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May 26, 2022

Captain Abhilasha Barak is Army's First Woman Combat Aviator

Thirty years after India began inducting women as officers in the armed forces, Captain Abhilasha Barak became the first woman to join the Army Aviation Corps as a helicopter pilot after completing a year-long course at the Combat Army Aviation Training School at Nashik in Maharashtra. Barak hails from Haryana and is the daughter of a retired colonel. She was commissioned in the Army Air Defence Corps in September 2018.
She was awarded 'wings' along with 36 army pilots by Army Aviation director general Lieutenant General Ajay Kumar Suri during a valedictory ceremony at the Nashik-based training school.
Barak became the army's first woman combat aviator at a time when the National Defence Academy is set to induct its first batch of women cadets in June 2022. The Supreme Court opened the doors of the academy to women in a landmark order in October 2021. They are now eligible for permanent commission too.

May 25, 2022

India, US to Expand Defence Ties in Cyber, Space Domains; New Delhi to Join West-led Bahrain-base...

India crossed a Rubicon by agreeing to join the Combined Military Forces-Bahrain (CMF–Bahrain) as an associate member following a summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, who said he is committed to making India-US ties the "closest on the planet". They also committed to deepen their 'Major Defence Partnership' by expanding cooperation in new domains, including space and cyber, and launching a dialogue on Artificial Intelligence.
The two leaders touched in detail on cooperation in critical technologies, an area of acute interest to India. Both sides have acknowledged its importance with the launch of a US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) which plans to join six of India's technology innovation hubs to support at least 25 joint research projects in 2022. The areas, to begin with, are AI and data science.

May 24, 2022

Sheikh Abdullah's Picture Replaced with National Emblem of India on Police Gallantry Medal

The Jammu and Kashmir government announced that the image of NC founder and former Chief Minister 'Sher-i-Kashmir' Sheikh Abdullah embossed on the J&K Police medals for gallantry and meritorious service will be replaced with the national emblem. An order to this effect was issued by the home department.
The government had earlier renamed Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medals' as Jammu and Kashmir Police Medals'.

Indian Military Commands Form "Tetra Group" To Counter China

Further strengthening operational preparedness along the China front from Arunachal Pradesh to the Indian Ocean Region, four operational commands of Indian defence forces came together to discuss steps to enhance jointness and integration amongst themselves to create a 'stronger punch' against any misadventure by the northern adversary.
The four commands which came together are called 'Tetra' include the Kolkata-based Eastern Army Command, Vishakhapatnam-based Eastern Navy, Shillong-based Eastern Air Force and the country's only operational tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Command based in Port Blair.
The move by these commands is also being seen as a strong step towards the creation of integrated theatre commands as envisaged by the Narendra Modi government around three years ago with the setting up of the Department of Military Affairs and the office of Chief of Defence Staff.
The heads of these commands are Lt Gen RP Kalita, Vice Admiral B Dasgupta, Air Marshal DK Patnaik and Lt Gen Ajai Singh.

May 23, 2022

Fourth Edition of Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy Coordinated Patrol CORPAT Held in Northern Bay of B...

The fourth edition of the Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy Coordinated Patrol CORPAT was held in the Northern Bay of Bengal. Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy units undertook joint patrolling along the International Maritime Boundary Line IMBL. The last IN-BN CORPAT was conducted in October 2020.
Two indigenously built IN Ships - Kora, a guided-missile corvette and Sumedha, an offshore patrol vessel participated in the exercise along with Bangladesh Navy Ships BNS Ali Haider and BNS Abu Ubaidah. In addition, Maritime Patrol Aircraft of both navies also participated in the Coordinated Patrol.
The regular conduct of CORPATs has strengthened mutual understanding and enhanced interoperability between both the navies in countering transnational maritime threats at sea.

Navy Locates 48-year Old Record of 1971 India-Pakistan War Victory Song

Over two years after the 1971 India-Pakistan war, an album on martial music was released on the Republic Day in 1974 to mark the achievement of the Indian Navy. The album named "A Salute to Our Navy" featured 14 songs, including "Vijay", commemorating the decisive victory.
At that time, black vinyl "LP" records existed that went out of fashion as the cassette replaced them in early 1980s. The CD soon replaced cassette as a medium of storing and playing music.
Five decades since the LP was released, information on its existence was almost lost, but was discovered — by chance. The herculean challenge to locate this vintage LP record spanned across various cities, antique shops, collectors, online queries and even with the copyright holding company that had released it. Finally, a copy of the record in mint condition was located in a vintage record shop situated in the recesses of Old Delhi.
All 14 tracks were recovered and the historical musical artifact was presented to Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar. It contained both vintage LP disk of 1974 and a pen drive with the restored and digitised audio and video.

May 20, 2022

India's First Indigenous Trainer Aircraft, HANSA-NG Successfully Completed Engine Relight Test in...

'HANSA-NG', a two-seater flying trainer aircraft, design and developed by CSIR-NAL, successfully completed in-flight engine relight test at DRDO's Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) facility at Challakere. Flight test was carried out at an altitude of 7,000-8,000 feet with the speed range of 60 to 70 knots by Wg Cdr K V Prakash and Wg Cdr NDS Reddy, Test Pilots from Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE), Indian Air force (IAF).
CSIR-NAL mentioned that the in-flight engine relight test is the most critical and important milestone towards certification of the aircraft by DGCA.

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