Current Affairs

Man-Portable Anti-Drone System

Defence technology company Zen Technologies unveiled Indias first High-Altitude Man-Portable Anti-Drone System (MPADS) on 26 July 2026.

SpaceXs Starship rocket

SpaceXs Starship rocket lifted off from Texas in the companys 13th flight test to demonstrate an array of onboard capabilities, including the rockets first suborbital deployments of new Starlink satellites.

Adani Defence Aerospace

Adani Defence Aerospace and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have signed a landmark agreement for AEW& C-MKII, Indias next-generation Airborne Early Warning Control (AEW& C) programme for the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Defence Research and Development Organisations (DRDO)

India has achieved a major milestone in indigenous aerospace propulsion technology with the successful development of its first indigenous Expendable Turbo Jet Engine in the 350 kg thrust class.

Kusha

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 23 July 2026 successfully carried out the maiden flight-test of the indigenous Kusha Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM)

INS Malvan

The Indian Navy inducted the second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft of the Mahe class, INS Malvan, at Karwar in Karnataka on 22 July 2026.

Samudra Pradakshina

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 22 July 2026 flagged in Samudra Pradakshina, the countrys first-ever Tri-Service all-women circumnavigation sailing expedition, marking the successful completion

Vikram-1

Indias first private orbital-class rocket, Skyroot Aerospaces Vikram-1 (Mission Aagaman), has successfully placed multiple technology demonstration payloads and postcards into a low earth orbit.

Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a giant planet outside the solar system, known as an exoplanet, hidden within one of the most intensely studied planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy.

Lipfendra

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lipfendra, also called enlicitide, for lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in adults.

INS Mahendragiri

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned INS Mahendragiri, an indigenously designed stealth frigate and the sixth Project 17A Nilgiri-class warship, at the Visakhapatnam dockyard on 11 July 2026.

Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 8 July 2026 successfully conducted the flight-test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha, validating the systems performance at a user-defined minimum range of 60 km.

Aditya-L1

Indias first space-based mission to observe the Sun, Aditya-L1, has observed “iron fluorescence” on the Sun during massive solar flares, according to a new study.