JANUARY TO MAY 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 

EXERCISE IN SEPTEMBER 2025

* 19th Edition Of Multilateral Joint Military Exercise BRIGHT STAR 2025 Is Being Conducted At Egypt, ( India's SUDARSHAN CHAKRA CORPS Participation).

* Indian Army Conducted SAMANVAY Shakti Military Civil Fusion Exercise In Assam And Manipur.

* The Indian Army Has Conducted The Exercise YUDH Kaushal 3.0 In The High Altitude Of Kameng Region Of Arunachal Pradesh.

* Indian Army Contingent Departs For 21st Edition  Of INDIA - USA Joint Military Exercise YUDH ABHYAS 2025 (1st To 14th September 2025) 

* The 14th Edition Of Joint Bilateral Military Exercise MAITREE Kicked Off At Umroi, Between India And Thailand 

* Indian Navy's INS SURAT Participate In a PASSEX With Andrea Doria Class - ITS CAIO DUILIO of Italy.

* An Indian Armed Forces Contingent Has Departed To Participate In Multilayer Joint Military Exercise ZAPAD 2025 In Russia.

* Indian Navy's First Squadron ( INS TIR & ICGS SAARTHI) Have Arrived At La Reunion Conducted PASSEX Exercise At France.

*  Indian Navy's INS TUSHIL Participated In PASSEX EXERCISE With Royal Navy Of Oman.

* The Annual Joint Exercise SIYOM PRAHAR 2025 Conducted At North East. 

* The Annual Joint Exercise Ex Siam Bharat 2025 Was Conducted From 8th to 11th September 2025 At Pattaya, Thailand 

( Indian Air Force) & ( Royal Thai Air Force) 

* Indian Army (III Corps) Conducted The Exercise DIBANG SHAKTI In Arunachal Pradesh 

* INS NISTAR, India's Indigenous Set To Participate Multinational Submarine Rescue Exercise Pacific Reach At Singapore.

(3 Submarines, 4 Submarine Rescue Mothership ( MOSHIPS), 17 Participating Nations, And International Submarine Escape And Rescue Liaison Office ( ISMERLO). At Exercise Pacific Reach. ) 

* Indian Naval Ship INS TRIKAND Has Participate in The Maiden Bilateral MARITIME Exercise With Greece At Salamis Bay, Greece.

* US, SOUTH KOREA,  Japan Launched The Trilateral Exercise - FREEDOM EDGE. ( 5 Days Exercise At SOUTH KOREA) 

* The Maiden Edition of Bilateral MARITIME Exercise Between Indian Navy And Hellenic Navy Concluded. ( at Mediterranean sea) 

* The Sapta Shakti Command Of Indian Army Conducted A Fire Power Exercise AMOGH FURY At The Desert Of Rajasthan.

* Indian Navy And Indian Army Conducted The Exercise JAL PRAHAR From 16-22nd September 2025 At Kakinada.

* India To Conduct The Biggest Drone Exercise COLD START From 6th To 10th October 2025 In Madhya Pradesh.* 

* INDIAN Navy's INS TIR, INS Sujata, INS SHARDUL, ICGS SAARTHI, Onto The Kenya For Participate in The Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) And Passage Exercise )PASSEX) 

* Indian Army Conducted VAYU SAMANVAY in Ambala

EXERCISE IN JULY 2025

* Taiwan Launched The Annual Military Exercise GRAY ZONE TACTICS Against China.

* INS TARKASH Participate In The EXERCISE PASSEX With Hellnic Navy's HS Psara ( Hydra Class Frigate) 

* India Along WITH 18 Other Countries Have Participate in The Bilateral Exercise TALISMAN SABRE ( In Australia Military) 

* The INDONESIA Navy (TNI -AL) Ship KRI Lambung Mangkurat (Kapitan Patimura Class Korvete) And A CN -235 Aircraft Have Arrived At Shri Vijay Puram For The 44th IND - INDOCORPAT 

* The 14th Edition Of India - Singapore Joint Military Exercise BOLD KURUKSHETRA 2025 Commences At Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

* The 32nd Edition Of The Singapore - India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) Started In Singapore. ( INS SATPURA WILL PARTICIPATE) 

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EXERCISE IN MAY 2025

* India To Participate In The Exercise TALIAMAN SABRE 2025 In Australia From 13th July To 4th August 2025

* INS SHARADA Arrived At Maldives For The Maiden HADR Exercise.

* Indian Naval Ship INS KILTAN Has Arrived Singapore For The IMDEX ASIA 2025 

* The 17th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT Between Indian Army And Mongolia Set To Be Held At Mongolia From 31st May To 13th June 2025 At Ulaanbaatar 

*  Haryana Government Will Conduct a Civil Defence Exercise Called Operation SHIELD On 29th May.

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EXERCISE IN APRIL 2025

*  Indian Navy INS TARKASH Has Participate In The PASSEX With Royal New Zealand Navy.

* The Inaugural Edition Of Multilateral Exercise AIKEYME ( Means Unity In Sanskrit) Is Going To Held From 13th To 18th April 2025 Comoros, Djibouti, Kenya.

(India And Tanzania Co-Hosted The Inaugural Edition Of AFRICA- INDIA Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) 2025 At DAR ES SALAAM. 

(MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND NATIONAL SERVICE OF TANZANIA Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax And Raksha Mantri Sanjay Seth 

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED - ( CO-HOST INDIA & TANZANIA) 

* COMOROS 

* DJIBOUTI 

* KENYA 

* MADAGASCAR 

* MAURITIUS 

* MOZAMBIQUE 

* SEYCHELLES 

* SOUTH AFRICA 

* The 6th Edition Of Of The Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK Between India And Uzbekistan Set To Held At Pune From 15th To 28th April 2025. 

*  Indian Air Force Have Participate In The Multinational Exercise DESERTFLAG -10 In UAE.