Overview
- Gen. Anil Chauhan, speaking Monday in New Delhi, said a Joint Operations Centre will be up by the end of May to run planning and battlefield execution across the Army, Navy and Air Force.
- He confirmed three sets of recommendations on theatre commands have gone to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, with further vetting by the ministry and the Cabinet Committee on Security expected according to prior reporting.
- He said work is underway to expand the Defence Space Agency and to stand up a Defence Geospatial Agency as part of the Vision 2047 plan.
- He said services are moving to shared rules and systems, including a draft common Services Act to replace separate service laws and a joint communications setup now used for integrated air defence.
- The roadmap also envisages a tri-service Drone Force and a Cognitive Warfare Action Force, with financial clearance reported for the latter, and reporting notes a Rs 400 crore project to unify inventories across the services.