On 14 May 2023,
Mormugao successfully fired an advanced variant of
Brahmos missile. In December 2023,
Mormugao was deployed to the
Arabian Sea along with and to protect commercial shipping after an attack on a tanker transporting oil from Saudi Arabia to
Mangalore.
Operation Sankalp: 2023–2024 anti-piracy patrols Against the backdrop of the increasing attacks on commercial ships transiting the
Red Sea, the
Gulf of Aden, and the
Arabian Sea by the end of 2023, the Indian Navy on 31 December 2023 said it had substantially enhanced
maritime surveillance efforts in Central and North Arabian Sea and "augmented force levels" by primarily deploying the
P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircraft and the
SeaGuardian drones, after two merchant vessels, MV
Ruen and MV
Chem Pluto, were targeted in the sea.
Ruen was hijacked (later rescued by sister ship
Kolkata) while
Chem Pluto sustained drone hits eventually and making way to port, The Indian Navy deployed a large flotilla of
destroyers to safeguard international security . The deployment into the Arabian Sea included the Navy's missile destroyers such as
Kolkata,
Kochi,
Mormugao, and , virtually all of its modern destroyer force of its western fleet.
Mormugao was deployed in the west Arabian Sea.
Clemenceau 25 Mormugao joined the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) centered on the and her escort ships and fleet support ship during their departure from
Goa and
Kochi for the next phase of Mission Clemenceau 25 in the Indian and Pacific oceans. She participated in joint navigational drills and
Maritime Partnership Exercise. The drill included combat manoeuvres and cross-deck helicopter deployment with the followed by replenishment by logistics support ship
Jacques Chevallier. Simultaneously,
Su-30MKI and
Jaguar aircraft of the
Indian Air Force also conducted joint anti-aircraft drills with
Rafale M aircraft of the
French Navy.
Exercise Konkan 2025 (R11) and its
Carrier Battle Group (CBG), including
Mormugaon, took part in the biennial Exercise Konkan 2025 with the
Royal Navy's
UK Carrier Strike Group 2025 (UK CSG 25), a formation centred on , between 5 and 12 October 2025 off the Western Coast of India. This is the maiden instance of a dual carrier operation between the countries. While the UK CSG included and
RFA Tidespring (A136) along with of the
Royal Norwegian Navy and of the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Indian Navy's CBG included , , , and . The 2021 edition, named Konkan Shakti, was the largest exercise in the series in which all three services of both countries participated. On 8 October, the
Indian Air Force deployed its
Su-30MKI and
Jaguar aircraft for a one-day exercise with the group. == Gallery ==