Indian Defence News

The Ministry of Defence has signed a ₹425 crore contract with Bharat Forge for 12 Marine Gas Turbine Generator sets for the Indian Navy’s Kolkata-class ships. Under ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, the deal marks Bharat Forge’s entry into marine gas turbines and aims to boost indigenous capability and enhance naval operational readiness.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commission three indigenously built Indian Navy ships, INS Dunagiri, INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray, in Kolkata on June 21. Designed and built in India, the vessels will strengthen maritime security, hydrographic surveying and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

Output has more than doubled since FY21 and quadrupled since FY14, as Indian companies emerge as credible suppliers of weapons and equipment to an expanding list of overseas buyers.

The Indian Army has issued RFI to domestic and global defence manufacturers, seeking details on an Intermediate Target System Rocket, a ground-launched aerial target designed to simulate realistic threats for training troops equipped with infrared-guided surface-to-air missiles.

DRDO successfully conducted a fresh flight test of India's Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The indigenous subsonic missile, capable of striking targets up to 1,000 km away, met all mission objectives. The missile is being developed for the Army, Air Force and Navy.

Five IAF personnel were killed after an AN-32 transport aircraft met with an accident during landing at the Jorhat Air Force Station in Assam. Co-pilot survived and is undergoing treatment. The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry into the crash.

Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth has been appointed India's next Chief of Army Staff, effective June 30. A National Defence Academy alumnus commissioned into the Armoured Corps in 1986, he brings nearly four decades of operational and leadership experience. He has commanded formations from armoured regiments to strike corps and operational commands.

In a historic first for India’s armed forces, women from the National Defence Academy (NDA) have graduated as commissioned officers. This follows a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that opened the premier institution to women. The pioneering batch was commissioned at ceremonies at the Indian Military and Air Force Academies.

India's indigenous Netra AEW&C airborne surveillance system will receive Final Operational Clearance from DRDO on June 25, marking its readiness for full operational deployment with the Indian Air Force. Built on the Embraer EMB-145 platform, Netra provides airborne surveillance, threat detection and real-time battlefield awareness.

India and US will conduct 22nd edition of Exercise Yudh Abhyas in September 2026, with around 350 troops from each side training in Uttarakhand's Auli and Rajasthan's Mahajan firing range. The exercise will feature Apache attack helicopters and focus on high-altitude warfare, live-fire drills, air-ground coordination and combined-arms operations.