New Delhi Apr 26 PTI Army Chief Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday emphasised the need for tri-services convergence force structuring and a whole of the nation approach to deal with national security challengesThe Army Chief said this while addressing the ongoing Naval Commanders ConferenceGeneral MM Naravane COAS addressed the Naval Commanders Conference at NewDelhi wherein he spoke on a Whole of Nation Approach Theaterisation Force Structuring Civil-Military Fusion other contemporary military matters the Army tweetedThe defence ministry has been working on setting up of the theatre commandsAs per the plan each of the theatre commands will have units of the Army Navy and Air Force and all of them will work as a single entity looking after security challenges in a specified geographical territory under an operational commanderAt present the Army Navy and the Air Force have separate commands Initially a plan was firmed up for the creation of an Air Defence Command and Maritime Theatre CommandChief of Air Staff CAS Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhariaddressed theNaval Commanders ConferenceThe CAS highlighted the importance of joint planning at all levels for execution of future operations the criticality of Network Centric Ops for the three Services the IAF tweetedThe four-day conference began on MondayThe top commanders of the Indian Navy are carrying out a comprehensive review of the countrys maritime security preparedness at the conference PTI MPB TIR TIR

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 25 (ANI): A total of nine Commanders-in-Chief from the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force took part in a high-level meeting to discuss and deliberate on various aspects related to setting up of the Integrated Maritime Theatre Command in Mumbai, informed Ministry of Defence on Friday.

New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): The Tri-Services Court of Inquiry constituted to probe the cause of the Mi-17 V5 accident that claimed the lives of late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife and 12 other military personnel onboard on December 8, has ruled out mechanical failure and said that entry into clouds led to the spatial disorientation of pilot leading to the accident.

New Delhi (India), December 30 (ANI): The tri-services inquiry team formed to probe the December 8 chopper crash in which 14 people including Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 12 others lost their lives, is expected to submit their report to the government by December 31.

Dundigal (Telangana) [India], December 18 (ANI): Assuring that the court of inquiry into the CDS chopper crash case would be a "very very fair process", Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Saturday said the probe team's mandate is to investigate every single angle and aspect of the accident and come out with findings and recommendations.

New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): As many as four accidents of Mi-17V5 helicopters of IAF have taken place in the last 5 years, Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Ajay Bhatt said on Friday.