Defense training in India reaches new heights with the Manekshaw Centre’s Future Warfare Course 3.0, now immersed in cyber and cognitive warfare from February 2 to 25, 2026. This tri-services initiative illuminates the transformative forces shaping tomorrow’s wars.
Core objectives include arming officers with profound knowledge of cyber realms, informational battles, and cognitive influences, building strategic acumen and flexibility. Chief of Integrated Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit set the tone in his speech, stressing the blend of kinetic and non-kinetic warfare.
“Strategic edges will emerge from mastering info complexities, neutralizing foe campaigns, and optimizing digital-cognitive assets,” he declared. For India, advancing here ensures deterrence credibility and mission success.
A multidisciplinary lineup—military brass, DRDO innovators, scholars, tech gurus, and industry reps—fuels insightful dialogues on multi-domain integration of cyber-cognitive tools. They probe AI, neural systems, and automated intel for battlefield leverage.
Civilian expertise bridges innovation gaps, illuminating real-world security integrations and trajectories. FWC 3.0’s pedagogy fuses conceptual depth, operational rehearsals, and panoramic views, priming for diverse perils.
Forward modules feature multi-domain ops, specialized warfare drills across domains, and strategic pitches, yielding concrete plans to perpetuate India’s warfighting superiority.