NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE 2026

* THE NOBEL PRIZE 2026 FOR PEACE AWARDED TO NAVANETHEM NAVI PILLAY 

* FOR HER EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 

JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER EXERCISE IN 2026

JANUARY - 

* The 17th Edition Of TRILATERAL Exercise DOSTI between Indian COAST Guard, Srilanka Coast Guard And Maldives Defence Force Held 

*  India's First Training Squadron 1Ts Concluded a Successful Port Call At Phuket, Thailand 

FEBRUARY  - 

* The 13th Edition Of The Joint Military Exercise KHANJAR Between India And Kyrgyzstan Set To Conducted At Misamari, Assam On 4th To 17th February 2026 

* Indian Armed Forces Jointly Conducted The Exercise Tatrakshak In Collaboration WITH BSF, Indian Coast Guard With Gujarat Police.

*  Indian Air Force Is Conducting A Joint In Situ Air Exercise With The Royal Thai Airforce At Malacca Strait.

*  India, Japan And INDONESIA Conducted a TRILATERAL Naval Exercise At Andaman Sea 

* Exercise VAJRA GHAAT  Conducted By White Tiger Division At Pokhran Range 

* Indian Navy Inaugurated The MILAN VILLAGE At Visakhapatnam ( 13th Edition Of Naval Exercise MILAN 2026 Commence At Vishakapatnam.) 

* The Indian Army's Khadga Corps Participate In Exercise KHADGA SHAKTI 2026 At Mahajan Field Firing Range In Bikaner District, Rajasthan.

* The 16th EDITION OF The Joint Special Forces Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR Between India And US Held In Himachal Pradesh.

* The 7th Edition Of India - Japan Joint Military Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN Commence At Uttarakhand.

* Southern Air Command ( SAC) Along With Forces From Armed Forces Special Operation Division (AFSOD), And Indian Coast Guard Successfully Conducted A High Tempo Joint Maritime Exercise KALARI LEAP in Lakshadweep And Minicoy Archipelago,

* President Droupadi MURMU Witnessed The Indian Air Force Exercise VAYU SHAKTI In Jaisalmer, Rajasthan 

* President Droupadi MURMU Took A Sortie On Light Combat Helicopter PRACHAND 

MARCH - 

* Indian Contingent Has Departed For Seychelles For 11th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise EXERCISE LAMITIYE 2026 ( 9th To 20th March 2026) At Indian Ocean 

*  Indian Navy Joined The US Lead Drill Sea Dragon In Guam

*  INS NILAGIRI Has Deployed To The Western Pacific During The Sea Phase 1 Of Exercise KAKADU 2026 

* Crew Of INS NILAGIRI Clinched The Kakadu Shield Trophy At Exercise KAKADU 2026 

*  Indian Naval Ship INS TRIKAND Departs From Port Victoria, Seychelles, To Participate In The First Tri Services Edition Of Exercise LAMITIYE 2026 

* Indian Coast Guard Conducted A Regional Search And Rescue Exercise ReSAREX Off Porbandar 

APRIL - 

* Indian Army Is Conducting The 7th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK With The Uzbekistan Ground Forces At The Eastern Military District Gurumsaray Field Training Area In Namangan (Uzbekistan) On 12th -25th April 2026 

* India's INS NIREEKSHAK Has Visited To Colombo, Sri Lanka For Participate In The India - Srilanka IN -SLN Divex 2026 ( A Bilateral Diving Exercise ) Kicked Off From 21st -27th April 2026 

* Umroi, Meghalaya To Host The Inaugural Edition Of 11 Friendly Foreign Countries Military Exercise PRAGATI 

*  Indian Army Special Forces Mentor Elite African Troops In Urban COMBAT Drills At Multi National Special Forces At Exercise FLINTLOCK 2026 

MAY - 

 *  The 2nd Edition Of The Bilateral Military Exercise CINBAX Between Indian Army And Royal Cambodian Army Is Set To Held In Cambodia 

*  The Multinational Joint Forces Exercise - FINTLOCK 2026 Successfully Culminates in Cote d Ivoire 

*  The Indian ARMY Contingent Departed For 2nd Edition Of India - Cambodia Bilateral Military Exercise CINBAX -II At Kamponge Speu Provinces, Kingdom of Cambodia From 4th To 17th May 2026 

* Indian Navy's INS SHARADA Has Conducted A PASSEX With Royal Nederlands Navy Frigate HNLMS De Ruyter At Kochi, KERALA 

EXERCISE PRAGATI - 

* FIRST EDITION OF PRAGATI 

* Umroi, Meghalaya To Host The Inaugural Edition Of 11 Friendly Foreign Countries Military Exercise PRAGATI 

* FIRST EDITION OF PRAGATI SET TO HELD ON 18TH -31ST MAY 2026 

* FOCUS - IT AIMS TO ENHANCE COORDINATION AND CAPABILITIES, FOCUSING ON COUNTER INSURGENCY DRILLS AND OPERATING AS COHESIHVE FORCES. 

* PRAGATI - PATNERSHIP OF REGIONAL ARMIES FOR GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION) 

* PARTICIPANT - BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MYANMAR, NEPAL, PHILIPHINES, SEYCHELLUS, SINGAPORE, SRILANKA, THAILAND, VIETNAM. 

( ASEAN REGION) 

* Indian Army Participated In The Prestigious CAPEX Capability Demonstration In Tampa, Florida From 18,-21st May 2026 

JUNE - 

*  Indian Army Continent Will Travel To ULAANBAATAR, Mangolia To Participate In The 23rd Edition Of Exercise KHAAN QUEST 2026 Multi National Joint Exercise

JULY - 

*  Indian Navy's P8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance And Anti Submarine Warfare Aircraft Has Arrived In Honolulu, Hawaii, To Participate In The Rim Of The Pacific Exercise - RIMPAC 2026 ( Conducted From 1st To 31st July 2026) 

* Indian Navy's INS SURAT And Japan MARITIME Self Defence Force ( JMSDF) Destroyer JS TAKANAMI ( DD -110) Participate In PASSEX ( Passing Exercise) in The Arabian Sea Mumbai 

EXERCISE PITCH BLACK 2026 - 

*  India To Participate In The Exercise Pitch Black 2026 

* India's Rafale Fighter Aircraft And C-17 Transport Aircraft Have Reached Australia For Exercise Pitch Black 2026 

* 

AUGUST - 

* The 8th Edition Of Exercise EX TARKASH, Bilateral Special Force Exercise Between National Security Guard ( NSG) India And The United States Special Operation Forces ( US SOF) Was Conducted From 13th July To 7th August 2026 

( HELD AT CHENNAI) 

* The Maiden India - Myanmar Joint HADR Exercise RAHAT MITRA Concluded In Chennai 

* The 8TH EDITON OF  Indian Navy - US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal ( EOD) Exercise To Commence From 10-14th August 2026 ( IN - USN EOD EX 2026) ( AT KOCHI, KERALA) 

* The Bilateral Air Exercise EX UDARSHAKTI Between Indian Air Force And The Royal Malaysian Air Force ( TUDM) Kicked Off On 12th August 2026 At Subang Airbase, Malaysia.

*  Indian Army Continent Departed For Thailand To Participate In The 15th Edition Of India - Thailand Joint Military Exercise MAITREE ( XV ) 2026 

* The Exercise Conducted From 18th To 31st August 2026 At Vibhavadi Rangsit Camp In Surat Thani, Thailand 

* First Started in 2006 

EX SAHYOG HOPTAC 

*  Vietnam Coast Guard Ship CSB8002 & a 6 Member Vietnam Coast Guard Delegation Visited To Chennai For The 2nd Edition Of Joint Exercise With India - EX SAHYOG HOPTAC 

* Practice In Marine Pollution 

* 

SEPTEMBER - 

* India Is Participating In The Exercise Super GARUDA Shield 2026 

* The Japanese Air Force F-2 Set To Visit India For The AIR Force Exercise VEER GUARDIAN Set To Held On 9-21st September 2026 At Jodhpur, Rajasthan 

Exercise VEER GUARDIAN 2026 ( Bilateral Exercise Between India & Japan ) 

* The Indian Naval Ship ( INS) Mysore Reaches The Lumut Naval Base In Malaysia For The Participation Of Bilateral Exercise SAMUDRA LAKSMANA 

(  4th Edition Of Bilateral Maritime Exercise SAMUDRA LAKSMANA ( With Malaysia) 

*  INS SUDARSHINI ( Sail Training Ship) Conducted a PASSEX Exercise With Italian Navy ( ITS PALINURO) In Livorno Port 

*  Indian Coast Guard Conducted A Maritime Search And Rescue ( MSAR) Exercise At Sri Vijay Puram On 10-11 September 2026 With Indian Army And INDIAN Air Force 

* The 22nd Edition Of The India - US Joint Military Exercise YUDH ABHYAS Commenced From 15th September 2026 

* The Exercise Conducted At Auli, Uttarkhand, And Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan 

* With 600 Personnel From Both Countries Participate 

* 14 Infantry Division 

* 11th Airborne Division 

* India And America WITH  M777 Ultra Lightweight Howitzer At Yudh Abhyas 2026 ( 22nd Edition) 

*  M777 Ultra Lightweight Howitzer Used In YUDH ABHYAS 2026 

* 

* The 5th Edition Of The India - Myanmar Bilateral ARMY Exercise - IMBAX 2026 Commenced At Umroi, Meghalaya 

* 

SLINEX 2026 

* 13th Edition Of The Bilateral Maritime Exercise Between India And Srilanka SLINEX -26 Set To Start From 17-21st September 2026 In Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh ( NAVAL EXERCISE) 

* Srilankan Navy SLNS Sindurala Takes Part In Naval Exercise SLINEX 26 

* 

* INDIAN Naval Ship INS Sahyadri And INS KULISH Have Arrived In Philippines To Participate In The ASEAN Defence Minister Meeting ( ADMM - Plus Joint Cooperation Activity JCA) 

EX- NOMADIC ELEPHANT 2026 - 

* 18th Edition Of The India - Mangolia Joint Military Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT 2026 Kicked Off At Pithorgarh, Uttarakhand (21st September - 03rd October 2026) 

* To Undertake Counter Insurgency Operation In Semi - Urban And Mountain Terrain 

2ND EDITION OF TARANG SHAKTI 2026 - 

2nd Edition Of Multinational Exercise TARANG SHAKTI 2026 

( THEME 2026 - POWER IN PARTNERSHIP) 

* First Edition Of Exercise TARAG SHAKTI Held In 2024, ( First Phase Held At SULUR AIR FORCE STATION, TAMILNADU) ( 6th to 14th august 2024) 

* AND 2ND PHASE HELD AT JODHPUR AIR FORCE STATION IN RAJASTHAN ( 30TH August To 14th September 2024) 

* Jodhpur To Host 26th September To 12th October 2026 

* 8 Friendly Foreign Countries Will Participate With Equipment 

* 32 Nations As Observer Participate 

* USA With 6 F-35s, Australia 1C-130, Bangladesh 1C-130, France -7 Rafale, 3 A400M, 2 MRTT, Germany 2A400M, Srilanka 1 King Air 350, UAE -6 F-16s, 

* INS TRISHUL ( Talwar Class Frigate) Has Arrived In Toulon ( France) To Participate in The India - France Bilateral Exercise - EX VARUNA 2026 

* The Annual Anti Hijacking Mock Exercise ( AHME) 2026 Successfully Conducted At CISF ASG Navi Mumbai On 22nd September 2026 

* 

*  The 9th Edition Of The Bilateral Military Exercise KAZIND Between Indian Armed Forces And Kazakhstan Armed Forces To Start 

*  INS SAHYADRI & INS KULISH Participated In The 23rd ADMM - Plus Experts Working Group On Maritime Security Joint Cooperative 

* 

INDIAN TO CEO OF BOSTON DYNAMICS

 * Indian Origin Rohit Prasad Has Appointed As The CEO Of Boston Dynamics 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 9TH OCTOBER 2026

94th Indian Air Force - 8th October ( Host - Ghaziabad) 

Theme 2026 - Indian Air Force - Infallible, Impervious And Precise 

World Sight Day - 8th October 

THEME 2026 - Love Your Eyes 

World Octopus Day - 8th October 

1) Veteran Hindi & Marathi Actor Nana Patekar Passed Away 

2) New Delhi Host The 57th GST Council Meeting 2026 

3) Paytm Payment Bank Limited Has Been Excluded From The 2nd Schedule To The Reserve Bank Of India Act 1934 

4) Dhagpa Pangchen United Crowned Monyul Super League 2026 Champions 

5) Researchers Have Discovered a 23 million Years Old Fossils Plant In Assam 

* Species Named - Tetrameristophyllum Makumensis ) 

4) New Delhi Host The 2nd India - European Free Trade Association ( EFTA) Prosperity SUMMIT 

5) The Ministry Of Consumer Affairs Has Introduced The Consumer Protection ( E- Commerce) Amendment Bill 2026 

6) The Serum institute Of India Indigenously Developed The Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus ( HPV VACCINE) CERVAVAC, Has Received The Pre qualification From WHO 

7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The 10th Edition Of India Mobile Congress 2026 

8) The 2nd Meeting Of India -Italy Permanent Task Force On Countering Financing Of Terrorism Held At New Delhi 

9) Indian Origin Rohit Prasad Has Appointed As The CEO Of Boston Dynamics 

10) American Scientist Margaret Hamilton, Who Led The Development Of Computer System Used By NASA Apollo Programe Passed Away 

11) Gedion Timothewos Has Been Reappointed As The Foreign Affairs Minister Of Ethiopia 

12) The Kerala Police Has Launched a Special Task Force Titled - SPEAK UP To Encourage Survivor's To Seek Help Without Fear On Social Pressure 

13) Union Health Minister J P Nadda Has Launched The JOSH ( JOINT SQUARD FOR HEALTH) Team To Accelerate Youth Led TB Elimination Efforts 

 * Launched in 11 States ( 55 Districts) 

13) oil And Natural Gas Corporation ( ONGC) Limited Has Incorporate Thee New Joint Venture Company, ONGC Petrochemical Marketing Limited ( OPML) With Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemical Limited And ONGC Petro Addition Limited 

14) INDIAN Coast Guard Conducted The 12th National Maritime Search And Rescue ( SAREX) Exercise 2026 At Paradip Coast In Odisha 

* THEME 2026 - Leveraging Technology To Strengthen SAR Preparedness And MARITIME Safety 

15) Minister Of Electronics And Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav Has Released The World Development Report 2026 In New Delhi 

16) Indian NAVY'S Guided Missile FRIGATE INS Trishul Undertook a PASSEX With Spanish Naval Ship ESPSReinaSofia in Spain 

17) ODISHA Set To Host The 19th Urban Mobility India Conference And 2nd National Urban Conclave 

18) ICGS Shaunak Has Arrived In Perth, For QUAD Observer Mission 

19) Odisha Has Been Conferred With The Wind India 2026 Award For Leadership In Wind Energy - De - Risking At Windergy India 2026 Summit 

20) Prasar Bharati And In -Dot Sports Private Limited Announced The Launch Of Kisan Credit League ( KCL )

21) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Sanctioned An Additional Rs 100.83 CRORES Under Puri ABADHA Scheme 

22) The Securities and Exchange Board Of India ( SEBI) Has Introduced The Credit Risk -o- Meter As a Mandatory Disclosure Mechanisms To Help Investors Access The Credit Risk Of Debt Securities Before Investing 

NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2026

* CANADIAN AUTHOR ANNE CARSON WINS THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 

* NOTABLE BOOK- THE BEAUTY OF THE HUSBAND : PUBLISHED IN 2001 

JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER DRDO CA IN 2026

JANUARY - 

* * DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE SALVO LAUNCH OF TWO PRALAY MISSILE IN ODISHA COAST AT CHANDIPUR, ON 31ST DECEMBER 2025 

* PRALAY IS AN INDIGENOUS DEVELOPED SOLID PROPELLENT QUASI BALLISTIC MISSILE.

* 

* Defence Research And Development Laboratory ( DRDL) DRDO, Hyderabad Has Achieved a Milestone in The development Of Hypersonic Missile 

( State Of Art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test Facility At 9th January 2026) 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE 3RD GENERATION OF FIRE & FORGET MAN PORTABLE ANTI TANK GUIDED MISSILE ( MPATGM) 

* DEVELOPED BY DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY ( DRDL) HYDERABAD.

* INCLUDING IMAGING INFRARED ( IIR), 

 * Shri Gaddamanugu Chandramouliji, EX DRDO Scientist ( Who Worked on AKASH) Set To Received The PADMA SHRI Award 2026 

DEVELOPED - 

*  DRDO Develops Portable Water Purification System ( SWaDeS ) For Soldiers ( Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, DRDO) 

{SEA WATER DESALINATION SYSTEM }

*  DRDO Unveiled A New High Power Microwave ( HPM) SYSTEM, Under Development To Defeats SWARMS Of Unmanned Aircraft System ( UASs) Prototype 

AWARDS - 

* D 4 Counter drone System (DRDO) And Dharashakti Integrated EW SYSTEM Has Been Conferred With Prestigious SKOCH Award In Gold Category.

* 

* THEME 2026 For DRDO Tableaux - on Republic Day 2026 Parade 

( Naval Technologies For COMBAT Submarines) 

* Miranda House, Delhi In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed a Prototype BioFET Sensor For Early Cardiac Arrest - Risk Detection.

FEBRUARY  -  

TESTED - 

* * ON 3RD FEBRUARY 2026, DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE DEMONSTRATED OF ITS SOLID FUEL DUCTED RAMJET ( SFDR) TECHNOLOGY FROM INTEGRATED TEST RANGE (ITR), CHANDIPUR, BALASORE ODISHA.

* LONG RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE 

* 

AGNI -3 - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE TEST FIRE OF IMMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AGNI -3 AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA.

* AGNI - 3 DEVELOPED BY DRDO 

* IT IS A TWO STAGE SOLID FUELLED BALLISTIC MISSILE WITH RANGE OF 3000 KM 

* 

* DIPAS, DRDO And IIT Ropar SIGNED A MoU For Academic Research 

*  DRDO CONDUCTED The Qualification Test For Gaganyaan Drogue Parachute.

* * ON 27TH FEBRUARY 2026, DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THREE CONSECUTIVE THE FLIGHT TRIALS OF VERY SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM (VSHORADS) FROM INTEGRATED TEST RANGE AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA.

* 

* 

MARCH - 

* DRDO Pune Based Lab And DIAT Have Developed Indigenous Tactile Sensor Arrays For Advanced Robotics Application.

* 

APRIL - 

BOOKS - 

* THE UNPRECEDENTED Success Story' Of The First Indigenous Supersonic Multi Target Surface To Air - Missile System AKASH Book Author - Missile Scientist Dr G Chandramauli ) ( Authored By Padmashree Dr Prahalad Rama Rao) 

* DRDO Handed Over The AI Based Satellite Imaging System PRAJANA - ( Developed By CAIR) To Ministry Of Home Affairs.

VIKRAM VT-21 - 

 * DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat Has Flagged Off The Advanced Armoured Platform ( Tracked And Wheeled) VIKRAM VT-21 

* Developed By Vehicle Research And Development Laboratory With Partners Tata Advanced System Limited And Bharat Forge Limited 

* 30 mm Crewless Turret + ATGM 

* STANG 4/5 Modular Protection 

* High Mobility + Amphibious Capability 

* Multi Role Configurable Designed Industrial Push 

* 90% Indigenous 

NASM-SR - 

* * DRDO And Indian Navy Successfully Conducted The Maiden Salvo Launch Of Naval Anti Ship Missile Short Range (NASM -SR) From Indian Navy Helicopter, At Cost Of Bay Of BENGAL, Odisha 

* DRDO Has Became The Historical Milestone To Indigenous Galium Nitride (GaN) Chips For Defence, ( Became 7th COUNTRY To In Elite Group) 

* 

MAY - 

*  DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED The Phase -2 2 Stage Hypersonic Glide Vehicle, Long Range Anti Ship Hypersonic Missile ( LR - AShM) From Odisha Coast 

* Estimates Range Of 1500 Km 

*  DRDO Has Inaugurated The CBRN Field Training And Demonstration Centre At Burari Plans, Delhi.

* DRDO Inaugurated The Chemical, Biological, Radiological And Nuclear (CBRN) 

TARA TESTED - 

* DRDO AND INDIAN AIR FORCE SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE MAIDEN FLIGHT TRAIL OF INDIGENOUS GLIDE WEAPON SYSTEM TARA AT OFF COAST ODISHA. ( On 7TH MAY 2026) 

* TARA - TACTICAL ADVANCED RANGE AUGMENTATION 

* TARA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED BY RESEARCH CENTRE IMARAT ( RCI), HYDERABAD, WITH DRDO LABORATORY 

* TEST CONDUCTED WITH THE INDIAN AIR FORCE JAGUAR AIRCRAFT.

* SPEED - 40-1200 KMPH 

AGNI (MIRV) SYSTEM - 

* * DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE FLIGHT TRIAL OF AN ADVANCED AGNI MISSILE WITH MIRV ( MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY TARGETED RE -ENTRY VEHICLE) SYSTEM FROM A P J ABDUL KALAM ISLAND, ON 8TH MAY 2026 ODISHA 

* 

*  Defence Research And Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad Based Laboratory Of DRDO Have Successfully Conducted An Extensive Long Duration Test Of Its Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjat Combustor, 

* 

DRDO TESTED ULPGM-V3 MISSILE 

* ON 19TH MAY 2026 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT TRIALS OF THE ULPGM-V3 MISSILE AT KURNOOL, ANDHRA PRADESH 

* TESTED IN AIR - TO - GROUND AS WELL AS AIR - TO-AIR 

* IT CAN DESTROY TANKS, BUNKERS, DRONES, HELICOPTER 

* IT EQUIPPED WITH THE DUAL CHANNEL SEEKER

* CONTROLLED THROUGH AN ADVANCED INTEGRATED GROUND CONTROL SYSTEM ( GCS ( 

* FEATURE INCLUDING DAY/ NIGHT STRIKE CAPABILITY 

* TWO WAY DATA LINK SENDS REAL TIME TELEMETRY & IMPACT CONFIRMATION BACK TO THE GCS 

* PRODUCTION PARTNERS - BHARAT DYNAMIC LIMITED ( BDL) , ADANI DEFENCE SYSTEMS 

* Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh Has Been Entrusted With Additional Charge Of DRDO 

JUNE - 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY Tested The High Calibre Bomb In Haryana 

( Tested At The Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory ( TBRL) At Panchkula, Haryana 

* BRAHMOS Completes 25 Years. ( On 12th June 2001 First Tested At Chandipur, Odisha) 

RUDRAM-II 

* * Defence Research And Development Organisation ( DRDO) And The Indian Air Force ( IAF) Have Conducted The Successful Flight Test Of RudraM -II Air -To-surface MISSILE From An Airborne Platform. ( From Integrated Test Range, Chandipur ) 

* RudraM-II Has Been Indigenously Developed By Research Centre, IMARAT, Hyderabad. ( IN COLLABORATION WITH DRDO ) 

* Anti - Radiation 

* 

DRDO TESTED BMD - 

* * DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE CONSECUTIVE FLIGHT TEST OF MULTI LAYERED BMD AGAINST LONG RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AND ANTI SHIP CAPABILITY AT MEDIUM RANGE. ( NASM -SR) ( ON 11TH & 12TH JUNE 2026) AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA .

* BMD - BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE 

* ( RANGE BETWEEN 2000-5000 KM) 

* AD-1 ( INCEPTOR) 

* NOW INDIA AMONG AN ELITE GROUP OF NATIONS, POSSESSING THE OPERATIONAL  LEVEL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE WITH THE ABILITY TO INTERCEPT AND NEUTRALISE BALLISTIC MISSILE, INCLUDING THREATS UPTO INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE ( ICBM) 

* NASM - SR ( NAVAL ANTI SHIP MISSILE MEDIUM RANGE ) 

* 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The Advanced WEAPON SYSTEM Complex At DRDL, HYDERABAD 

* 

DRDO TESTED LRLACM - 

* DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION ( DRDO) SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE FLIGHT TEST OF LONG RANGE LAND ATTACK CRUISE MISSILE ( LRLACM) FROM DR ABDUL KALAM ISLAND , ODISHA. ( ON 15TH JUNE 2026) 

* RANGE 1000-1500 KM 

* LRLACM IS FULLY INDIGENOUSLY MADE MISSILE DEVELOPED BY DRDO LABORATORIES AND INDIAN INDUSTRY PARTNER. 

JULY - 

* Dr Jagganath Nayak, Scientist, & Director At Centre For High Energy System And SCIENCES ( CHESS) DRDO Appointed As DG ( MSS) DRDO 

TESTED - 

* ) IIT Delhi In Collaboration With DRDO India Has Developed An Indigenous Tactical Aerostat System To Boost India's Defence 

* 

DRDO PINAKA LRGR - 

* * ON 8TH JULY 2026 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE PINAKA LRGR AT THE INTEGRATED TEST RANGE ( ITR) CHANDIPUR, ODISHA 

* LRGR - LONG RANGE GUIDED ROCKET 

* THE ROCKET WAS TESTED FOR A USER DEFINED MINIMUM RANGE OF 60 KM 

* THE PINAKA LRGR  IS DESIGNED BY ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH HIGH ENERGY MATERIAL RESEARCH LABORATORY WITH SUPPORT OF DRDL AND RESEARCH CENTRE IMARAT 

* 

KUSHA MISSILE -  

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE MAIDEN FLIGHT TEST OF LONG RANGE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE KUSHA FROM APJ ABDUL KALAM ISLAND OFF THE ODISHA COAST.

* KUSHA MISSILE IS CAPABLE OF NEUTRALIZING THE AERIAL THREATS INCLUDING FUGHTER JETS, MISSILES, UAVs, 

*  DRDO Has Successfully Completed The Military Field Trial Of a Scalable And Practically Secure, Fibre Based Quantum Key Distribution ( QKD) System.

* A MoU Signed Between DIPAS, DRDO And AIIMS Bhopal For Collaborative Research, Academic Exchange, And Advanced Research In Field Of Human Performance.

* DRDO & Adani Defence And Aerospace Have Signed An Agreement For AEW&C - MK-II, India's NEXT Generation Airborne Early Warning & Control ( Programme For INDIAN Air Force) 

* DRDO GTRE Has Successfully Developed India's First Indigenous Expandable Turbo Jet Engine 

* 

AUGUST - 

* Azad Engineering And DRDO India Successfully Manufacturing And Delivery OF India's First Indigenous 350 Kg Thrust Class - Expandable Turbojet Engine 

* * INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED THE MEDIUM RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE ( MRBM) AGNI -4 FROM THE INTEGRATED TEST RANGE , CHANDIPUR, ODISHA ON 6TH AUGUST 2026 

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* 

AWARDS - 

* DRDO Has CONFERRED Government e Marketplace ( GeM) Award For Maximum Number Of Order Values To MSEs

* Defence Ministry Has Approved The Transfer of Technology of DRDO - Developed Missile System To Indian Defence Industry To Bolster Indigenous Manufacturing 

*  The National Security Guard ( NSG) Has Launched It's First Mahila Commando Conversion Course ( MCCC) At It's Training Centre In Manesar, Haryana 

SEPTEMBER - 

* DRDO HAS Launched The Shield Program To Develop S - Band High Power Microwave Evaluation System 

*  DRDO Is Participating In The Africa Aerospace And Defence ( AAD) 2026 Exhibition 

* DRDO India inked Deep Tech Project Agreement With Technology Development Fund ( TDF) For Indigenous Development Of 20 mk Dilution Refrigerator For Quantum Application