Chief of Defence Staff calls for fostering innovation in defence manufacturing
Gen Anil Chauhan was speaking at the maiden two-day brainstorming session on indigenisation in the defence sector.
Gen Anil Chauhan was speaking at the maiden two-day brainstorming session on indigenisation in the defence sector.
Highlighting the economic prospects of self-reliance in defence including aerospace and avionics, Gen Chauhan asserted that the defence industrial sector has a large potential to achieve the country’s economic goals.
According to the Army, General Chauhan reviewed the progress of infrastructure development and operational and logistics preparedness in the area.
The workshop was organised as part of India's chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and attended by speakers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Belarus, Mongolia, Pakistan and China and Russia.
In his maiden communication with the three defence forces, new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has asked the Army, Navy and Air Force to make a move ahead towards the creation of integrated theatre commands.
It may be noted that the Tamil Nadu Police is conducting an investigation into the helicopter crash and the Director-General of Police
The Indian armed forces have, when necessary, displayed the ability to operate jointly.
The nation can only emerge victorious when forces operate jointly. Success on land flows from joint army-air force operations.
Can we afford the various layers of counter-drone systems which will be most effective? Before you start using these systems, you need to determine areas that need high priority anti-drone systems. Drone technology will keep maturing. By the time you get a counter to one system, drone technology will have moved to the next level.
Colonels, who post retirement at 54, were eligible for reemployment till 58, would now serve till 57, without reemployment, Brigadiers till 58 and Major Generals till 59, an addition of a year.
