DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN APRIL 2026

INDUCTED - 

* INS SANSHODHAK, Indigenously Built Survey Vessel ( Large) Built By GRSE LTD Was Delivered To Indian Navy On 30th March 2026 

( SANSHODHAK IS 3400 TONNE, 110 METERDEEP WATER VESSEL BUILT ) 

( IT IS EQUIPPED WITH AUTONOMOUS UNDER WATER VEHICLES (AUVs), Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), And Digital Side- Scan SONAR) 

* DUNAGIRI, The 5th Ship Of Nilgiri Class (Project 17A) And 2nd Of Class Built At Garden Reach Shipbuilding And Engineers Limited (GRSE) Delivered To Indian Navy On 30th March 2026 At Kolkata.

* A Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) For Indian Navy GSL YARD -1280 Launched From Goa Shipyard Limited. (NAMED SHACHI) 

*  AGRAY, The 4th Of The 8th ASW SWC ( Anti Submarine WARFARE Shallow Water Craft) Indigenously Designed By GRSE Delivered To Kolkata 

* Malwan, The 2nd Of 8 Anti Submarine WARFARE Shallow Water Crafts ( ASW SWC) Built By Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) Kochi Delivered To Indian Navy.

 * Indian Coast Guard Inducted Its Fourth Fast Patrol Vessel ACHAL At Goa Shipyard Limited 

 * Solar Defence Has Delivered It's First Ever Pinaka MK -1 Enhanced Rockets to Indian Army 

* INDIAN Coast Guard Ship ICGS RAJDOOT Inducted Into Shri Vijaypuram, 

( Indigenously Build Fast Patrol Vessel 

* Sanjay Seth, Minister Of State For Defence Has Flagged Off Indian Ocean Ship ( IOS) SAGAR In Mumbai 

 * Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders LIMITED Has Keeling Lay of 4th Fast Patrol Vessel For Indian Navy 

* The Indian Army Has Released A Document On Indian Army's Technology Roadmap For Unmanned Aerial SYSTEM And Loitering Munition 

INS TARAGIRI - 

* UNION DEFENCE MINISTER SHRI RAJNATH SINGH COMMISSIONED THE INS TARAGIRI ATE VISHAKAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH 

* INS TARAGIRI IS THE 4TH POTENT PLATFORM OF THE PROJECT 17A CLASS, COMMISIONED ON 3RD APRIL 2026 

* THE STEALTH FRIGATE WITH DISPLACEMENT OF 6670 TONNES 

* IT IS DESIGNED BY THE WARSHIP DESIGN BUREAU AND BUILD BY MAZAGON DOCK SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED ( MDL) 

* IT IS 75% INDIGENOUS 

* THIS SHIP IS HIGH SPEED TRANSIT, AND CAN REMAIN DEPLOYED AT SEA FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.

* IT FEATURES MODERN RADAR, SONAR AND MISSILE SYSTEM 

* SUCH AS BRAHMOS, AND SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES, COASTAL SURVEILLANCE 

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* INDIAN Navy Launched The DSC -123, 4th Ship Of The Diving Support Craft Project At Kolkata ( Displacement 380 Tonne) 

DEFENSE EXPORTS - 

* India's Defence Exports Hit RECORDS Rs 38,424 Crores In FY 2026 

* India's Defence Exports Rose By 62.66% In FY 2026 

* Indian Defence Exports to Countries 

\APPOINTMENTS - 

* Lt General Anoop Singhal Assumed As The Director Of General Of The Regiment Of Artillery.

* Lt General Pushpendra Singh Has Assumed As The General Officer Commanding In Chief Of western Command 

* India Commissioned Its Third Nuclear Power Ballistic missile SUBMARINE - INS ARIDHAMAN ( 7000 Tonne) 

* Bengaluru Based New Prime Tools Has Tested India's First' Liquid Fuel Aerospike Engine.

* INS SUNAYNA On The IOS SAGAR 

* India Marks the Milestone In Major Nuclear As Indigenously Build Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor In Tamilnadu 's Kalpakkam 

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Handed Over 4 ALH MK-III Maritime Role Helicopter To Indian Coast Guard 

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Mrs Lakshmi Bhuvan Assumes As The Regional President Of AWWA Eastern Command 

*  Astronaut P Balakrishnan Nair Has Promoted To The Rank Of Air Commodore

* Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit Has Promoted To Rank Of Brigadier 

* Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi Has Given Prestigious Sardar KM PANNIKAR NIB To Captain Ashok Garg 

* Lt General R S Sundaram Has Assumed As The Director General Of Recruiting Of Indian Army 

* IPS Adarsh Sidhu Appointed As The BSF Director General.

* 1990 Batch IDAS OFFICER Vishvajit Sahay Has Been Appointed As The Secretary (Defence Finance) 

*  The First Batch Of BRAHMOS Missile Produced At The Lucknow Facility Has Handed Over To Indian Army 

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* Major Diksha C  Mudadevannavar Of Indian ARMY Has Became The First Woman Officer To Receive The Prestigious BALIDAN BADGE Of The Para Special Forces 

* The Indian Navy Sailer INS SUDARSHINI Has Departed To Morocco 

*  Union Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh Has Visited To Germany 

*  Ahmedabad Based Gridbots Has Developed An Indigenous Throwable Tactical Robot ( Humming Bird ( 

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ACHUK -150 

Hyderabad Based Redon Systems Has Successfully Completed The FIELD Trials Of It's Indigenous Achuk -150 Loitering  Munition From BHEESHAN Launcher.

* First Of Kinds Indigenous MBMLS Platform 

* Capable Of Launching 18 Loitering Munition In Just 2 Minutes 

* ACHUK - 150 - AI Driven Optical Homing 

* PRECISION Strike With Autonomous Targeting 

* It Can Launch Every 4 Seconds 

* Enables Saturation Attacks On High Value Targets 

HONOURS - 

* CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (COAS) GENERAL UPENDRA DWIVEDI HAS INDUCTED INTO US ARMY WAR COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL HALL OF FAME 

* 30TH ARMY CHIEF OF INDIA 

* HE BECAME THE 3RD  INDIAN ARMY CHIEF TO INDUCTED HALL OF FAME 

* (1) GENERAL VK SINGH, (2) GENERAL BIKRAM SINGH 

 * INS SUDARSHINI Has Arrived To Las Palmas For Lokayan 2026

*  Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Set To VISIT Kyrgyzstan For SCO Summit 

*  India Became The 5th Largest Defence Spender.

* Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi Has Launched The SINDHU NIDHI Initiative IN Dehradun  

*  CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Visited The UK For 3 Days 

* The UK- India 10 Years Of Defence Industrial Roadmap 

* Largest Ever Maritime Exercise With India in 2025 

*  Former Southern Command Head And IPKF Chief Lt General Dipender Singh Passed Away.

* India's Military Expenditure Has Rose By 8.9% To USD 92.1 Billion in 2025 

* NFC Kota Has Received The Operational Clearance From Department Of Atomic Energy Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)