New Sixty Indian Defence, Applied Scientific Discipline Electrical Flow Affairs Notes [ January To June 2018 ]

DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

( January, 2018 to June, 2018 Defence Current Affairs )

Read recent Current Affairs of 2018 related to India's Defence, Indian Armed Forces (Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy & Indian Coast Guard), Defence Production, Defence Acquisition together with related matters.

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JANUARY, 2018 DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Indian Navy has launched Scorpene submarine INS Karanj at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai, Maharashtra. It the 3rd Scorpene cast submarine built yesteryear MDL nether ambitious Project 75 of the Indian Navy.
2. The Defence Ministry has given its lastly approvals for the procurement of 131 Barak missiles for Indian Navy together with 240 precision-guided munitions (PGM) for Indian Air Force (IAF) together estimated at Rs.1,714 crore.
3. The biennial search together with rescue practice betwixt Indian Coast Guard (ICG) together with Nippon Coast Guard (JCG) was held close Chennai, Tamil Nadu inward Bay of Bengal. This was 8th such inward serial of ‘National Maritime Search together with Rescue Workshop together with Exercise’.
4. The Union Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved procurement of P-8I Training Solution for Indian Navy together with Low Intensity Conflict Electronic Warfare System (LICEWS) for Indian Army at amount cost of Rs 2419.32 crore.
5. Indigenously developed long-range surface-to-surface Agni-5 ballistic missile was successfully essay out fired successfully from Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island, Odisha. The Agni-5 is three-stage venture propellant nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
6. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned Charlie-435, a state-of-the-art patrol vessel at Karaikal inward the Union Territory of Puducherry.
7. Alpha Design Technologies Ltd. has signed Rs. 45-crore bargain amongst Ministry of Defence to provide indigenous simulators for gunnery together with missile firing from BMP II vehicles to Indian Army. Under this deal, every bit many every bit 57 simulators volition live manufactured at company’s Bengaluru facility together with volition live supplied to Indian Army over 2 years period.
8. Indian Navy has decommissioned INS Nirbhik together with INS Nirghat warships at Naval Dockyard, Bombay (Maharashtra), after a glorious thirty together with 28 years respectively inward the service of the nation.
9. The India-Vietnam Bilateral Army Exercise (VINBAX-2018) was conducted at Jabalpur inward Madhya Pradesh. It is the offset military machine practice betwixt the 2 countries.

FEBRUARY, 2018 DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

10. First nighttime lawsuit of nuclear-capable surface-to-surface short-range ballistic Prithvi-II missile was successfully conducted from a defense strength facility off Odisha coast. Prithvi-II is India’s offset developed indigenously together with inducted indigenous surface-to-surface strategic missile.
11. The Indian Navy has unveiled the Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS) at INS Garuda, naval air station located inward Kochi, Kerala.
12. Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) gave approving to procure BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles for Indian Army together with survey preparation vessel for Indian Navy at cost of Rs. 1, 850 crores.
13. State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for offset fourth dimension has successfully flown home-made 5.8-tonne Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) amongst its ain automatic flying command system.
14. Surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile was successfully test-fired from the Abdul Kalam Island, off Odisha coast. Agni-II is two-stage nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile developed indigenously yesteryear DRDO.
15. Nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Dhanush ballistic missile too known every bit Prithvi-III was successfully test-fired from naval send off Odisha close Paradip inward the Bay of Bengal.
16. Indigenously developed short-range nuclear capable ballistic Agni-1 was successfully test-fired from mobile launcher located at Integrated Test Range of Dr Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) off the Odisha. Agni-1 is a single-stage missile developed yesteryear Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) inward collaboration amongst Defence Research Development Laboratory (DRDL) together with Research Centre Imarat (RCI).
17. The Defence Research together with Development Organisation (DRDO) has carried out offset successful test-flight of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Rustom-2 inward user configuration amongst higher mightiness engine.
18. Tri-service maritime practice ‘Paschim Lehar’ was held off India’s western coast amongst an aim to prepare interoperability betwixt Indian Navy, Indian Army, Indian Air Force together with Coast Guard.
19. The 8th edition Lamitye 2018, bilateral military machine practice betwixt Indian Army together with Republic of Seychelles People’s Defence Force was held at Mahe Island inward Republic of Seychelles archipelago.

MARCH, 2018 DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

20. The Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has delivered minute Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) to Sri Lanka Navy.
21. Samvedna 2018, the offset multilateral Humanitarian Assistance together with Disaster Relief (HADR) practice of Indian Air Force (IAF) inward association amongst South Asian Region nations was held off the coast of Kerala.
22. Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully flight-tested for offset fourth dimension amongst indigenously developed seeker at Pokhran essay out range, Rajasthan.
23. The MILES-18, first-ever multi-nation naval practice at body of body of water was held at the Andaman sea. eleven naval ships of 8 countries (Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka together with Thailand) together with nine Indian ships had participated inward MILES-18.
24. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved buy of 41,000 calorie-free machine guns (LMGs) together with over 3.5 lakh unopen quarter battle (CQB) carbines, High-capacity radio relay (HCRR) together with 2 Pollution command vessels (PCV) for iii services estimated at almost Rs. 9,435 crore.
25. India together with French Republic accept inked strategic pact providing for move of each other’s military machine facilities including opening naval bases to warships.
26. Indian Navy’s indigenously built warship INS Ganga (F22) was decommissioned inward Mumbai, Maharashtra after over iii decades of service. The warship was commissioned inward Dec 1985.
27. Indigenously developed Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) Nag was successfully test-fired inward desert weather against 2 tank targets at dissimilar ranges together with timings.
28. The Indo-French articulation naval practice Varuna-18 was held inward Arabian Sea off Goa coast.
29. The Gulf Shield – 1 military machine practice of 23 countries including Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) fellow member states was held inward Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.
30. Joint investigation commission (JIC) comprising U.S. of A. together with Indian officials has test-fired M777 ultra-light howitzers (ULH) at Pokhran firing attain inward Rajasthan.

APRIL, 2018 DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

31. India, Republic of Korea articulation anti-piracy, search together with rescue practice ‘Sahyog-Hyeoblyeog 2018’ was conducted inward Bay of Bengal off the Chennai coast inward Tamil Nadu. The practice was conducted betwixt Indian Coast Guard (ICG) together with Korean Coast Guard (KCG).
32. The quaternary of 8 Mark IV LCU vessels – L54, built yesteryear Garden Reach Shipbuilders together with Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata was formally handed over to Indian Navy at GRSE, Kolkata.
33. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has developed a state-of-the-art jacket, which volition live able to withstand 8 7.62mm bullets fired from an AK-47 rifle from a distance of 5-10 metres. It tin fifty-fifty withstand the 5.56mm bullet of the Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) or that of the at 1 time decommissioned 7.65mm bullet of self-loading rifle (SLR).
34. Indian Navy conducted multi-agency humanitarian assistance together with disaster relief (HADR) practice named ‘Chakravat’ pregnant ‘cyclone’ amongst coordination of Kerala Government off Kochi Coast.
35. India’s calorie-free fighting aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully fired 'Derby’ air-to-air beyond visual attain missile to expand the firing envelope every bit good every bit to demonstrate security performance of the aircraft during missile plumage ingestion into the aircraft engine nether worst instance scenarios.
36. The 3rd send of the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk-IV projection was inducted into the Indian Navy at Port Blair. The send was commissioned every bit INLCU L53 ( designed together with built yesteryear Garden Reach Shipbuilders together with Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata ) yesteryear Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, AVSM, ADC, Commander-in-Chief A&N Command.
37. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) together with Malaysia concluded articulation military machine practice “Desert Tiger 5” aimed at sharing expertise together with enhancing articulation military machine actions inward Dubai, UAE.
38. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated tenth edition of Defence Expo (DefExpo 2018) inward Chennai at Thiruvidanthai, inward Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. The subject of the expo was “India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub”.
39. India together with Islamic Republic of Pakistan volition participate inward a multilateral counter-terrorist military machine practice inward Russian Federation afterwards this twelvemonth every bit percentage of their obligations every bit members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation,
40. In a bid to boost defense strength cooperation, the regime has asked the armed forces to compile a listing of obsolete military machine equipment that tin live “refurbished at minimal cost” together with gifted to “friendly” countries.

MAY, 2018 DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

41. NASA launched first-ever InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy together with Heat Transport) lander dedicated to exploring the deep interior of Mars.
42. Indian Navy inducted Landing Craft Utility MK-IV LCU vessel L54 at Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Island. It is quaternary of amount 8th Mark IV LCU vessels to live inducted into Indian Navy.
43. The offset e'er bilateral articulation military machine preparation practice HARIMAU SHAKTI 2018 betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with Malaysia began inward dense forests of Sengai Perdik, Hulu Langat, Malaysia. The practice volition live held from thirty Apr xviii to xiii May 2018.
44. Indian Navy’s six-member all-women Navy crew onboard of INSV Tarini vessel reached Panaji, Goa after circumnavigating approximately globe inward 254 days nether Navika Sagar Parikrama expedition.
45. China’s offset domestically manufactured aircraft carrier known alone every bit “Type 001A” started body of body of water trials from Dalian port inward Liaoning province. The cite of the carrier was non revealed at the launch ceremony.
46. BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired from mobile launcher from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore (Chandipur), Odisha to validate some novel features aimed at increasing its life from 10 to fifteen years.
47. South Western Command of Indian Army is conducting ‘Vijay Prahar’ practice amongst the Indian Air Force inward Mahajan expanse unopen to Suratgarh inward Rajasthan.
48. Indian Army has flagged off Women Officers’ Mountaineering Expedition to Mt. Bhagirathi-II (located inward the Garhwal Himalayas inward Gangotri National Park) to explore maximum potential of women officers inward the champaign of run a peril sports.
49. Indian together with French navies conducted 3rd together with lastly stage of Varuna naval practice 2018 close Reunion Island inward Indian Ocean part (IOR) to heighten their operational coordination.
50. India together with Russian Federation accept concluded cost negotiations for the procurement of 5 regiments of Russian-made S-400 Triumf advanced Air Defense Systems (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) intended for service inward the Indian military.

JUNE, 2018 DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

51. The Indian Army contingent comprising of vii Garhwal Rifles Infantry Battalion Group was awarded United Nations Medal for “selfless service”. It has been complimented for carrying out numerous operational tasks amongst utmost professionalism together with dedication to the United Nations mandate.
52. Trilateral Naval Exercise Malabar 2018 betwixt India, Nippon together with U.S. volition live held off the coast of Guam inward Philippine Sea. It volition live 22nd edition of the naval exercise.
53. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) late commissioned interceptor send ICGS C 439 at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
54. The world’s largest international maritime warfare practice Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC-2018) inward together with approximately Hawaiian Islands together with Southern California volition run into participation of 26 countries, including India. The subject for this year’s RIMPAC practice is “Capable, Adaptive, Partners.”
55. Indian Army is observing twelvemonth 2018 every bit “Year of Disabled Soldiers inward Line of Duty” to honour soldiers who accept been disabled inward trace of piece of occupation of duty.
56. The U.S. State Department has approved sale of vi AH-64E Apache laid on helicopters along amongst back upward equipments to India.
57. India volition host offset military machine practice of the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical together with Economic Cooperation) Countries. The subject of the practice includes “counter-terrorism inward semi-urban terrain together with cordon together with search”.
58. Indian Naval Ship Sunayana successfully evacuated 38 Indian Nationals after it entered Porbandar harbour inward Gujarat. They were rescued from cyclone-hit Socotra isle inward Republic of Yemen nether Operation NISTAR.
59. The Defence Research together with Development Organisation (DRDO) has converted indigenous Pinaka rocket organisation into a precision-guided missile, amongst enhanced attain together with accuracy to striking its targets.
60. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned fast patrol vessel (FPV) ICGS Rani Rashmoni, inward Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It is 5th together with lastly send to live commissioned inward the serial of fast patrol vessel (FPV) projection of ICG.

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