Friday, 16 October 2026

India takes a step towards US-style integrated military logistics

The Indian military is actively developing an integrated logistics structure to support its planned theatre commands as part of its effort to transform the service-specific logistics architecture into an integrated defence framework, The Indian Express has learnt.

Additionally, emerging AI and machine learning technologies are being incorporated for logistics optimisation, with predictive maintenance analytics already deployed in limited applications by the defence forces. Moreover, legacy financial architecture and procurement framework are also being revised to facilitate joint logistics.

The Department of Military Affairs is spearheading the move.

WHY IT MATTERS

Each of India’s armed services still tracks its stores on separate systems, so finding spares or fuel can mean checking three inventories. The planned Tri-services Logistics Management Application would give one real-time view across the Army, Navy and Air Force, a building block for the unified theatre commands being planned.

These points were outlined in a letter from Rear Admiral Kunal Singh Rajkumar, a joint secretary in the department, to Rajya Sabha MP Dr Ajeet Madhavrao Gopchade.

The response followed Gopchade’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking consideration of a unified defence logistics and fuel management framework modelled on the United States Defence Logistics Agency (DLA).

According to the letter, a triservices logistics management application (TLMA) is under development to provide real-time inter-service inventory visibility and to integrate service-specific enterprise resource planning software.

Additionally, work is underway to establish a National Defence Codification System -analogous to Nato’s stock number system – while joint logistics nodes, and subsequently joint ammunition depots, air stores supply parks, and material organisations are also being planned across India.

PM Gati Shakti Defence Portal

The department further stated that the PM Gati Shakti Defence Portal is also under development for alignment with the national logistics policy and the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) for providing a defence-equivalent “joint logistics interface” across Services and theatre boundaries.

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The armed forces have already constituted the joint operations logistics committee, joint services study groups, joint working groups, and inter-service maintenance working groups at various levels to integrate logistics processes and procedures among the services.


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