Army Chief Makes Strong Push for Indigenous Technology for Armed Forces

Date:

 

New Delhi. Making a strong push for the use of indigenous technology by the armed forces, the Army Chief General Bipin Rawat and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said that it would give the country an edge over its adversaries.

ads

General Rawat said India will fight the next war with indigenous weapons and win it, and the time was ripe to focus on future warfare. “We are looking at systems for future warfare. We have to start looking at development of cyber, space, laser, electronic and robotic technologies and artificial intelligence,” he said at the 41st DRDO directors conference here.

Lauding the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the Army chief said it has made strides to ensure that the needs of the armed forces are met through home-grown solutions. He said while preparing systems for future warfare the military establishment and DRDO needs to focus on “non-contact warfare.”

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied by the NSA and the three chiefs of the armed forces paid tributes to former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Known as the ‘Missile Man’, Kalam was considered the father of the country’s missile programme.

Doval said niche technologies have to be need based and they can make India more secure. “We have to make a hard assessment of what we need to give us an edge over our adversaries,” he said.

big bang

Doval said armies that were better equipped have always decided the destiny of mankind and India historically has always been a runner-up. “There is no trophy for the runner up. Either you are better than your adversaries or you are not there at all,” he said.

Doval identified two key factors that will shape global politics— technology and money saying winning will depend on a country’s strength in these two categories. Of these, he said, technology is more important.

huges

More like this

SCD Israel Receives New Order for Sparrow MWIR Detectors

Tel Aviv: Israeli company SCD, specialising in the development...

Roboteam Launches Centralised Command-and-Control Platform Roboteam HUB

Tel Aviv: Israeli company Roboteam, a developer and manufacturer...

Proud Moment for GRSE: Second ASW SWC INS Androth Gets Commissioned Into Navy

Kolkata/Visakhapatnam: INS Androth – second in a series of...

Thrustworks Dynetics Secures Strategic Investment to Advance Next-Generation Rocket Propulsion Systems

Mumbai | Pune – Thrustworks Dynetics (TWD), a propulsion...

Sir Creek – The New Conflict Zone: Implications For National Security

On October 2, 2025, at a military base in...

Indian Navy Set to Commission Second ASW-SWC Androth – A Steady March With New Indigenous Inductions

Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy is set to commission Androth,...

Exercise Konkan – 2025 Commences on the Western Seaboard

New Delhi: Indian Navy and Royal Navy bilateral Exercise...

Trump’s South Asia Ploy: Woo Pakistan, Use Bangladesh, Weaken India

Trump administration’s deepening of engagement with Pakistan and Bangladesh...
Indian Navy Special EditionLatest Issue