SERVICES IN 1963

* TOOK PART IN 1965 ( INDIA - CHINA WAR) SQUADRON OPERATION

* IT TOOK PART IN 1971 BANGLADESH PAK DIVISION ( OPERATION CACTUS LILLY)

* IT TOOK PART IN 1999 CARGILL WAR

* IT TOOK PART IN 2019 BALAKOT ( ABHINANDAN )

* MIG -21 FACES 300+ CRASHES SO FAR

* Till OPERATION SINDOOR DEDICATED TO NATION

* AT THE END ITS DECOMMISSIONED IN CHANDIGARH AFTER 63 YEARS OF SERVICE TO INDIAN AIRFORCE ON 26/09/2025.

* Union DEFENCE MINISTER UNVEILED A POSTAGE STAMP TO COMMEMORATE THE MIG -21

* DEFENCE MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH TRIBUTE BIRD OF ALL SEASONS

* SQUADRON LEADER PRIYA SHARMA, ONE OF INDIA'S PIONEER WOMAN FIGHTER PILOT HAILED FROM RAJASTHAN, BECAME THE LAST WOMAN PILOT TO TAKE MIG -21 TO THE SKIES IN 2018.

* FEW IMPORTANT -

- GROUP CAPTAIN SURESH RATNAPARKHI, FLEW MIG -21 DURING 1966-89

* AIR COMMODORE S S BUNDLE TYAGI WHO CONTROLS MIG -21 MORE THAN 6000 HOURS ( A RECORDS DURING 1971 WAR)

FIRST IN -

* Hyderabad Startup Zen Technologies Has Unveiled The India's First AI enabled Fast Attack Craft (FAC) Simulator For Naval Training

FIRST IN MANUFACTURE -

* Tata Advance System Became First Indian Company To Manufacture Advanced Naval 3D Air Surveillance Radar Under Transfer Of Technology From Indra Of Spain.

* HAL Received The 3rd GE -404 Engine For LCA Mark 1A Combat Aircraft Programme From US.

HOST -

* The Armed Forces Set To Host The Combined Commanders Conference (CCC) In Kolkata on 15-17th September 2025.

Theme 2025 - YEAR OF REFORMS - Transforming For The Future

* UNION Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Address At The 2 Days Conference On Directorate General Of Defence Estate MANTHAN In New Delhi.

PARTICIPATE -

* Indian Navy Indigenous INS KADMATT Will Participate In PNG 50TH INDEPENDENCE DAY.

* Indian Navy's INS SATPURA Arrived Colombo.

APPOINTMENTS -

* 1993 BATCH IPS OFFICER Sanjay Singhal Has Been Appointed As The New Director General Of SSB.

* Former Director General Of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) S N Pradhan Has Been Appointed As The Global Chief Executive Officer Of Cyber Peace Foundation.