In January 2026, the Indian Army (IA) under the leadership of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi, declared 2026 as the ‘Year of Networking & Data Centricity’, as part of the IA’s official 2026 vision, to drive digital integration, enhance connectivity, enable real-time decision-making, and build a future-ready, technologically advanced force.
- What? Declaration of 2026 as Year of Networking & Data Centricity
- By whom? Indian Army (IA)
- Objective: Strengthen digital integration, real-time data sharing, and data-driven decision-making
- Focus Areas: Networking, data-centric operations, jointness, indigenisation
- Previous Theme: 2024-25- Year of Technology Absorption
About Year of Networking & Data Centricity (2026):
Objective: It aims to treat data as a core operational asset to enhance situational awareness, decision speed, and combat effectiveness.
Transformation: The initiative supports the IA’s decade-long transformation driven by reforms, jointness, innovation, and self-reliance.
Networking: Seamless digital connectivity is being established among soldiers, command centres, sensors, weapon platforms, intelligence, and logistics units.
Data-Centricity: Real-time collection, processing, and sharing of battlefield data enable simultaneous and precise actions across platforms.
Indigenisation: Indigenous communication systems, battlefield management platforms, and secure defence networks form the backbone of this initiative.
Previous Theme: The declaration builds on the 2024–25 ‘Year of Technology Absorption’ by operationalising absorbed technologies.
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