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New head of Strategic Capabilities Office wants to focus on AI

"WASHINGTON — The Strategic Capabilities Office is under new management, and its new director intends to doubledown on the agency’s emphasis on artificial intelligence. In his first interview since taking over the office, Chris Shank, the new SCO director, made it clear he sees artificial intelligence as a sweet spot for his office. Roughly one third of SCO projects deal with autonomous systems, machine learning or AI in some way, Shank said, including long-range fires programs, cyber programs and some assorted with special forces."

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Underdeveloped and under-equipped, India's special forces in dire need of attention of defence ministry - Firstpost

"First, any SOF is only as good as its equipment. This is true of the armed forces as a whole, but is particularly applicable to the SOF. An army division, for instance, may ‘manage’ a situation by weight of sheer numbers and tight command in a given geographical area. The SOF cannot. An SOF unit can hardly do deep penetration operations if it doesn’t have the platform to get there. It cannot even do a short strike if it doesn’t have the necessary high-end weapons to strafe a terrorist hideout. Second, an SOF operation is only as good as the intelligence available. The tragedy of the Jaffna University helidrop in October 1987, when a covert operation to get the LTTE leadership failed miserably due to defective intelligence, comes to mind."

Trials On For AC Jackets For Indian Special Forces: Manohar Parrikar

Trials On For AC Jackets For Indian Special Forces: Manohar Parrikar. Though the government has not said what material the jackets would be made of and the kind of technology used, former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has confirmed that trials are on. The air-conditioned jackets will help soldiers keep cool during operations 

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• Jackets for special force soldiers operating in hot areas for long hours 
• Government hasn't mentioned the material or technology used for jackets 
• The US army already uses AC jackets worn underneath body armour

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Government invites bids to procure 4×4 Armoured vehicles for IAF’s Garud Special Forces. – Indian Defence Research Wing

The Ministry of Defence, Government of India has invited bids to procure approximate Qty 50-60 Armoured Vehicles for IAF along with its associated equipment from Indian vendors indented to be used by Guard Special Forces which is the special forces unit of the Indian Air Force deployed to secure Airbases Around the country and also carry out offensive operations behind enemy lines .

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Why Indian special forces are way behind the US Navy seals? Defence Minister Parrikar clears emergency modernisation plan of weapons but our commandos need more | Daily Mail Online

"Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar cleared a Rs 300- crore proposal to buy critical equipment for the Indian Army's Special Forces, but sources say the elite units will continue to lag by a distance from their American and Israeli counterparts. The plan includes purchase of over 1,100 automatic assault rifles, 1,000 freefall parachutes, sniper rifles, machine guns and lightweight rocket launchers for the army's nine battalions of Special Forces troops. "

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