Defence
Commissioning of ICGS Achal
Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard commissioned ICGS Achal, a new state‑of‑the‑art Fast Patrol Vessel, on 9 May 2026 at Goa Shipyard. The vesse...
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Why in news? The Indian Coast Guard commissioned ICGS Achal, a new state‑of‑the‑art Fast Patrol Vessel, on 9 May 2026 at Goa Shipyard. The vesse...
Why in news? On 7 May 2026 the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force carried out the maiden flight trial of th...
Why in news? The Indian Navy’s research vessel INS Sagardhwani visited Cam Ranh port in Vietnam on its way back from the Sagar Maitri expedition. Du...
Why in news? Turkey unveiled a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) concept, called Yıldırımhan, at the SAHA defence expo in early May 202...
Why in news? An Indian start‑up, Eon Spacelabs, unveiled Lumira_E40I50, a light‑weight thermal imaging payload for drones. The system replaces ex...
Why in news? The Indian Navy’s submarine INS Sindhukesari made an operational turnaround visit to Colombo on 3 May 2026. Sri Lanka’s Navy welcomed...
Why in news? The Border Roads Organisation’s Project Deepak celebrated its 66th Raising Day on 4 May 2026 in Shimla. The project marks more than six...
Why in news? The Indian Army dispatched a contingent to Cambodia to participate in the second edition of Exercise CINBAX. This joint exercise with the...
Why in news? Militant groups have recently used fibre‑optic drones in conflict zones. These unmanned aircraft are guided through ultra‑thin fibre ...
Why in news? On 30 April 2026 the Indian Navy took delivery of INS Mahendragiri, the sixth and final ship of the indigenous Nilgiri‑class (Project 1...
Why in news? The Indian Army announced a new multilateral military exercise called Exercise Pragati (Partnership of Regional Armies for Growth and Tra...
Why in news? The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy carried out the first salvo launch of the Naval Anti‑Ship ...
Why in news? In April 2026 the Indian Navy’s fast attack craft INS Kalpeni reached the harbour of Gan in the Maldives’ Addu Atoll. The visit is pa...
Why in news? China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has unveiled an Atlas drone swarm system capable of launching up to 96 small drones in rapid s...
Why in news? India’s submarine rescue and diving support vessel INS Nireekshak has arrived in Colombo for the fourth edition of the bilateral Diving...
Why in news? Russian defence authorities have cleared the sale of the long‑range R‑37M air‑to‑air missile to India. The order, reportedly wort...
Why in news? The Indian Air Force plans to equip its Mirage‑2000 fighter jets with the indigenous Astra Mk‑II missile. This new variant of the bey...
Why in news? In early April 2026 India quietly deployed the ocean‑going research vessel INS Dhruv in international waters outside Pakistan’s decla...
Why in news? On 12 April 2026, contingents from the Indian Army and Uzbek armed forces kicked off the seventh edition of Exercise Dustlik at the Gurum...
Why in news? The Indian aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited handed over four maritime‑role Advanced Light Helicopter Mk III helicopters ...