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Army Chief lists four targets to transform the force

He termed these four targets as 'springboards' which will drive the Indian Army's transformation in the years ahead

Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Thursday listed four distinct targets to transform the force, making it ready for the future.

He termed these four targets as 'springboards' which will drive the Indian Army's transformation in the years ahead. General Dwivedi was speaking at the inaugural of the two-day Chanakya Defence Dialogue, here. These four targets will be part of three-phased graded plan to transform till 2047.

He said the first target is self-reliance, empowerment through indigenization. It remains our first 'springboard'. Its results are visible in defence manufacturing, space achievements and rapid military technology absorption. "Yet much more remains to be done as we deepen our self-reliant capability base," the General added.

Second 'springboard' is having accelerated innovations. The Army chief said "we must now move on from experimentation to enterprise-scale impact at a much faster pace in AI, cyber, quantum, autonomous systems, space and advanced materials."

The third 'springboard' is adaptation, reforming the ecosystem. "As we align defence architecture with national self-reliance goals, we look forward to concrete suggestions from this dialogue to accelerate the next phase," said the Army chief.

Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/defence/army-chief-lists-four-targets-to-transform-the-force/

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