Army Eyes Restructuring to Boost Self-Reliance

The Indian Army wants to improve the Atmanirbharta drive by creating specialized Army Design Bureau (ADB) cells at different command centers. The army said on Thursday that the goal of the organizational restructuring is to use niche technology to improve capabilities.

“Organizational and procedural changes will be made to make sure that niche technologies are introduced and used for the development of futuristic skills, with a focus on Atmanirbharta.” In order to do this, the army said in a statement, “ADB cells will be set up at command headquarters and the organization’s ability to come up with new ideas will be increased.”

ADB is a project of the Narendra Modi government. It was launched in August 2016 and its job is to support research and development and connect the army with the business sector to meet its needs.

Setting up new cells should give command headquarters, formations, and unit leaders more power in their quest for self-reliance because it will make it easier to reach out to businesses and find and test niche technologies.

The choice was made at the Army Commanders’ Conference, which meets every other year and ended on April 2.

At the important meeting, Rajnath Singh, the defense minister, asked the army leadership to keep looking over doctrinal, structural, and organizational changes to make sure they are still relevant to current and future security issues.

It will also be looked into how to make a separate fund for the new project.

“Also, test bed brigades or formations will be chosen to make sure that trials run more smoothly and that trial reports are finished on time.” “To ensure lifetime support, future procurements will include aspects that meet all of a person’s needs for sustenance during the contract finalization stage,” the statement said.

The senior leaders recently got together for a meeting led by Army Chief General Manoj Pande. They talked about a wide range of topics, such as the ongoing transformation efforts, using technology and innovation to build capabilities, improving operational readiness, and working together more.

The army brass also heard from the chief of defense staff, General Anil Chauhan, the chief of the navy, Admiral R. Hari Kumar, and the chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari.

Chauhan asked the army’s leaders to support working together, integrating, and using new technology.

The heads of the air force and navy both stressed how important it was to work together more, using lessons learned from recent battles as an example.

“They stressed how important it is for the services to work together at the local level to get the best results in operations.” The chiefs talked about the most important projects going on in their own services and stressed how important it was to make sure there was smooth coordination during joint operations and drills, the statement said.

The army also wants to make training more like real life.

“To make sure that war games and training are realistic, the idea of making a custom organization that can act as an enemy force will be looked into,” it said.