Indian Army successfully conducted a week-long Forward Area Tour (FAT) for defence experts with effect from 12 May to 19 May 24 encouraging Civil-Military fusion in defence technology.
The tour facilitated the defence experts to get a first-hand experience of the operational & administrative challenges faced by troops deployed in forward areas of Arunachal Pradesh thereby motivating then to formulate inventive technological solutions to the problems.
Seven qualified defence experts from various defence Industries, StartUps & Academia formed part of the FAT team. On 12 May, the delegates arrived at Dinjan Military Station in Dibrugarh district of Assam, the country’s easternmost Army formation and were oriented towards the operational perspective including terrain dynamics,
surveillance, logistics problems & various defence requirements in the forward areas.
From 13 May to 15 May, the delegates visited the forward areas in Anjaw District along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and gained insights about the operational and logistics challenges of the Armed Forces.
They got a comprehensive understanding of the technological & operational requirements of the Indian Army operating in the remote and inhospitable terrain of Arunachal Pradesh.
The experts also visited army establishments in Lohit and Namsai District of Arunachal Pradesh and Dibrugarh District of Assam. They interacted with senior officers who acquainted them with challenges related to surveillance, habitat, communications and logistics in these remote areas.
Fostering cooperation between Armed Forces & the industry, the interaction focused on the need for holistic efforts in developing indigenous state of art technology tailored for mountainous terrain through Aatmanirbharta in defence sector.
Such tours help the Academia and Industry get a first-hand experience of the needs of the Armed Forces in operationally challenging terrain and find indigenous, tailor-made technical solutions for the same.
