Overview
- Each infantry, armoured and artillery battalion will stand up dedicated UAV and counter-UAV teams as core combat elements.
- Thirty Bhairav light commando battalions, each with about 250 personnel, are being raised with first units due to be operational within weeks.
- All-arms Rudra brigades are taking shape by merging infantry, armour, artillery, UAV assets and logistics into autonomous combat formations.
- Artillery regiments will add a dedicated drone battery alongside reinforced gun batteries, while armoured and engineer units will integrate surveillance, strike and mapping drones into their reconnaissance elements.
- The Army Aviation Corps will receive extra UAVs to reduce helicopter reliance and EME workshops are scaling up drone repair and sustainment under revamped procurement frameworks.