Exercise KONKAN 25: Indian Navy and Royal Navy Drills
Why in the news
India and the UK started their bilateral naval exercise KONKAN 25 on 5 October 2025 in waters off India’s west coast, to improve joint working at sea.
Key facts
- Name: Exercise KONKAN 25; a bilateral maritime exercise.
- Participants: Indian Navy and the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
- Start date and area: 5 October 2025, off the western coast of India.
- Evolution: expanded in scale and complexity across roughly two decades, building interoperability and mutual understanding.
Activities
- Tactical air warfare and air defence drills
- Surface warfare and anti-submarine operations
- Underway replenishment
- Communication and manoeuvring practice to sharpen joint capability
Aim
To improve coordination in complex maritime operations and deepen the long-standing naval partnership between the two countries.
Exam angle
- Exercise name and pair of countries: KONKAN – India and the UK.
- Type: a naval (maritime) exercise, not an army or air force drill.
- Key term: interoperability.