Sarvam and HQ IDS establish joint framework for AI adoption across the Army, Navy and Air Force

Sarvam has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS), Ministry of Defence, creating an umbrella framework for AI projects across the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force and joint, tri-service and integrated organisations under HQ IDS. Under the MoU, Sarvam will design, develop and deploy AI applications for operational, training and decision-support needs of the three Services, with shared foundation models, agentic infrastructure and geospatial and perception systems, and human oversight retained on operational decisions. The work will be carried out by Sarvam's firewalled division Chanakya, applying its AI stack including foundation models such as Sarvam 105B, built in India and deployed on sovereign infrastructure.