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Eyeing Future Upgrades, US Army to Shape FLRAA Version 2 Requirements

RA Editorial Desk - September 6, 2024

Washington: As the US Army and Bell work to get pilots into the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) by 2030, service officials are eyeing three upgrades for a follow-on iteration. “What we don’t want...

Multi-Domain Operations: Is India Ready?

Maj Gen G Shankarnarayanan - June 6, 2021

The paradox of warfare seems to be juxtaposed between the use of physical force vis-a-vis an orchestrated virtual combat executed by a string of robots in many shapes and forms whose DNA is Artificial...

Joint Pathways: Transformation of the Indian Armed Forces

Lt Gen Sunil Srivastava - June 6, 2021

Actions of a deceitful and recalcitrant Pakistan, and repeated coercive military posturing of an assertive China, saw deterrence nearly fail recently. With China riding high on the IT-Cyber led RMA, amidst growing strategic uncertainty,...

A New Foundation for AI Based Network Centric Warfare Capabilities

Admin - June 6, 2021

In modern warfare, with a modern force, with the adversaries we’re going to face, and with the force we intend to wield as a joint force, notions of air superiority, notions of maritime superiority,...

We Have to War Game Future Conflicts to Stay Ahead of Our Rivals

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - June 6, 2021

There has been a debate in the media of late about the adequacy of professional military education (PME) and military jointness and joint operational training. Jointness in our military is coming up gradually for...

Integrating Traditional With Modern in the Maritime Battlespace of the Future

Comde Anil Jai Singh - June 6, 2021

It is often said that force level requirements projected by the armed forces reflect a mindset of preparing for the last war rather than the next. However, such an assumption has rarely been borne...

Rising to The Challenge: India’s Survival Options in The World’s Most Dangerous Neighbourhood

Admin - June 6, 2021

There is no room for idealism in the pursuit of national interests. More than 2,300 years ago, Chanakya, the chief strategist of the mighty Mauryan Empire, understood that only a strong nation could survive...

The Future of War: Air and Space Technologies will Dominate Future Conflicts

Air Marshal M Matheswaran AVSM VM (V) - June 6, 2021

Come September 2021, the American forces will withdraw from Afghanistan completely, preceded by the withdrawal of NATO forces as well. This brings to end the 20-year war waged by the US and its allies,...

Future Wars: When Cyber Meets AI

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja - June 6, 2021

"I have the power, the capability, sitting in my home with my computer and my modem...to wage war”: James Adams (CEO, Infrastructure Defence, Inc.) in “Information Warfare: Challenge and Opportunity” Cyber warfare, as defined by...

New MQ-9B RPAs Are the Centerpiece in New Era of Multi-Domain Operations

Admin - June 6, 2021

A complex new era of military and security threats is challenging every government around the world to evolve the way it operates. The good news for India is that it can join the vanguard. High...

Indian Navy Watching China’s Growing Naval Forays in IOR

Cdr Raghvendra Chaturvedi - June 6, 2021

In the early 90s, when we planned war games, the enemy (Red force) would typically be Pakistan, and the Blue force was India. China was mentioned fleetingly during the discussions, more for its logistics...

Optimising Logistics Jointness For Complex Future Wars

Maj Gen (Dr) Yash Mor - June 6, 2021

“Separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single, concentrated effort.” - President...

The Future is Definitely Precise

Abhishek Jain - June 6, 2021

In very recent times we have seen three battles—the one between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the ongoing conflict in Syria, and the very recent conflict in Israel. There are three basic lessons to be drawn...