DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS MARCH 2026

APPOINTMENTS - 

* AIR Commodore B S Vijay Rao Assume As The Command Of Base Repair Depot, Palam, New Delhi 

* Major General Ajai Singh Assumed As Command Of Counter Insurgency Force 

* 1994 Batch Indian Naval Armament Service (INAS) Shri B P Singh Has Assumed As The Director General Of Naval Armament.

*  Southern Army Commander Lt General Dhiraj Seth Set To Be Next Vice Chief Of Army Staff 

* Lt General Zubin A Minwalla Assumed Charge As Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff ( Operation) 

* Air Marshal Praveen Keshav Vohra Has Assumed As Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff ( Policy Planning & Force development) 

* Squadron LEADER Priya Sharma Becomes 2nd Female Pilot In Indian Airforce LCA Tejas Squadron 

OPERATION URJA SURAKSHA - 

* Indian Navy Launched The OPERATION URJA SURAKSHA ( WEST ASIA WAR) 

DEPLOYMENT - 

* Indian Naval Ship INS Trikand, Stealth Frigate Of Indian Navy Called At Port Louis, Mauritius, On Operational Deployment To South West Indian Ocean Region 

* INS SUDARSHINI Has Arrived In Malta As Part Of 22,000 Nautical Miles Lokayan -26 Expedition 

* Defence Headquarters Training Institute (DHTI) Ministry Of Defence Has Secures ATI UTKRISHT ( 4 Star Accreditation) 

* BHEL Flagged Off 53rd Upgraded

SRGM For INDIAN Navy With Advanced Missile Interception Capability 

 * Udupi, A Cochin shipyard limited Has Delivered 70T Bollard Pull Tug UY 172 OCEAN Royal The 4th In The Series' 

* Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) Has Successfully Completed First Off Production Model ( FOPM) Of Advanced Akash Weapon System 

 * Lucknow Based HOVERLT Has Successfully Tested The Divyashtra MK1

* India Delivered 2 HAL - 228 Aircraft To Guyana 

MOU SIGNED - 

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The Ministry Of Defence Has Signed a Contract Worth Rs 858 Crores For The Procurement Of TUNGUSHKA Air Defense Missile System And Inspection ( Depot Level) Of P8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft.

FIRST IN - 

* * DEEKSHA TRIPATHI HAS BECOME THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN COMBATANT IN INDIAN ARMY TO COMPLETE THE ARMY MARTIAL ARTS ROUTINE (AMAR) COURSE AT PUNE 

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* LT COLONEL NASREEN FATIMA BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN TOE JOIN TERRITORIAL ARMY OFFICER.

* Telengana Police Has Launched The Statewide Enforcement Drive OPERATION CRACK DOWN 

* Sagar Defence Has Laid The Foundation Stone Of World's First Autonomous Maritime Shipbuilding And System In Juvvaladdine In Andhra Pradesh 

*  Indian Coast Guard Has Keeled Two Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel At Ratnagiri.

*  Solar Group Has Successfully Carried The Maiden Proof Trial Of Two Production Lots Of Pinaka Extended Range Rocket 

VISIT - 

* Ministry Of State Defence Sanjay Seth Has Flagged Off INSV KAUNDINYA To Oman 

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* Ministry Of Defence Signed Contracts With Total Of Rs 5,083 Crores For The Acquisition Of Six Advanced Light Helicopter ( ALH) MK-2 .

* Cadet Sudhi Tripathi, Wins Gold Medal At Women's State Basketball Championships 2026 

* India' Became The 2nd Largest Exporters Of Arms From 2021-2025 (8.2%) ( Ukraine Top With 9.7%) 

*  India's First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS VIKRANT Has Completed 1000 Successful Arrested Landing.

* Indian Air Force Su 30 MKI Crashes In Karbi Anglong District in Assam 

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FIRST IN - 

* Lt Col Deepika Rathore Has Become The First Woman From Rajasthan To Successfully Climb Mount Everest Twice 

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