Three-week long tri-services course to focus on tech and strategy

The second edition of the tri-services future warfare course, conducted under the aegis of Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and coordinated by the tri-services think-tank, Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), will be held at Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi from April 21 to May 09. The first edition of the event was held in 2024.

The course, which is rank-agnostic, seeks to prepare officers for the complex challenges of modern warfare. 

This edition features an enhanced curriculum covering specialised subjects and domain-specific warfare developments in military operations, the defence ministry said.

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The course will focus on developing a better understanding on how technology impacts war fighting, calling for a relook at the thinking, concepts, doctrines, strategies and tactics, techniques and procedures. “It will align operational priorities with the capabilities of the indigenous defence industry and enable a free-flowing discussion on the various facets of modern and futuristic war fighting,” the ministry said in a release.

The attendees in the course range from Major Generals to Majors and their equivalent officers from other Services, along with representatives from other departments under the ministry of defence, including DRDO, as well as the defence industry incorporating start-ups, MSMEs, DPSUs and private industry.  

“This second edition continues the larger mission of making the armed forces ‘future ready’ fostering jointness and integration among the services and developing strategic leaders equipped to navigate the increasingly complex landscape of modern warfare,” stated the defence ministry release.

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