Sunday, 3 May 2026

JANUARY TO APRIL DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN 2026

JANUARY - 

RETIRES - 

Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari Retires As Vice Chief Of The Air Staff, Indian Air Force. ( JOINED IN 1986) 

OPERATION - 

 Delhi Police Has Launched The OPERATION GANG BUST - To Take Against Gangster 


 Punjab POLICE Launched Operation Prahar To To Make State Gangster Free.


 Kanpur Based MKU Launched It's KAVRO DOMA 360 Ultra Ballistic Helmet.


ANNOUNCEMENT - 

Indian Army Declared 2026 As Year Of Networking And Data Centricity 

 India Approved USD 8.7 Billion Purchase Of 1000 Spice 1000 AIR TO AIR Surface Missile From ISRAEL.


Indian Army Has Launched The Depot Integration Management Edition ( DIME)


- A PAN Army Digital Platform That Delivers Real Time Visibility Of Logistics Item From Unit To Army HQ 

* 81 Years Of Celebration Of INS SHIVAJI training Institutes on 8th January 2026


TABLEUX - 

 Long Range Anti Ship Hypersonic Missile ( LRAShM) Made Its First' Public Appearance in Republic Day 2026 Parade 


 * BHAIRAV Battalion Debut Parade In 2026 Republic Day Parade 

LAUNCHED - 

 * Chief Of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Released The Military Quantum Mission Policy Framework.

Mazagon dock Shipyard Limited (MDL) Keel Laying Ceremony Of 3rd And Plate Cutting Ceremony Of 6th Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) For Indian Coast Guard 

RECEIVED - 

* Indian Coast Guard Accepted The Delivery Of Two State Of The Art Dornier 228 Aircraft From HAL HQ.

FIRST CONSIGNMENT - 

 India' Has Formally Delivered The Guided Pinaka Rocket SYSTEM To Armenia. ( Signed Deal Worth Rs 2000 Crores And Produced By India's Solar Defence ) 

VISITED - 


General Upendra DIWEDI Has Visited To Srilanka. 

* ICGS VARAHA ( Vikram Class OVP), And ICGS ATULYA ( Aadesh Class FPV), Has Arrived At Srilanka To Deployment 



Indian COAST Guard And Japan Coast Guard Conducts Joint HNS Response Drill On-board ICGS SAMUDRA Prahari In Mumbai.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* AIR MARSHAL NAGESH KAPOOR HAS TOOK CHARGE AS THE NEW VICE CHIEF OF INDIAN AIR FORCE'. 


Subedar Major Durgesh Singh Appointed As The Army Subedar Major. 

* Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor Appointed As Vice Chief Of Indian Air Force. 

* LT General Harpal Singh Assumed As The Director General Border Roads 

Major General Vikas Lal Has Assumed As The Command As General OFFICER Commanding Madhya Pradesh.

2004 Batch IPS OFFICER Homkar Vinukant Has Been Appointed As The Inspector General In Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Mukesh Singh Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Ladakh.


* SD Singh Jamwal Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Arunachal Pradesh.

*) Anand Mohan Appointed As The DGP Of Delhi.

* Major General Mandeep Singh Has Assumed As The Command Of The White Tiger Division 

* Cmde R Venkatesan Assumed Charge As The Centre For Indigenisation And Self Reliance Coimbatore.

1997 Batch IPS OFFICER Rekha Lohani Has Been Appointed As The Additional Director General Of Seema Shasatra Bal ( SSB)

Additional Director General M V Pathak Has Assumed As The Cost Guard Commander Of Western Sea Board 

* Rear Admiral Biplab Hota Assumed As Assistant Chief Of Naval Staff, Hq 



Flight Lieutenant Akshita Dhankar Unfurling The Flag With Honourable President Droupadi MURMU.

* Commandant Tashi Namgyal, Has Became The First' Officer From Ladakh To Be Promoted To Rank Of DIG Of ITBP.
HONOUR - 

 Lt Commander Dilna And Roopa Honoured With The Shaurya Chakra.

* Col Shofiya Quershi, Who Led The Operation Sindoor Has Been Awarded Vasisth Seva Medal 

 * Indian Space Astronaut SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA Has CONFERRED With ASHOK CHAKRA 

UNVEILED - 

BEL In Collaboration With WESEE ( Indian Navy) Has Developed The Advanced Autonomous Navigation And Control Software ( A2NCS) 

BOOKS - 

 THE CURIOUS AND THE CLASSIFIED : Book Author - Manoj Naravane 

* REDLINES REDRAWN : Operation Sindoor & India's New Normal Book Launched By Army Chief. ( Chief Of Army Staff Upendra DIWEDI) 

* THE SKY WARRIORS : Operation Sindoor Unveiled Book Author - Vishnu Som 


MOU SIGNED - 

* INDIAN Air Force Signed MoA For Fully Indigenous Development Of An Advanced High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion System, With Foundation For Science Innovation And Development (FSID, ISC Bengaluru) 

HOST - 

*4 Days WINGS India 2026 Asia's Largest CIVIL Aviation Set To Held From 28th To 31st January 2026 At Begumpet, Hyderabad 

Theme 2026 - Indian Aviation: Paving The Future From Design To Deployment, Manufacturing To MAINTAINCE, Inclusivity To Innovation, Safety To Sustainability 
 

FIRST WOMAN - 

* CAPTAIN HANSJA SHARMA, BECAME THE INDIAN ARMY'S FIRST WOMAN RUDRA HELICOPTER PILOT. ( FROM JAMMU & KASHMIR) 

* SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF JOURNALIST RASHMI SHARMA 


* CRPF Assistant Commandant Simran Bala, Set To Became The First Woman Officer To Led To All Male CRPF Contingent In Republic Day 2026 


DEVELOPED - 

IIT MADRAS has Developed Ramjet Assisted 155 mm Artillery Shells 

MOU SIGNED - 

 Indian Army Has Signed MoU with National Institute Of Electronic & Information Technology ( NELIT) For Development Of Army Educational Corps.


INDUCTED - 

 India's Navy Ships INS TIR, INS Shardul, INS SUJATA, ICGS SAARATHI Will Undertaking Long Training Deployment To South East Asia.

VICE Admiral Sameer Saxena, Flag Officer Commanding Chief, Southern Naval Command, Flagged Off INS SUDARSHINI From Naval Base, Kochi, Kerala , Marking The Commencement Of Lokayan -26 

INAUGURATION - 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated India's First National IED Data Management System ( NIDMS) FOR NSG 

 Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The Medium Calibre Ammunition Facility Built By Solar Industries In Nagpur, Maharashtra 


FLAGGED OFF - 

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship SAMUDRA PRATAP, India's first Indigenously DESIGNED POLLUTION CONTROL Vessel, Build By GSL. at Kerala ( 5/1/2026) 

AWARDS - 

 Major Swathi Shanta Kumar, Indian Army OFFICER From Bengaluru Wins UN Secretary Generals Award 2025 
Army Rowing Node ( ARN) Pune Has Been Awarded The Best Rowing Club Program By World Rowing At Switzerland.

NCC Directorate Karnataka And Goa Wins Prime Minister Banner And Trophy 

FEBRUARY -  

APPOINTMENTS - 

Air Marshal Devendra P Hirani Took Charge As SASO, Eastern Air Command 


* Air Marshal Inder Pal Singh Walia Takes Over As Air Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Air Command 

 Rear Admiral Upal Kundu, Has Assumed As The Flag Officer Commanding Tamilnadu And Puducherry Naval Area.

Major General Sanil Mohan Assumed As The Appointment Of Commandant Command Hospital 


HOST - 

 Indian Army Host The Inaugural International Military Adventure Challenge CUP From 18-23rd February 2026 


LTC Ella Makes History As Highest Ranking Female Muslim In Israel Defence Force ( IDF) 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

 Cdr Haugh Gantzer ( RETIRED) Of Indian Army Passed Away.


* Delhi Police Launched Operation SHASTRA - To Target Those Individual Who Were Sharing Pictures Of Themselves With Weapons Social Media 



Indian Coast Guard Busted The International Oil Smuggling Racket At West Of Mumbai.


IIT MADRAS And BEL Has Developed a 80 mm Rocket With A Range Of 10-12 km For Helicopter.



 India Government Has Approved The Purchase Of 114 Rafale FIGHTER Jets And 6 P8i Aircraft.


 Indian Cost Guard And Gujarat ATS Have Seized Over 200 Kg Of High Grade Drug 



* Indian Army Launched The Operation TRASHI -2 To search Terrorist Activities In Jammu and Kashmir.



Government Of Cabinet Has Unveiled The POLICY To Tackle Terror Threats PRAHAR 

* Indian Army And Indian Railway Launched a Framework Of Cooperation To Strengthen Post Retirement Employment Avenues For Agniveers.


INAUGURATION - 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Along With French President Emmanuel Have Virtually Inaugurated The H125 Light Utility Helicopter Final Assembly At Tata Airbus At Vemagal, Karnataka 


LAUNCHED - 

* In Presence Of CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Witnessed The Launch Of First Three Cadet Training Ships ( Named - KRISHNA) At Chennai 



INS ANJADIP - 

* INDIAN NAVY HAS ADDED THIRD ANTI SUBMARINE SHALLOW WATER CRAFTS ( ASW SWCs) AT CHENNAI ON 27TH FEBRUARY 2026. 


* THE INS ANJADIP HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY INDIAN NAVY (3RD ASW SWCs) DEVELOPED BY GARDEN REACH SHIPBUILDERS & ENGINEERS LIMITED (GRSE) 

* THE WARSHIP WAS COMMISIONED BY ADMIRAL DINESH K TRIPATHI 

* THESE SHIPS HAS COMBAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY 

* GRSE's 5th WARSHIP IN FY 2025/26 

PORTAL - 

General COAS Upendra DIWEDI Along With 39 Friendly Countries Launched a Website Called Friends For Life 


LAUNCHED - 

Udupi Cochin Shipyard Limited Has Launched The 70T Bollard Pull tug UY 172 Ocean Royal 

LG General ( Retired) Gurmit Singh Inaugurated The Bharat Himalayan International Strategic Manch ( BHISM) At Lok Bhavan, Dehradun, 


* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Launched The Mountain Fire Control Radar And Flagged Off The Improved Akash Weapon System From (BEL) Bengaluru 

ACT - 

 Government Of India Has Amend The Ex - Serviceman ( Re - Employment In Central Civil Services And Posts) Rules 1979 


MOU SIGNED - 

*  Indian Army Has Signed MoU with The Assam Royal Global University To Enhance Higher Education Opportunities For Brave Soldiers.


AWARDS - 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Gives Best Training Institute Trophy To IIM CRPF Pune.


MARCH - 

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 - 

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 



* 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 
FIRST IN - 

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

APRIL - 

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 

 


* 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 

* 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 ( 

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) 


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