#Army Day: Army demonstrates drones swarm for first time in public!

New Delhi, Jan 16: Offering a peek into their capabilities and potency, the Indian Army demonstrated combat swarm drones for the first time in public at the annual Army Day parade in the national capital. A total of 75 indigenously-developed drones flew together in a large swarm during the parade.

 

The 75 indigenously designed and developed drones that executed an array of Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled simulated offensive missions and close support tasks.

 

The demonstration is a recognition of the Army's steady embrace of emerging and disruptive technologies to transform itself from a manpower-intensive to a technology-enabled force to meet future security challenges.

 

In order to strengthen the Forces, Army is investing heavily in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Autonomous Weapon Systems, Quantum Technologies, Robotics, Cloud Computing, and Algorithm Warfare in order to achieve a convergence between the Army's warfighting philosophies and military attributes of these technologies.

 

 

 

Further, it has undertaken a wide array of technology initiatives in coordination with Dreamers, Startups, MSMEs, Private Sector, Academia, Defence Research, and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).

 

One such project is the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Offensive Drone Operations which has been incubated with an Indian Start-Up. This project symbolizes the beginning of the Indian Army's tryst with autonomy in weapon platforms and showcases the Army's commitment towards merging the cutting edge of digital technologies with its human resource.

 

Earlier, in the day, on the occasion of 73rd Army Day, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat paid tributes at the National War Memorial