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 

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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 

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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 

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

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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 

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* 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 

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*  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 

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