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...
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...
INS Nipun was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 31 August 2026 at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. It is the second indigenously designed and built Nistar-class Diving...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
