CDS Addresses Participants at the Fourth Edition of Tri-Services Future Warfare Course

The fourth edition of the Tri‑Services Future Warfare Course was inaugurated on 3 August 2026 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, with Chief of the Defence Staff General N.S. Raja Subramani delivering the keynote. The CDS underscored the evolving character of warfare, highlighting the growing impact of artificial intelligence, cyber capabilities, autonomous systems, information warfare, space technologies and data‑driven decision‑making. He called for enhanced jointness and collaboration among the Armed Forces, industry, academia and research institutions to anticipate future security challenges. The four‑week course, organized by the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff, will involve officers from the three Services and representatives from government, industry, academia and strategic bodies to discuss geopolitics, emerging technologies, multi‑domain operations and scenario‑building.