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Pakistan Test-Fires Extended-Range Fatah-4 Cruise Missile
Pakistan test-fired an extended-range version of its indigenously developed Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile on 6 October 2026. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated that the system can engage...
GE Aerospace Delivers Four More F404 Engines for LCA Mk-1A
GE Aerospace announced on 7 October 2026 that it had shipped four F404-IN20 engines to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-1A programme. The...
DRDO Conducts Maiden Live Jump of Advanced High-Altitude Parachute
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden live jump of its Advanced High-Altitude Parachute (AHAP) on 6 October 2026. The trial took place at the...
Indian Coast Guard to Conduct SAREX-2026 off Paradip Coast
The Indian Coast Guard will conduct the 12th National Maritime Search & Rescue Exercise, or SAREX-2026, off the Paradip coast on 7 and 8 October 2026. The exercise...
DRDO Tests High-Altitude Platform at 20 km
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a flight trial of an indigenously developed High-Altitude Platform System (HAPS) on 6 October 2026. The experimental platform reached 21...
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit Appointed Chief of Air Staff
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit was appointed as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff on 6 October 2026. He will assume charge in the rank of Air Chief...
MoD Signs Rs 661 Crore BrahMos Contract for Navy Ships
The Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth Rs 661.50 crore with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited in New Delhi on 6 October 2026. The contract covers the procurement...
HAL Koraput Delivers 2,000th Aero-Engine
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Koraput Division in Odisha, has delivered its 2,000th aero-engine. The milestone is linked to nearly six decades of engine manufacturing and overhaul work at...
India-UAE Mountain Guardian 2026 Exercise Begins in Uttarakhand
The third edition of the India-UAE joint military exercise, Mountain Guardian 2026, began on 5 October 2026 at the Foreign Training Node in Chaubatia, Uttarakhand. The two-week exercise...
Indian Navy Launches Fleet Support Ship Surya
The Indian Navy launched Surya, its first indigenous Fleet Support Ship (FSS-1), at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on 6 October 2026. The 43,500-tonne vessel...
BrahMos Exports to Cross $600 Million
India’s BrahMos supersonic cruise missile exports are projected to exceed 600 million, with contracts and agreements linked to the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia. The Philippines has already received...
