Overview
- The President, who visited the Shimla headquarters on Friday, received a briefing from Lt Gen Devendra Sharma on ARTRAC’s evolution and its role in sharpening the Army’s training.
- She urged the command to keep working to raise the Army’s readiness and praised soldiers and defence civilians for their work.
- The briefing highlighted new pushes on drone training, the uptake of niche technologies, Red Teaming to challenge plans by simulating an adversary, and steps to digitise and automate processes.
- ARTRAC, set up in 1991, oversees doctrine and training across 32 establishments and has expanded into areas such as artificial intelligence and cyber warfare.
- The stop capped a five-day visit to Himachal Pradesh, with a formal sendoff at Annandale Helipad attended by the governor, the chief minister, and senior civil and military officials.