New Delhi, March 19 -- Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, said that the Indian Navy needs to ensure that it is ready to take on all the known challenges and expressed preparedness for whatever is yet to come. He said that the Indian Navy is moving on all domains to be future-ready.

In his remarks during the discussion on Deepwater Perils: Securing Trade during the Raisina Dialogue on Wednesday, he recalled that while growing up in the navy, all the innovations in military domains happened either through state-sponsored R&D labs or big tech corporations and added that now technology can be purchased online.

On being asked about what India is doing for being future-ready, Admiral Tripathi said, "As a navy we take pride that,...