India’s New Amphibious Combat Vehicle Could Redefine Future Warfare

| May 25, 2026, 05:03:33 PM | TOI.in
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India is moving closer to replacing its ageing BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles with a new generation of indigenous armoured platforms developed under the Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has unveiled Advanced Armoured Platforms featuring amphibious capability, crewless turrets, anti-tank missiles, drone integration and enhanced battlefield protection. The ₹60,000 crore programme is expected to become one of India’s biggest military modernisation projects, with an initial requirement of nearly 1,750 tracked vehicles that could eventually expand beyond 3,500 platforms including wheeled variants and reserves. Designed for deserts, plains, rivers and mountainous terrain, the vehicles are aimed at addressing the challenges of modern warfare dominated by drones, electronic warfare, precision strikes and loitering munitions. Defence companies including Tata Advanced Systems, Bharat Forge, L&T, Mahindra Defence and AVNL are competing in the programme as part of India’s broader “Make in India” defence push.

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