DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN MAY 2026

 * Indian Italian Defence Ministers Agree To Bilateral Military Cooperation Plan ( MCP) 2026-27 

* Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh k Tripathi Set To Visit MYANMAR For 4 Days.

* External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Set To Visit Jamaica, Suriname And Trinidad And Tobago 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Announced The Transfer Of Technology (ToT) Policy Has Been Revised 

* Institute For Plasma Research ( Gandhinagar) Has Successfully Demonstrated It's Fully Integrated 8kN Electromagnetic Launcher ( EML) Prototype For Defence 

* Dr Manpreet Sethi, Fellow ( CAPSS ) Awarded A Commendation By General Anil Chauhan, Chief Of Defence Staff 

* Indian Army And Air India Limited Signed A Memorandum Of Cooperation 

OPERATION RAGEPILL - 

 Union Home Minister Amit Shah Announced The First Ever Seizure of JIHADI DRUG - Capatgon 

Worth Rs 182 Crores By NCB During OPEATION RAGEPILL 

INDUCTED - 

* Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders LIMITED (MDL) Has Delivered The 4th Stealth Frigate Of The P17A Class MAHENDRAGIRI To INDIAN Navy.

 

*  CSIR - NAL Has Handed Over The First Set Of Composite Parts Of The Center Fuselage Of LCA MK2 To HAL 

 * Indian Coastguard  Has Commissioned The Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ACHAL. ( BUILD BY GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED) 

* DRDO India Highlights The Brahmos Aerospace Revenue Has Crossed Rs 5200 Crores For The Year 2025/26 

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* India Launched The OPERATION GLOBAL HUNT, To Track Over 100 Fugitive Worldwide In a Multi Agency Crackdown On Major Criminal Network With Interpol Support 

*  NCB Launched The OPEATION WIPE ( Web Based Illicit Activities Prevention And Enforcement ) To counter Growing Threat Of Online Drug Trafficking)

*  Lt Col Kabilan Sai Ashok Made History For Indian Army Became The First Indian President Of CISM Boxing Committee And Being Awarded The Medal Of The KNIGHT At CISM Hq MONACO 

UN MILITARY GENDER ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR AWARD - 

* Indian Army Officer Major Abhilasa Barak, Serving With The UN Peacekeeping Mission In Lebanon Has Been Awarded The United Nations Military Gender Advocate Of The Year Award 2025

HOST - 

* The 2nd Joint Commanders Conference 2026 

( Theme 2026 - Military Capability In New Domains ) host By Jaipur On 7-8 May 2026 

* Noida Based IG Defence Unveiled The Two Indigenous Weapon Platform - KAL & JWALA At North Tech Symposium 2026 At Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 

* KAL IS India's First Privately Developed Long Range One Way Attack Drone 

* With A Strike Range Of Upto 1000 Km, (7-8 Hour Endurance) 

* Maximum Weight Capacity 200 Kg 

* JWALA Is Short Range Surface To Air Drone 

* INDIAN Air Force Has Signed Three Contracts With IIT BOMBAY For Adoption Of Predictive Maintenance For Su -30 MKI Fleet 

PORTAL & APP - 

* Indian Army Has Launched The KAUTILYA, An Application Aimed To Strength Structured Data Generation And Enabling a Digital Empowered, AI Ready Ecosystem 

* INDIAN Army Launched The Q- FORCE, An Integrated Application DESIGNED To Streamline Logistics And Sustainment Management 

* CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Launched The Tri Service Tele Directory Web Application.

* Indian Navy's Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel SANGHAMITRA Launched In Kolkata.

( INDIAN Navy Launched The SANGHAMITRA ( Which Is Named After Emperor Ashok's Daughter) 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* * 1991 Batch IDAS OFFICER Shri Anugraha Narayana Das Has Assumed Charge As The Controller General Of Defence Accounts ( CGDA) 

* Lt General Balbir Singh Assumed As The Corps Commander Of 15th Chinar Corps.

* 1990 Batch IDAS Shri Vishvajit Sahay Assumed As The Secretary Defence Finance 

* Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra Has Retired After 39 Years Of Service ( Recently Served As Western Air Command Chief) 

* * LT GENERAL NS RAJA SUBRAMANI, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM ( RETIRED) HAS APPOINTED AS THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF 

* GOVERMENT APPOINTS VICE ADMIRAL KRISHNA SWAMINATHAN AS THE NEXT CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF.

* Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan Appointed As The Next Flag OFFICER Commanding In Chief Western Naval Command Ib Mumbai 

* VICE Admiral Vineet McCarty Appointed As The Commander In Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command.

* Major Dr Dwipannita Kalita, Army Doctor Became The Assam's First Female Paratrooper.

* SQUADRON LEADER SAANYA BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN OFFICER TO EARN THE COVETED CAT -A QUALIFIED FLYING INSTRUCTOR ( QFI) QUALIFICATION 

* Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar Assumed As 48th Vice Chief Of Naval Staff 

BOOKS - 

* Chief Of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Has Released A Book - The Algorithm Of War: Code, Compute, Conquer Author - Brigadier Maneesh Parthsarathy.

* Lt General CDS Anil Chauhan Has Launched The EK SAINIK DIARY ( 1943-1971) Book Of Hony Captain Mohar Singh Bainsala 

* General CDS Anil Chauhan Has Released The Book - India's Water Security : Strategies And Solution ( Author - Major General Akash Kaushik) 

* ZEN Technologies Has Unveiled The India's First Modular AI Powered Counter Drone System At North Tech Symposium 2026 

*  Indian Air Force Flagged Off a Commemorative 88 Hours Continuous Relay Run On The Historic First Anniversary Of Operation Sindoor 

(*  Indian Coast Guard Conducted Girder Laying Ceremony For Indigenous Air Cushion Vehicle ( ACVs) In Goa 

*  INDIAN Air force Major General Lissamma Pv Received The National Florence Nightingale Awards 

* India's First Privately Built Military Aircraft C-295 Rolled Out By Tata In Gujarat 

* GSL Has Delivered The 5th Adamya Class FPV ICGS AKSHAY To Indian Coast Guard.

DEFENSE MINISTER VISITED TO VIETNAM - 

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Visited To Vietnam 

* Vietnam Prime Minister Le Minh And  Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister Of Vietnam - General Phan Van Giang Hold The Meeting At Hanoi 

* Commitment To Maintaining The Peace, Stability, Security, Freedom In Indo - Pacific Region 

* Both Minister Inaugurated The Language Lab  At Air Force Officer College, Vietnam 

* India And Vietnam Inked MoU In The Field Of AI And Quantum Technology 

* India And Vietnam Inked Announced To Setting Up At Lab At Tele Communication University At Nha Trang.

 * India And Republic Of Korea SIGNED A Landmark MoU In Cooperation In Critical Domains Of Defence, Cyber And Defence Information.

* Nibe Limited Successfully Demonstrated Its SURYASTRA Rockets With 150 Km And 300 Km Range At ITR Chandipur, Odisha 

* Pune Based Nibe Limited Has Successfully Tested The 300 Km Range SURYASHTRA Precision Rocket System . ( TESTED At Chandipur, Odisha)

* India And South Korea Jointly Develop The Laser WEAPON, 

* Nibe Limited Has Successfully Completed The NCNC Demonstration Of It's VAYU ASHTRA -1 Loitering Munition At Pokharan And Joshimath 

* Indian Navy Has Successfully Scuttled INS GULDAR Off Sindhudurg Coast Of Maharshtra To Create India's First Under WATER Museum 

* ITBP All Women Expedition Successfully Summits The Mount Everest ( Under Mission Vande Mataram) 

*  Short Range Ballistic Missile AGNI -1 Successfully Test Launched From The Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Flagged Off The Suryashtra Universal Rocket Launcher System In Shiridi, Maharashtra 

* Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh Has COMMISIONED A State Of Art Ring Gantry Based Linear Accelerator At Army Hospital, Delhi.

*  Hyderabad Based Zen Technologies Has Unveiled India's First Integrated Smart Border Suite ( ISBS) 

* Lance Havildar Harbhajan Singh ( MONUSCO) And Naib Subedar Sujit Kumar Pradhan ( UNMISS) Set To Honoured By UN With The Dag Hammarskjold Medal POSTHUMOUSLY On International Peacekeepers Day * 

*  NSA Ajit Doval Participate In The International Security Forum At Moscow 

* CDS GENERAL Anil Chauhan Retires After 4 Decades