1. 45 Member Contingent of Indian Air Force left for _____________ to participate in exercise ‘Blue Flag-17’, onboard a C-130J special operations aircraft. Exercise will be conducted in First week of November 2017 ?
2. 5th India - __________ Joint Army Exercise MITRA SHAKTI 2017 Organized in Pune ?
3. Defence Ministry launched ‘ARPAN Version 3.0’ software for Defence Security Corp, developed by ________________. It would simplify personal documentation and all issues related to DSC Personnel's progression ?
4. Exercise INDRA-2017, First ever Tri Services Joint Exercise between Indian and ___________ Armed Forces ?
5. ____________ defence firm Thales will develop Active Electronically Scanned Array (ASEA) radars for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) designed Tejas Mk-1A light combat aircrafts ?
6. INS Sukanya Arrived in __________ for participating in 30th CORPAT (Coordinated Patrol) and 3rd Joint Naval exercise between India and _________ ?
7. Indian Army approved huge procurement plans for infantry modernization at a cost of nearly Rs _______ crore to replace aging weapons. Under this, Approx 7 lakh rifles, 44,000 light machine guns (LMGs) and nearly 44,600 carbines will be procured. ?
8. Indian Army organised ‘Jashn-e-Breng’ festival in Kokernag village of Anantnag district (_____________) to promote peace and brotherhood between security forces and local population ?
9. Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Kadmatt participated in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with ___________ Marine Self Defence Forces ?
10. Indian and _____________ Navies initiated an intensive air anti-submarine warfare exercise in Indian Ocean. It has P-8 I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Anti Submarine Warfare of Indian Navy and 2 P-3 Orion Anti Submarine Warfare aircraft of ________ Navy ?
11. Indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette ____________ has been commissioned into Indian Navy.
- It is India’s first major warship to have a superstructure of carbon fibre composite material resulting in improved stealth features, lower top weight and maintenance costs .
12. Larsen and Toubro (L&T) handed over offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ___________ to Indian Coast Guard. It is country’s first-ever such defence vessel to be built in a private shipyard ?
13. Ministry of Defence (MoD) will raise 3 new tri-service agencies - ______________ (DCA), Defence Space Agency and a Special Operations Division. These will be headed by officers of rank of Major General (equivalent in Navy and Indian Air Force).
- ___________ will work in close coordination with National Cyber Security Advisor and It will focus on non-civilian cyber issues, including safeguarding critical infrastructure. It will be have over 1,000 personnel.
- Defence Space Agency will work closely with ISRO and DRDO for better utilisation and integration of space resources. It will have over 200 personnel.
- Special Operations Division will have components of Special Forces of Army, Navy and IAF and will be trained together for various external contingencies.
14. USA will provide EMALS (_______________) technology to India for aircraft carriers. It will help to launch heavy combat planes from short runway of an aircraft carrier using electromagnetic force, instead of old steam-powered catapults ?