Defence Current Affairs 2023 PDF

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February 17, 2023

Person In News Related to Defence

Captain Surbhi Jakhmola of the Indian Army’s 117 Engineer Regiment will be the first
woman officer to be posted on a foreign assignment at the Border Roads Organisation
(BRO).

Captain Shiva Chauhan from the Corps of Engineers has been posted at a frontline post in
Siachen Glacier, in first such operational deployment of a woman Army officer.

First female fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF), squadron commander Avani
Chaturvedi, will participate in the inaugural air exercise Veer Guardian 2023 (Indian &
Japan) .

Missile News
India successfully test-fired the tactical ballistic missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test
Range, Chandipur, Odisha coast.

Missile Name- Prithvi-II

Type - Surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)

Operational Range - up to 5000 kilometres

Payload Capacity - one-tonne

Developed by - Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of India

Developed Under - Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMPD)

Defence Ministry Approves Proposals Worth Rs 4,276-cr for HELINA Anti-Tank Guided
Missiles Air Defence Systems.

Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) cleared the proposal for procurement of VSHORAD
(IR Homing) missile system.

Missile Name- VSHORAD (IR Homing)

Type - short-range, surface-to-air missiles

Operational Range - 8 kilometres.

Launch Vehicle - Man-portable air defence system (MANPADS)

Developed by - Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of India

Developed Under - VSHORAD (Very Short-Range Air Defence System) programme.

Defence Development
Fifth Kalvari class submarine INS Vagir inducted into Indian Navy

Built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai

Built under collaboration with M/s Naval Group, France.

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Under SPRINT Scheme Indian Navy to Get Autonomous Weaponised Boat Swarms.

Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) has delivered the first fuselage for six AH-64
Apache attack helicopters ordered by the Indian Army from its state-of-the-art facility in
Hyderabad.

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship ‘Kamla Devi’ the Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) which is
designed, built, and delivered by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd
to Indian Coast Guard was commissioned in Kolkata, West Bengal.

The Indian Defence Ministry of India has initiated the procurement of 100 additional K9-
Vajra tracked self-propelled howitzers.

These howitzers are manufactured in India by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) using
technology acquired from South Korean defence company Hanwha Defence.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has announced the launch of Low
Smoke Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) for the Indian Army in Jammu.

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed an

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to carry out logistics operations along the Himalayan
border.

The DRDO-developed UAV is capable of flying in the Himalayan Environment with

5kg of payload and even dropping bombs in the areas required.

Defence Current Affairs One-Liners

Indian Army Organised Cyber Threat Seminar cum Workshop “Sayanya Ran Kshetram
2.0.

PM Modi released special ₹ 75 Coins on the Occasion of completion of 75 years of

National Cadet Corps (NCC) at the Delhi NCC Event

BSF organises ‘Ops Alert’ exercise to step up security along India-Pakistan border.

On the occasion of Chillai Kalan in the Kashmir Valley, 44 Bn CRPF organized a function
“Jashn – e – Chillai Kalan” at HMT Complex, Zainakote, Srinagar..

India will deploy a platoon of women peacekeepers to UN Mission in Sudan.

This will be India’s largest single unit of women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission

since it deployed the first-ever all-women contingent in Liberia in 2007.

Important Days
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Headquarters in New Delhi
has marked the 65th Foundation Day of the Organisation, which is celebrated on 1st
January every year.

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Appointment
Air Marshal A P Singh has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force.
He will succeed Air Marshal Sandeep Singh.

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