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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...
US Navy Awards $24.4 Billion SM-6 Missile Contract
The United States Navy awarded a multi-year production contract to RTX subsidiary Raytheon for the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) interceptor missile on 1 October 2026. The contract is valued...
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...
