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Defence Current Affairs 2026–27 covers the latest updates on military exercises, defence deals, missiles, weapons systems, armed forces, border security, and defence technology for UPSC, SSC, CDS, NDA, and other exams.
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Indian Navy Monitors Merchant Transit Through Bab-el-Mandeb

The Indian Navy monitored the transit of merchant vessels through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in August 2026 amid security risks to commercial shipping in the Red Sea corridor. The...

August 26, 2026

DRDO Tests High-Altitude Combat Parachute System

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a high-altitude trial of the indigenous Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) at the Nyoma-Mudh Drop Zone in Ladakh’s Leh district...

August 26, 2026

Indian Navy to commission second indigenous diving support vessel Nipun

The Indian Navy is scheduled to commission Nipun, its second indigenous Nistar-class Diving Support Vessel, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on 31 August 2026. Hindustan Shipyard Limited...

August 26, 2026

Rajnath Singh Approves DRDO Missile Technology Transfer to Indian Industries

On 25 August 2026, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the transfer of technology for all conventional missile systems developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation to...

August 25, 2026

NSG Launches First All-Women Commando Course

The National Security Guard (NSG) Training Academy launched India’s first-ever Mahila Commando Conversion Course (MCCC) on 24 August 2026 at its garrison in Manesar, Haryana. The 12-week residential...

August 25, 2026

Eagles of Civilisation 2026 Military Exercise

The “Eagles of Civilisation 2026” joint air exercise began between the Egyptian Air Force and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force in August 2026. The drill involved Chinese...

August 24, 2026

India’s first indigenised AK-203 Sher rifle test-fired in Amethi

Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) has manufactured and test-fired India’s first 100% indigenised AK-203 assault rifle, named Sher, at the Korwa ordnance facility in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. The...

August 23, 2026

Cochin Shipyard Delivers ASW Craft Mangrol to Navy

Cochin Shipyard Limited delivered Mangrol, the third of eight indigenously designed and built Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts, to the Indian Navy in Kochi on 21 August 2026....

August 22, 2026

Second Gideon Aerial Refuelling Tanker Joins Israeli Air Force

The Israeli Air Force inducted its second “Gideon” aerial refuelling and transport aircraft at Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel on 20 August 2026. The aircraft is a modified...

August 21, 2026

North Eastern Railway Runs Longest Awadh Mahashakti Freight Train

The Lucknow Division of the North Eastern Railway (NER) operated the “Awadh Mahashakti” freight train on 20 August 2026. The train was formed by combining three cargo trains...

August 21, 2026

Visakhapatnam Gets New Submarine Rescue Test Plinth

A new shore-based Launch and Recovery System (LARS) Test Plinth was inaugurated on 19 August 2026 at the Submarine Rescue Unit (East) in Visakhapatnam. Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla,...

August 20, 2026

DRDO Invites Private Firms for Missile Production

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) on 18 August 2026 through the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, for long-term partnership with...

August 20, 2026

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