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Lt Gen Akhilesh Kumar Takes Charge as General Officer Commanding of 1 Corps
Lieutenant General Akhilesh Kumar assumed charge as the General Officer Commanding of the Indian Army’s 1 Corps on 1 October 2026. The corps is also known as Strike...
India Exports Akash Air Defence System to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
India exported the Akash air defence system to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan as of 1 October 2026. Akash is an indigenous short to medium-range surface-to-air missile system developed by...
Mahindra and Embraer Select Nagpur for C-390 Assembly Line
Mahindra Group and Brazilian aerospace company Embraer have identified Nagpur in Maharashtra as the proposed location for a Final Assembly Line for the C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft....
Taiwan Receives First F-16V Fighter Jets
Taiwan received the first two Lockheed Martin F-16V fighter jets at Taitung Air Base on 2 October 2026. The aircraft are part of a 66-jet order under the...
IAF’s 17 Squadron ‘Golden Arrows’ Marks 75 Years
The Indian Air Force’s No. 17 Squadron, known as the Golden Arrows, completed 75 years on 1 October 2026. The squadron was raised on 1 October 1951 at...
Army Conducts Exercise Jai Se Vijay on NH-911
The Indian Army conducted Exercise Jai Se Vijay on 29 September 2026 near the India-Pakistan International Border in Rajasthan. The drill used a stretch of National Highway-911 near...
US Launches FORTRESS America Defence Security Initiative
The United States Department of War launched the FORTRESS America initiative on 30 September 2026 through a memorandum. FORTRESS America stands for Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources,...
Elon Musk to Co-Lead Project Meridian
Project Meridian is a United States Department of War initiative announced on 1 October 2026 to study the future of warfare. The panel will be co-led by Elon...
Second Edition of Naval Commanders’ Conference 2026 Begins in New Delhi
The Second Edition of the Naval Commanders’ Conference 2026 is scheduled from 29 September to 1 October 2026 at Nausena Bhawan in New Delhi. The conference is the...
Indian Coast Guard Seizes 526 kg Narcotics in Arabian Sea
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) seized about 526 kg of narcotics in the Arabian Sea west of Lakshadweep on 25 September 2026. The operation was conducted with the...
Pentagon Awards Boeing $20 Billion F/A-XX Contract
The Pentagon awarded Boeing a contract worth more than $20 billion on 29 September 2026 for the full-scale development phase of the United States Navy’s next-generation fighter jet,...
