DEFENSE CURRENT AFFAIRS IN OCTOBER 2026

* Indian Coast Guard Bid A Farewell To Commandant Goberu Venu Madhav At New Delhi 

* 26th Raising Day Of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff 

* 101st Raising Day of Military Nursing Service - 1st October 

* Chandigarh Host The 2nd Edition Of The Sekhon Indian Air Force Marathon 2026 

* First Edition Of The SPAR 2026, a Subject Matter Expert Exchange On Piracy And Armed Robbery Conceptualize By Indian Navy 

*  Maiden Edition Of Indian Navy and Kenya Navy Staff Talk Held At Mombasa From 5-7th October 2026 

* The Indian Coast Guard Team Have Conquered Successfully The 7045 High Mount Mukut Peak 

* 8th Edition Of Staff Talk Between Indian Navy And Royal Navy Of Oman Held At New Delhi 

OPERATION TRIDENT - 

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Has Launched The OPERATION TRIDENT Against Drugs (ASSAM, Manipur, Mizoram) 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Lieutenant General Shamsher Singh Virk Assumed As The Appointment Of Deputy Chief Of Army Staff ( Capability Development And Sustenance)

*   Former CDS General Anil Chauhan Takes Charge As The Director Of VIF 

* * AIR MARSHAL ASUTOSH DIXIT HAS APPOINTED AS THE 29TH CHIEF OF AIR STAFF.

* 1993 BATCH IPS OFFICER JITENDRA KUMAR APPOINTED AS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL (DG) OF RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE (RPF) 

* 1995 BATCH IPS OFFICER Umesh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Additional Director General ( ADG) Of The Bureau Of Police Research And Development ( BPR&D)

*  Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chief Of Air Staff, Indian Air Force 

* The Tenure Of Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, As Defence Secretary Has Been Extended Till October 2027 By Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet 

* The Kerala Police Has Launched a Special Task Force Titled - SPEAK UP To Encourage Survivor's To Seek Help Without Fear On Social Pressure 

* Indian Army And The Ministry Of Food And Public Distribution Signed MoU To Launch The BHARAT RICE In New Delhi 

* Air Marshal Vikram Gaur Has Been Appointed As The Additional Secretary In The Department Of Military Affairs.

MOU SIGNED - 

* India's Defence Ministry Has Signed A Rs 661.50 Crores Contract With Brahmos Aerospace For Fire Control System And Launchers For Indian Navy Ships 

* THE NDRF Wives Welfare Association ( NWWA) Has Signed MoU With Aditya Birla Education TRUST ( ABET) To Launch The Project Nirmal - a Dedicated Mental Health And Psychosocial Support ( MHPSS) Initiative For NDRF Personnel And Their Families 

 * Indian Coast Guard Signed MoU with Gujarat National Law University ( GNLU) In Gandhinagar To Strengthen Collaboration In The International Maritime Law And Law Of The Sea 

* The Ministry Of Defence Has Signed MoU with Indian Air force Of Rs 4,106 Crores For The Communication Satellite And Varunashtra Heavy Weight torpedoes ( GSAT -7C) 

* The Ministry Of Defence Has Signed MoU with Bharat Electronics Limited ( BEL) To Procure Improved Low Level light Weight Radar ( LLLR-I) At The Procurement Of Rs 770 Crores 

* The Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF) Has Signed MoU With National E Governance Division For Structural Training Of Personel 

* Integrated Defence Staff HQ Signed MoU With Sarvam AI For Collaboration In Application Research, Knowledge Management, Training 

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INDUCTED - 

*  INDIAN Coast Guard Has Commissioned The Indigenous Fast Patrol Vessel ICGS AJIT At Goa Shipyard Limited On 9th October 2026 

SHREYAS LAUNCHED - 

* On 10th October 2026 GRSE, A Navaratna DPSU Under The Ministry Of Defence, Government Of India Launched The SHREYAS : The Third Of Four Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel ( NGOPVs) 

* SHREYAS Launched By Smt Reyman Kochhar, Wife Of Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar 

* SHREAYS ( Sanskrit Word  Meaning - Auspicious) 

* Measuring 113 Meters in Length And 14.6 meter In Width ( Displacement Of 3000 Tonnes) 

* VBSS ( Visit, Board, Search And Seizure) 

* These Warship Deployed For The Area Contingency Operation, Anti Piracy, Counter Filtration, HADR And Rescue And Search 

INS MANGROL - 

* INS MANGROL, THE THIRD ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE SHALLOW WATER CRAFT ( ASW -SWC) COMMISIONED AT NAVAL DOCKYARD, MUMBAI 

* INS MANGROL IS BUILT BY COCHIN SHIPYARD LIMITED 

* COMMISIONED THE SHIP ON 12TH OCTOBER 2026 

* MORE THAN 80% IS INDIGENOUSLY BUILT 

* NAMED AFTER MANGROL ( A COASTAL TOWN AND PROMINENT FISHING HARBOUR IN JUNAGADH DISTRICT IN GUJARAT) 

INS SAMARTHAK - 

* ON 16TH OCTOBER 2026, INDIAN NAVY COMMISSIONED THE INS SAMARTHAK AT NAVAL  BASE KARWAR KARNATAKA 

* INS SAMARTHAK IS BUILT BY LARSEN & TOUBRO AT ITS KATTUPALI SHIPYARD IN TAMILNADU 

* 75% INDIGENOUSLY MADE 

* IT CAN SERVE AS THE MOTHERSHIP FOR UNMANNED SYSTEM AND SUPPORT MARITIME SURVEILLANCE ( UNDER WATER OPERATION) 

* 3750 TONNE MULTIPURPOSE VESSEL DESIGNED FOR THE FUTURE' WEAPONS 

* IN PRESENCE OF VICE PRESIDENT SHRI C P RADHAKRISHNAN INS SAMARTHAK HAS BEEN COMMISIONED 

* Mazagon Dock Ship Building LIMITED Keel Laid of 5th Vast Patrol Vessel For Indian Coast Guard ( ICG) 

* Udupi COCHIN SHIPYARD LIMITED (UCSL) Subsidiary Of COCHIN SHIPYARD LIMITED Has Launched The First Of Eight 6,300 DWT Dry Cargo Vessel 

* VESSEL NAME - WILLSON ENERGY 1 ( UY - 175) 

* FOR WILSON ASA ( NORWAY) 

* 99 METER IN LENGTH, 15.85 METER WIDTH ( VOLUME - 316,278 CUBIC FEET) 

*  Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) Has Launched The Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel ( NGOPV) INS SHRISTI ( Yard 1283) For Indian Navy ( At Goa) 

 * INDIAN Navy Has Launched The First Sullage Barge ( Yard 142) 

* Keel Laying Of 3rd Sullage Barge (Yard 144) 

* Keel Laying Of First Bottom Opening Dumb Barge ( Yard 148) 

* Built By MSME Shipyard, M/S Duryadipta Project, Thane 

* Garden Reach Shipbuilders LIMITED ( GRSE) a Navaratna Defence Public Sector Has Keel Laid The Fifth Multi Purpose Vessel ( MPV) 

* Built For Germany's Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler & Reederei GmbH & Co On 29th October 2026 

* Designed & Construction of Twelve CORAL 7500 DWT Multi Purpose Vessel - Developed In Collaboration Of GRSE And Germany's Carsten Rehder ( Signed Contract In October 2024) ( Third Signed in 2025) 

* Each Vessel Will Measure 120 Metres in Length, With A Beam Of 17 Meters & Draughts Of 5.85 Metres & Capacity Of 7500 Tonnes 

BOOKS - 

* FORMER UTTAR PRADESH DGP PRAKASH SINGH RELEASED HIS BOOK SANGARSH 

* UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER YOGI ADITYANATH UNVEILED HIS BOOK 

* PRAKASH SINGH FORMER DG BSF, DGP ASSAM 

* RECEIVED PADMA SHRI 

* Chief Of The Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Has Released The Book - The Greys Of White Shipping 

INAUGURATION - 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Launched The Fleet Support Ship -1 ( FSS -1) INS SURYA And The Laid Keel Of Fleet Support Ship -5 ( FSS -5) At Hindustan Shipyard Limited ( HSL) In Visakhapatnam On 6th October 2026 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Witnessed The HAL KORAPUT Delivery Of It's 2000th Aero - Engine And Announced A 2nd Production Line For SHAKTI Engine on 6th October 2026 

* HAL KORAPUT Has Crossed 9000 Engines 

 * General Dhiraj Seth, Chief Of Army Staff ( COAS) Flagged The Members Of The Joint Indo - Argentina Army Mountaineering Expedition in New Delhi 

* ICGS Shaunak Has Arrived In Perth, For QUAD Observer Mission 

AWARDS - 

* Adani Defence And Aerospace Has Won The Society Of Indian Defence Manufacturer ( SIDM) Champion Award 2026 For Export DEFENCE Performance In Defence And Aerospace At New Delhi 

*  The Adani Krishnapatnam Port Limited ( AKPL) Has Launched The SURAKSHA RATH - A Unique Mobile Safety Awareness Initiative Designed To Take Safety Training And Messaging Beyond Classroom And Directly To Employee 

* Keralam Governor Shri Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar Has Unveiled The Replica Of Indian Navy Warship INS VIKRANT, India's First Indigenously Built Aircraft Carrier At The THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Museum 

*  Indian Coast Guard Inducts Indigenous ADVANCED Light Helicopter ( ALH -MK -3 Aircraft) CG 875 Into Coast Guard Region ( Western) Ratnagiri, Maharashtra 

* The Indian Navy Has Handed Over Command Of CTF 154 After An 8 Months 

*  INDIAN NAVY'S Three Masted Sail Training Ship INS SUDARSHINI Departed From Salalah In Oman, On Lokayan -26 

* NAGASHTRA -2 Loiter Munition Successfully Completed Technical Trial At Mahajan Field Firing Ranges (MFFR) In August 

*  Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Attend At The ARMY COMMANDERS Conference 2026 

* The Land WARFARE Doctrine 2026 Launched 

* Silver Jubilee Of Blue Helmet Odyssey Celebration 

Land WARFARE Doctrine - 

* A Framework To Prepare The Indian Army For The Evolving Character Of Warfare And Future Conflict 

* It Is The Long Term Strategic Vision For The Next 20-30 Years 

* Uses Of Technology Like Drone, AI, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity 

*  India Has Emerged As The 3rd Highest Arms Exporter To Europe 

* Delhi Host The 5th Edition Of The Indian NAVY'S Annual Innovation And Seminar And Exhibition SWAVALBAN 2026 

THEME 2026 - Strength And Power Through Innovation And Indigenisation