Project 75 India

Project 75 was aimed at building six conventional

Scorpene-class attack submarines.

1) INS Kalvari
2) INS Khanderi
3) INS Karanj
4) INS Vela
5) INS Vagir &
6) INS Vagsheer
 Swathi Mountains : Weapon Locating Radar

It was developed by Bharat

Electronics Limited (BEL) in
Bengaluru.
 NLOS missiles

Israeli Spike Non-Line of Sight (NLOS)

anti-tank guided missiles

It can hit targets from distances up to 30

km.

News - The Indian Air Force has received

Israel’s Spike Non-Line of Sight (NLOS)
anti-tank guided missiles.
 Kargil Vijay Diwas 2023

Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on July 26

every year.

The day is observed to pay tribute and

honour the bravery and sacrifice of the
soldiers in the war of 1999 against Pakistan.

The year 2023 marks the 24th anniversary of

Kargil Vijay Diwas.
 What is C295 Transport Aircraft?

Senior Airbus officials recently said that a

fully operational factory will be in place
in Vadodara in Gujarat by November
2024, from where the first Indian-made
C295 military transport aircraft will start
rolling out 2026 onward.
Bastille Day Parade : Visit Of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
 Nomadic Elephant-23 : A bilateral Joint Military Exercise

Between India and Mongolia at

Ulaanbaatar from 17 to 31 July 2023.
 Sagar Nidhi

Ocean Research Vessel (ORV) Sagar Nidhi

is a multidisciplinary vessel operated by
the National Institute of Ocean
Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences.
 Integrated Simulator Complex (ISC) Dhruv

India’s Defense Minister, inaugurated the

Integrated Simulator Complex (ISC)
‘Dhruv’ at the Southern Naval Command
in Kochi.

Set to revolutionise practical training in

the Indian Navy
Tapas Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Anjadip

Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water

Craft
 INS Vikramaditya

Aircraft Carrier

Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force

to project air power great distances
without having to depend on local bases
for land-based aircraft.
 Agni Prime Ballistic Missile

Agni Prime Missile is a short-range

ballistic missile that will have a range of
1000 km to 1500 km.

It is a surface to a surface missile that can

carry a payload of around 1,000 Kg or a
nuclear warhead.
 Exercise Ekatha 2023

Exercise Ekatha is an annual exercise

conducted between the navies of India
and Maldives.

Maldives.
 Nation’s First Indian Air Force Heritage Centre

Indian Air Force Heritage Centre

located in chandigarh.
 Operation Kaveri

Operation Kaveri: It is a rescue

operation being carried out by the Indian
Government to bring back Indian citizens
stranded in Sudan.
 Pralay Missile

Pralay missile is a quasi-ballistic surface-

to-surface missile.

It can hit targets 150-500 km away.

The missile can carry 350-700 kg of high-

grade explosives.

It is developed by the Defence Research

Development Organisation (DRDO)
 Exercise Cope India 23

Exercise Cope India 23 is a bilateral air

exercise between the Air Forces of India
and the U.S.

It will be held at Air Force Stations Arjan

Singh (Panagarh), Kalaikunda, and Agra.
 Amogha-III : Anti Tank Guided Missile

Amogha-III is an indigenous missile.

 SRIJAN PORTAL

It is a one stop shop online portal that

provides access to the vendors to take up
items that can be taken up for
indigenization

i.e It will give information on items that

can be taken up for indigenization by the
private sector.
 Defence Acquisition Council

The defence minister is the chairman of DAC.

Its members include the Chief of Defence

Staff (CDS) and chiefs of the Army, Navy, and
Air Force.

The DAC is the highest decision-making

bodyof the defence Ministry on
procurement.
 India’s First Indigenous Quadruped
Robot And Exoskeleton

Hyderabad-based Svaya Robotics has

developed India’s first indigenous
quadruped (four-legged) robot and
exoskeleton for the defense sector as
part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
Captain Shaliza Dhami : First Woman
Officer In The Indian Air Force

14th Edition Of Aero India 2023

The Prime Minister of India inaugurated

the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 in
Bengaluru.

The theme of 2023: ‘‘The runway to a

billion opportunities”.
 Exercise Shinyuu Maitri 2023

Exercise Shinyuu Maitri is a bilateral

military exercise between Indian Air
Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self Defence
Force (JASDF).

Komatsu, Japan
 INS Vikrant

It is the first ever indigenously designed

and constructed aircraft carrier which will
strengthen the country’s stand as a ‘Blue
Water Navy’.
 Operation Sadbhavana

Operation Sadbhavana (Goodwill) is a

unique humane initiative undertaken
by Indian Army in the Jammu and
Kashmir and Ladakh to address
aspirations of people affected by
terrorism, sponsored and abetted by
Pakistan.
 SPRINT Scheme

The SPRINT Scheme is an initiative to

promote the development of niche
defense technologies by domestic
companies in India.
 Exercise Cyclone-I : Indo-Egypt Joint Training Exercise

It is to be held in Jaisalmer,
Rajasthan for 14 days.

Varuna Exercise 2023

The 21st edition of the bilateral naval exercise between

India and France, Exercise Varuna, has begun on the
Western Seaboard on January 16th, 2023.
 Veer Guardian-2023

India and Japan are all set to hold the

joint Air Exercise, ‘Veer Guardian-2023’
involving the Indian Air Force and Japan
Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Hyakuri
Air Base, Japan from 12th of January.
 Exercise Malabar 2023

The 31st edition of the Malabar multilateral

exercise will be held off Sydney from August
11-21.

Started in 1992 as a bilateral naval exercise

between India and US navy.

Quad Countries Participating - US , Japan

,Australia & India
 Yudh Abhyas 2023 : India And The United States

Joint Military Exercise

Location - Alaska
 FRINJEX-23 : India-France joint exercise

Held at the Pangod military center in

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
 Exercise Dharma Guardian-2023

A joint military exercise Dharma

Guardian between India and Japan to
begin from 17 February 2023 at Camp
Imazu in Japan.
DUSTLIK 2023: India-Uzbekistan Military Exercise

Military exercise in Pithoragarh,

Uttarakhand.
 TARKASH : Indo-US joint exercise

Participants India- NSG (National Security Guards)

USA- (US Special Operations Forces)
Venue Chennai
Purpose To deal with Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Attack
 Exercise SEA DRAGON 23

Participating Countries: India,

USA, Japan, Canada and South
Korea.

Guam, USA
 Exercise Bold Kurukshetra 2023

India and the Singapore army.

At Jodhpur Military Station, India.

 Exercise Konkan 2023

Indian Navy and the UK’s Royal

Navy, was recently held off the
Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea.
 AFINDEX-23

The Indian Army is set to host the second

edition of the Africa-India field training
exercise (AFINDEX-23) from March 21 to
30 and African Chiefs Conclave on March
28 in Pune.
 Samudra Shakti – 23

4th edition of India-Indonesia Bilateral

exercise Samudra Shakti-23 from 14-19
May 23

Batam, Indonesia
 35th Indo-Thai CORPAT 2023

The Andaman Sea

 ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023)

ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-

2023) will inaugurate in Singapore.
 Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023

Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023 is a bilateral

training exercise between the armies of
India and the UK.

UNITED KINGDOM
 SLINEX-23

SLINEX-23 is an India -Sri Lanka Bilateral

Maritime Exercise.

This is the 10th edition of the exercise.

It is scheduled to take place in Colombo,

Sri Lanka.
 Exercise Khaan Quest 2023
“Ex Khaan Quest 2023” commenced in
Mongolia.

20 countries

Varunastra : Heavy-Weight Torpedo

Indigenously
 Exercise Ekuverin 2023

Indian Army & the Maldives National

Defence Force has commenced at
Chaubatia, Uttarakhand from 11 to 24
June 2023.
 SALVEX 2023

Indian Navy – US Navy

26 Jun – 06 Jul 23 at Kochi.

 JIMEX 2023

Japan-India Maritime Exercise

2023 (JIMEX 23), which takes
place at Visakhapatnam.