Indian Air Force Creates a new Weapons Systems Branch

New Delhi, October 8. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved a proposal by Indian Air Force to create a new Weapon Systems (WS) Branch to enhance its war fighting capability.

The Branch will entail unification of all weapon systems and their requirements, acquisitions and operational deployment from under one entity. According to an MoD statement issued on IAF’s 90^th Anniversary on 8^th October, 2022, the WS Branch would look after “the operational employment of all ground-based and specialist airborne weapon systems.”

The statement said the Branch would “encompass operators in four specialised streams of Surface-to-Surface missiles, Surface-to-Air missiles, Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Weapon System Operators in twin/multi-crew aircraft. The branch will contribute immensely by enhancing the war fighting capability of the Indian Air Force.”