Defence forces athletes won 27 medals, six of them gold, at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, their best ever showing, and Rajnath Singh felicitated them.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the second edition of the multinational air exercise Tarang Shakti at Air Force Station Jodhpur, hosted by the Indian Air Force.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh cleared a revised SOP letting Indian defence firms use MoD proof ranges, field firing ranges and test facilities more easily.
FSS-1, the first of the Indian Navy's Fleet Support Ships, was launched at Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, with over 82 per cent indigenous content.
Rajnath Singh saw HAL Koraput hand over its 2,000th aero-engine and cleared a second Shakti engine line with an outlay of Rs 218 crore on 6 October 2026.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched Surya, the first indigenous Fleet Support Ship, at Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Visakhapatnam on 6 October 2026.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Koraput division will deliver its 2,000th aero-engine on 6 October 2026, with a second Shakti engine line set up for Rs 218 crore.
Fleet Support Ship-1, a 43,500-tonne replenishment vessel for the Indian Navy, will be launched at Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam, on 6 October 2026.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched three initiatives at the 279th Annual Day of the Defence Accounts Department at DRDO Bhawan, among them a Treasury Single Account.
The second edition of the Naval Commanders Conference 2026 began at Nausena Bhawan, New Delhi, with Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addressing the Navy’s top leadership.
Rajnath Singh told the second Naval Commanders' Conference of 2026 that the Navy will induct 18 warships this year, the largest single-year addition in its history.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told a Delhi conclave that India's defence exports rose to a record Rs 38,424 crore in 2025-26 from Rs 686 crore in 2013-14.
At the VIMARSH DRDO-Industry Synergy Meet in New Delhi, Rajnath Singh released new MSME and start-up initiatives and nine technology transfer licences were handed over.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Sri Lanka's President and Prime Minister in Colombo on 9 September 2026 and the two sides exchanged two defence MoUs.
On 7 September 2026 the Defence Acquisition Council under Rajnath Singh accorded Acceptance of Necessity to defence buys worth about Rs 1,10,000 crore.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the 'RAKSHA' document in New Delhi, setting out India's defence diplomacy roadmap for global partnerships over the next 10 years.
