India AI summit: Army showcases homegrown AI systems — all you need to know

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is advancing its transition into a data-driven, AI-enabled force in line with India’s push for technological self-reliance and secure digital capabilities.At the India AI Summit, the Army is showcasing a range of indigenous artificial intelligence solutions with potential applications across defence and civilian sectors. Major General VTS Varaich, Additional Director General (Information Systems) of the Indian Army, said the adoption of artificial intelligence has been a long-term effort and that the force is moving toward implementing core technologies.Speaking to ANI, he said partnerships would help develop solutions to improve operational efficiency for soldiers and commanders in the field."It's a great achievement for the Indian industry and most of confederation of Indian Industry and SIDM to organise this seminar today on how AI can be leveraged in the defence forces. Indian Army is confident that with Indian industry co-partnering, co-chairing and sharing our vision will partner to develop the global best solutions wherein our operational efficiency, our commanders, our soldiers on ground as well as the country at large will be hugely benefited," he said, as quoted by ANI.The Major General also warned about the threat posed by deepfakes and said efforts are underway to address this challenge linked to artificial intelligence."Deepfakes are, is one of the issues where we need to work upon by using applications in AI wherein the accuracy is what I told has to be more than 99.5% and we need to have trust, so all those trust algorithms are in place, we are working on having the work on various issues of deepfakes," Varaich said. The Indian Army showcased a range of indigenous AI-based systems, including:AI Examiner: An automated assessment and feedback tool for education and training platforms.SAM-UN: A geospatial and AI-enabled situational awareness system for mission planning, disaster response and smart command centres.EKAM (AI-as-a-Service): A secure, air-gapped indigenous AI cloud platform designed to ensure data sovereignty.PRAKSHEPAN: An AI-driven climatology and disaster prediction system providing early warnings for landslides, floods and avalanches.XFace: An AI-based facial recognition system for security and identity verification.Nabh Drishti: A mobile telemetry-based real-time reporting and visualisation platform.Driver Fatigue Detection: An AI-enabled device that provides real-time alerts for drowsiness.AI-in-a-Box: A portable edge AI platform for secure deployment in remote or disconnected environments.Vehicle Tracking System: An AI-enabled system for fleet monitoring and logistics optimisation.Deepfake Detection and AI Cyber Security Systems: Tools to counter synthetic media, malware and cyber threats, and protect critical digital infrastructure.