Indian artificial intelligence firm Sarvam has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS), under the Ministry of Defence, for AI projects across the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force, the company said on Tuesday, October 27, IANS reported.
Source: IANS via The Freedom Press
The pact is a five-year umbrella framework, CIOL reported. It also extends to the joint, tri-service and integrated organisations under HQ IDS, which will facilitate the engagement across the Services.
Source: CIOL
Under the agreement, Sarvam will design, develop and deploy AI applications for the operational, training and decision-support requirements of the three Services, and provide follow-on technical support, The Hindu BusinessLine reported.
Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
The focus areas include decision support, target acquisition and data fusion across the sensor-to-shooter loop, with human oversight retained on operational decisions, and the AI layer is to be built in India and deployed on sovereign infrastructure, IANS reported.
Source: IANS via NewKerala
Through the pact, the three Services and the joint organisations gain access to the same foundation models, the same agentic infrastructure and the same geospatial and perception systems, so doctrine and lessons learnt from one Service's projects can feed the next, The Hindu BusinessLine reported.
Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
"Sarvam exists to build AI in India, for India. To work with the three Services on the nation's defence is an honour and a privilege. We are grateful to HQ IDS for its trust," Sarvam co-founder Pratyush Kumar said, according to IANS.
Source: IANS via The Freedom Press
The company and the ministry did not disclose specific project timelines or financial details of the partnership, Inc42 reported. The agreement is a step in the government's push for self-reliance (Atmanirbharta) and indigenisation in defence, a drive that now extends to artificial intelligence, IANS reported.
Source: Inc42