India developing ‘futuristic soldier’
Interview By Kartik Lokhande India is working on and making a good progress in developing ‘futuristic soldier’ who will be a system in himself. Once the high-profile ‘Futuristic Infantry Soldier as a System’ (F-INSAS) becomes a reality, which is likely to be pretty soon, India will join the club of a few nations including France, Germany, Britain, and the United States that have got the ‘futuristic soldier’ systems. “Defence Research and Development Organisation has been working on it and a good progress has been made on various components. Many laboratories are actively engaged in the project,” said Dr V K Saraswat, former Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Secretary of Department of Defence (R&D). Dr Saraswat, who is said to be front-runner for the post of Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister, was talking to ‘The Hitavada’ during his visit to the city on Saturday to grace the first national conventio...