Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV) Archives

Modernisation Strategy for Future-Ready Mechanised Forces

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - July 15, 2024

General: Mechanised Forces constitute the critical component of a nation's defence forces in the overall security matrix. They are the instrument of deterrence in peace and force of decision in war. Enriched by their...

Stryker Co-Production: Does India Really Need it?

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - July 8, 2024

India and the US are in an advanced stage of talks for joint manufacture of the Stryker infantry combat vehicles (ICVs), according to the latest news reports. The project is envisaged in three-phases: limited off-the-shelf...

The FICV Story – Ongoing for Decades, Unsure Future

Lt Gen Retd P.C. Katoch - February 18, 2019

THE DRDO began developing Abhay, an Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV), in the late 1990s and the design work was completed by 2001. Abhay is a pre-technology demonstrator to develop and test technologies to be...