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'2 yrs for Arihant's induction in operational roles'
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant will take another two years to be inducted in operational roles, a top military official said.
"Arihant, of course, will take about two years of trials before she is inducted in the Navy," Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said in an interview for the forthcoming issue of defence journal Indian Defence Review.
Verma said the Navy and the DRDO were looking into the challenges such as "proving of the new technology, getting the submarine fully operational, developing doctrines and procedures" for the induction of Arihant.
"We are actively working on all these issues, and more, to ensure that we have a credible deterrent in the form of Arihant and follow-on submarines," he said.
Verma said that India will learn a lot by operating the Arihant as it will "provide valuable inputs" for the indigenous nuclear submarine programme.
'2 yrs for Arihant's induction in operational roles'
New Delhi, Feb 7 (PTI) The indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant will take another two years to be inducted in operational roles, a top military official said.
"Arihant, of course, will take about two years of trials before she is inducted in the Navy," Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said in an interview for the forthcoming issue of defence journal Indian Defence Review.
Verma said the Navy and the DRDO were looking into the challenges such as "proving of the new technology, getting the submarine fully operational, developing doctrines and procedures" for the induction of Arihant.
"We are actively working on all these issues, and more, to ensure that we have a credible deterrent in the form of Arihant and follow-on submarines," he said.
Verma said that India will learn a lot by operating the Arihant as it will "provide valuable inputs" for the indigenous nuclear submarine programme.
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Agni-III successfully test fired, ready for induction- ET Cetera-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
NEW DELHI/BHADRAK: India on Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenous nuclear-capable Agni-III missile with a range of over 3,000-km and
which can hit targets deep in China, paving the way for its induction in the armed forces.
The successful test-firing of the Agni-III consolidates India's position among a select group of nations that have intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) capability.
The Sunday test was its fourth and last pre-induction trial. "Now the missile system will be inducted in the armed forces," an official said in the national capital.
The missile, which is capable of carrying warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes, was tested from the Inner Wheeler Island at Dhamra, a launch site in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from Orissa capital Bhubaneswar, at 10.50 a.m. Two ships located near the target tracked and witnessed the missile reaching the target accurately.
This is the fourth test of the country's most powerful missile which has the capability to hit deep inside China, bringing cities like Shanghai and Beijing within its potent reach.
The missile has a two-stage solid propellant system. During the course of flight, the missile reached a peak height of 350 km and re-entered the atmosphere successfully, tolerating surface temperatures that reached nearly 3,000 degree Celsius.
"The test was highly successful. It met all the mission objectives. All the events took place as expected," S.P. Dash, director of the Integrated Test Range (ITR), told IANS from the site after the test.
"The launch is part of the pre-induction trials. The Indian Army (the user) has carried out the total launch operations guided by the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) scientists," an official said.
The first test, from the same defence base on July 9, 2006, was unsuccessful. The second stage of the rocket had failed to separate from the missile quickly enough and the missile had fallen short of its target.
The DRDO-developed missile was tested again on April 12, 2007 and May 9, 2008, and both the tests were successful.
Agni-III, one of the Agni series missiles, has a length of 17 metres, a diameter of 2 metres and a launch weight of 50 tonnes.
While Agni-I is a 750-800 km short-range missile, Agni-II has a range of more than 1,500 km. Both have already been inducted into the armed forces.
Defence Minister A.K. Antony termed the test of Agni-III as a remarkable achievement and congratulated DRDO chief V.K. Saraswat and other scientists for making it a success.
More than a hundred defence scientists witnessed the Sunday test. They included Saraswat and Avinash Chandra, director of the Agni-III programme.
NEW DELHI/BHADRAK: India on Sunday successfully test-fired its indigenous nuclear-capable Agni-III missile with a range of over 3,000-km and
which can hit targets deep in China, paving the way for its induction in the armed forces.
The successful test-firing of the Agni-III consolidates India's position among a select group of nations that have intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) capability.
The Sunday test was its fourth and last pre-induction trial. "Now the missile system will be inducted in the armed forces," an official said in the national capital.
The missile, which is capable of carrying warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes, was tested from the Inner Wheeler Island at Dhamra, a launch site in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from Orissa capital Bhubaneswar, at 10.50 a.m. Two ships located near the target tracked and witnessed the missile reaching the target accurately.
This is the fourth test of the country's most powerful missile which has the capability to hit deep inside China, bringing cities like Shanghai and Beijing within its potent reach.
The missile has a two-stage solid propellant system. During the course of flight, the missile reached a peak height of 350 km and re-entered the atmosphere successfully, tolerating surface temperatures that reached nearly 3,000 degree Celsius.
"The test was highly successful. It met all the mission objectives. All the events took place as expected," S.P. Dash, director of the Integrated Test Range (ITR), told IANS from the site after the test.
"The launch is part of the pre-induction trials. The Indian Army (the user) has carried out the total launch operations guided by the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) scientists," an official said.
The first test, from the same defence base on July 9, 2006, was unsuccessful. The second stage of the rocket had failed to separate from the missile quickly enough and the missile had fallen short of its target.
The DRDO-developed missile was tested again on April 12, 2007 and May 9, 2008, and both the tests were successful.
Agni-III, one of the Agni series missiles, has a length of 17 metres, a diameter of 2 metres and a launch weight of 50 tonnes.
While Agni-I is a 750-800 km short-range missile, Agni-II has a range of more than 1,500 km. Both have already been inducted into the armed forces.
Defence Minister A.K. Antony termed the test of Agni-III as a remarkable achievement and congratulated DRDO chief V.K. Saraswat and other scientists for making it a success.
More than a hundred defence scientists witnessed the Sunday test. They included Saraswat and Avinash Chandra, director of the Agni-III programme.
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The Hindu : Front Page : DRDO raises the bar, sets its sights on 5,000-km Agni-V
CHENNAI: With three consecutively successful flights of Agni-III, the missile technologists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have raised the bar: they will now busy themselves with realising Agni-V which will have a range of 5,000 km.
The success of the Agni-III flight on Sunday, according to them, sent out several signals: it has become a proven missile; the decks have been cleared for its induction with nuclear warheads, into the Army; it established the maturity of India’s nuclear deterrence programme and its second-strike capability.
It was the Army which conducted the successful flight. With this, the induction process of the missile has commenced. “This launch is a stepping stone to the DRDO realising its next intermediate range ballistic missile, Agni-V,” V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, said.
Dr. Saraswat, who is also Director-General of the DRDO, said the flight proved that the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which aimed at denying missile technologies to India, “has not affected our programme.”
“The development of the Agni-III took place independent of the MTCR. About 80 to 85 per cent of the components were indigenous. The indigenisation has gone to such a level where we are independent of any embargo,” Dr. Saraswat said.
W. Selvamurthy, Chief Controller (Life Sciences and Human Resources), DRDO, described the flight as “a milestone in strengthening our defence and developing our second-strike capability.”
Dr. Selvamurthy said that since India was wedded to the doctrine of “no-first-use” of its nuclear weapons, it needed to have a robust second-strike capability. If any country were to use nuclear weapons against India, the country should be able to retaliate in kind. “India should be able to deploy them [Agni-III missiles] in places where they cannot be detected,” he said.
Both the stages of Agni-III are powered by solid propellants. It is 17 metres long, has a diameter of two metres and a launch weight of 50 tonnes. It can carry payloads weighing 1.5 tonnes.
The missile was equipped with a sophisticated computer system, navigated with an advanced navigation system and guided with an innovated guidance scheme. Several radars and electro-optical tracking systems, along the coast of Orissa, monitored its path and evaluated its parameters in real-time. Two ships tracked and witnessed the missile reaching its target.
Avinash Chander, Mission Director, called the flight “a thrilling experience,” with all the mission objectives met. “It was a copy-book flight with all the events listed in the flight being executed accurately,” he said.
The missile was tested for its full range and its integrated strategic command network was fully proved, said Mr. Chander, who is also Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad. The ASL designs and develops the Agni variants.
According to A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace, the success brought big credit to the DRDO.
Lt. Gen. B.S. Nagal, chief of Strategic Forces Command, witnessed the flight from the Wheeler Island.
V.G. Sekaran, Agni-III Project Director, coordinated the entire integration and launch activities.
While the first flight of Agni-III on July 9, 2006 failed, its second and third flights on April 12, 2007 and May 7, 2008 were successful.
CHENNAI: With three consecutively successful flights of Agni-III, the missile technologists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have raised the bar: they will now busy themselves with realising Agni-V which will have a range of 5,000 km.
The success of the Agni-III flight on Sunday, according to them, sent out several signals: it has become a proven missile; the decks have been cleared for its induction with nuclear warheads, into the Army; it established the maturity of India’s nuclear deterrence programme and its second-strike capability.
It was the Army which conducted the successful flight. With this, the induction process of the missile has commenced. “This launch is a stepping stone to the DRDO realising its next intermediate range ballistic missile, Agni-V,” V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, said.
Dr. Saraswat, who is also Director-General of the DRDO, said the flight proved that the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which aimed at denying missile technologies to India, “has not affected our programme.”
“The development of the Agni-III took place independent of the MTCR. About 80 to 85 per cent of the components were indigenous. The indigenisation has gone to such a level where we are independent of any embargo,” Dr. Saraswat said.
W. Selvamurthy, Chief Controller (Life Sciences and Human Resources), DRDO, described the flight as “a milestone in strengthening our defence and developing our second-strike capability.”
Dr. Selvamurthy said that since India was wedded to the doctrine of “no-first-use” of its nuclear weapons, it needed to have a robust second-strike capability. If any country were to use nuclear weapons against India, the country should be able to retaliate in kind. “India should be able to deploy them [Agni-III missiles] in places where they cannot be detected,” he said.
Both the stages of Agni-III are powered by solid propellants. It is 17 metres long, has a diameter of two metres and a launch weight of 50 tonnes. It can carry payloads weighing 1.5 tonnes.
The missile was equipped with a sophisticated computer system, navigated with an advanced navigation system and guided with an innovated guidance scheme. Several radars and electro-optical tracking systems, along the coast of Orissa, monitored its path and evaluated its parameters in real-time. Two ships tracked and witnessed the missile reaching its target.
Avinash Chander, Mission Director, called the flight “a thrilling experience,” with all the mission objectives met. “It was a copy-book flight with all the events listed in the flight being executed accurately,” he said.
The missile was tested for its full range and its integrated strategic command network was fully proved, said Mr. Chander, who is also Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad. The ASL designs and develops the Agni variants.
According to A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace, the success brought big credit to the DRDO.
Lt. Gen. B.S. Nagal, chief of Strategic Forces Command, witnessed the flight from the Wheeler Island.
V.G. Sekaran, Agni-III Project Director, coordinated the entire integration and launch activities.
While the first flight of Agni-III on July 9, 2006 failed, its second and third flights on April 12, 2007 and May 7, 2008 were successful.
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India develops electronic intelligence tech for surveillance
India has developed a new generation satellite-fitted electronic intelligence system for surveillance applications to keep an eye on hostile neighbours, key defence officials said today.
The system has been developed by Hyderabad-based Defence Electronics and Research Laboratory (DLRL) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation, sources told PTI.
A DRDO source termed a satellite fitted with this system as a "spy satellite". The electronic intelligence system on board a satellite takes images of "resources" of hostile countries as it passes over them from the space, they said.
According to sources, select countries such as the US, France and China are already using such type of system. India also has now designed, integrated and tested such a system.
DRDO is already in discussion with Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation in this regard, and the payload to be flown in one of the low earth observation satellites is expected to be ready by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Director of Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) U K Revankar said the DRDO lab has developed new electronic warfare system for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and it would be tested shortly.
Defence scientists are also working on technologies to intercept and jam network of satellite phones. "That project is going on. Within a year, it will be ready," an official said.
India has also developed a "penetration aid" that allows its aircraft to penetrate into enemy territory "without being identified by any of the radars," sources said.
As part of counter-measures against hostile missiles, a consortium comprising of Bharat Electronics Limited, DLRL, DARE and Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has been formed to develop systems to divert missiles from various platforms.
"There are a large number of helicopters which require radar warning receivers and also missile approach warning system for helicopters," a defence official said.
India has developed a new generation satellite-fitted electronic intelligence system for surveillance applications to keep an eye on hostile neighbours, key defence officials said today.
The system has been developed by Hyderabad-based Defence Electronics and Research Laboratory (DLRL) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation, sources told PTI.
A DRDO source termed a satellite fitted with this system as a "spy satellite". The electronic intelligence system on board a satellite takes images of "resources" of hostile countries as it passes over them from the space, they said.
According to sources, select countries such as the US, France and China are already using such type of system. India also has now designed, integrated and tested such a system.
DRDO is already in discussion with Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation in this regard, and the payload to be flown in one of the low earth observation satellites is expected to be ready by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Director of Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) U K Revankar said the DRDO lab has developed new electronic warfare system for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and it would be tested shortly.
Defence scientists are also working on technologies to intercept and jam network of satellite phones. "That project is going on. Within a year, it will be ready," an official said.
India has also developed a "penetration aid" that allows its aircraft to penetrate into enemy territory "without being identified by any of the radars," sources said.
As part of counter-measures against hostile missiles, a consortium comprising of Bharat Electronics Limited, DLRL, DARE and Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has been formed to develop systems to divert missiles from various platforms.
"There are a large number of helicopters which require radar warning receivers and also missile approach warning system for helicopters," a defence official said.
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Solar energy can be used to combat climate change: Experts
NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh), Feb.9 : Solar energy can be used to combat climate change, scientists from India and Australia said during an Indo-Australian Solar Energy Workshop held here on Tuesday.
This view was expressed at the Amity Institute of Renewable and Alternative Energy-sponsored two-day workshop, which is being attended by speakers and delegates from IITs located in Chennai, Kanpur, Guwahati and Mumbai.
Dr. Lachan Strahan, Deputy High Commissioner, Australia inaugurated the workshop.
Dr. C.K. Prahlada, Chief Controller, DRDO; A K Sood Advisor, International Program , DST, Ministry of Science and Technology; Dr. Igor Skryabin, Australian National University; Dr. Ashok K Chauhan- Founder President, Amity Universe and Ajay Chauhan- Trustee, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation were among the others present at the inauguration.
Dr. Chauhan promised that the projects developed out of the discussions and deliberations during the workshop would be commercially utilized. He also announced the launch of the Amity Indo-Australian Commerce Science and Technology Foundation, which will work in the areas of commerce, science and technology.
Thanking Amity University for agreeing to host the workshop, Dr.Strahan said: "The kind of work you scientists have been doing goes very much to the heart of this fundamental challenge before us. I agree that IT has opened up wonderful new ways of communication but there is no substitute for coming together and meeting each other face to face."
"The challenges confronted by all the nations are same. Its been two months that Copenhagen Conference took place where the world community grappled with the challenge of climate change. We all acknowledge that it was a difficult conference and agreement to so many issues was not reached," he added.
"We must find ways of developing cleaner sources of energy. Solar energy must be a part of that solution; I know that there are fairly difficult challenges in converting solar energys enormous potential into an energy source which can make contribution to our societies. What we need to do is to find ways to make solar energy more efficient and less costly," Dr. Strahan said.
He said that both India and Australia have recognized the fundamental importance of solar energy.
"India has its own solar energy mission; it has sets its ambitious targets for solar power generation. Australian Government has set its own renewable energy targets i.e. 20 percent by 2020. This conference will strengthen the expanding relationship between India and Australia, he said.
Dr. Prahlada said: such workshops need to have global perspective in the background but at the same time there should be local consideration and local concern. Solar energy is the mother of energy .Solar power should be cost effective and affordable for common man."
"The need of the hour is low cost, low weight solar batteries made of plastic or polymer. DRDO is encouraging institutes and students to carry on research in this area and in next ten years lot of opportunities exist for this in the solar energy sector, he added.
Dr.Igor Skryabin, a scientist and Australian coordinator of the workshop, said: The workshop endeavors to identify the collaborations in the area of research between the two countries. Australia has a long history of solar research and other related technologies. What we want to do is come up here and talk, discuss and make you aware of the technologies that we have and understand the technologies that you are working on as well."
Numerous speakers from the industry and academics would present their views during the two day workshop that concludes on Wednesday.
NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh), Feb.9 : Solar energy can be used to combat climate change, scientists from India and Australia said during an Indo-Australian Solar Energy Workshop held here on Tuesday.
This view was expressed at the Amity Institute of Renewable and Alternative Energy-sponsored two-day workshop, which is being attended by speakers and delegates from IITs located in Chennai, Kanpur, Guwahati and Mumbai.
Dr. Lachan Strahan, Deputy High Commissioner, Australia inaugurated the workshop.
Dr. C.K. Prahlada, Chief Controller, DRDO; A K Sood Advisor, International Program , DST, Ministry of Science and Technology; Dr. Igor Skryabin, Australian National University; Dr. Ashok K Chauhan- Founder President, Amity Universe and Ajay Chauhan- Trustee, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation were among the others present at the inauguration.
Dr. Chauhan promised that the projects developed out of the discussions and deliberations during the workshop would be commercially utilized. He also announced the launch of the Amity Indo-Australian Commerce Science and Technology Foundation, which will work in the areas of commerce, science and technology.
Thanking Amity University for agreeing to host the workshop, Dr.Strahan said: "The kind of work you scientists have been doing goes very much to the heart of this fundamental challenge before us. I agree that IT has opened up wonderful new ways of communication but there is no substitute for coming together and meeting each other face to face."
"The challenges confronted by all the nations are same. Its been two months that Copenhagen Conference took place where the world community grappled with the challenge of climate change. We all acknowledge that it was a difficult conference and agreement to so many issues was not reached," he added.
"We must find ways of developing cleaner sources of energy. Solar energy must be a part of that solution; I know that there are fairly difficult challenges in converting solar energys enormous potential into an energy source which can make contribution to our societies. What we need to do is to find ways to make solar energy more efficient and less costly," Dr. Strahan said.
He said that both India and Australia have recognized the fundamental importance of solar energy.
"India has its own solar energy mission; it has sets its ambitious targets for solar power generation. Australian Government has set its own renewable energy targets i.e. 20 percent by 2020. This conference will strengthen the expanding relationship between India and Australia, he said.
Dr. Prahlada said: such workshops need to have global perspective in the background but at the same time there should be local consideration and local concern. Solar energy is the mother of energy .Solar power should be cost effective and affordable for common man."
"The need of the hour is low cost, low weight solar batteries made of plastic or polymer. DRDO is encouraging institutes and students to carry on research in this area and in next ten years lot of opportunities exist for this in the solar energy sector, he added.
Dr.Igor Skryabin, a scientist and Australian coordinator of the workshop, said: The workshop endeavors to identify the collaborations in the area of research between the two countries. Australia has a long history of solar research and other related technologies. What we want to do is come up here and talk, discuss and make you aware of the technologies that we have and understand the technologies that you are working on as well."
Numerous speakers from the industry and academics would present their views during the two day workshop that concludes on Wednesday.
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After Agni success, other versions to be tested
BALASORE: Buoyed by the successful trial of country’s longest range and most powerful Agni-III missile, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is planning user trials of two other versions of Agni series of missiles.
Developmental trials of an interceptor missile and submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 have also been listed.
Sources at the defence base in Chandipur on Monday said, the interceptor missile is scheduled to be fired from the Wheelers Island test facilities on either February 18 or 19. While the K-15 missile will be tested from a pontoon off the Andhra Pradesh coast during the second week of March, Agni-I and Agni- II will be tested in April and May respectively.
‘’The successful trial of Agni-III missile validating the guidance system has propelled the DRDO scientists to go for a series of tests in the next three months. Last year the DRDO had drawn flak for the fiasco over the consecutive failures of Agni-II missile’s user trial,’’ said the source.
As part of preparing the ballistic missile defence (BMD) shield, the interceptor missile aims to protect the populated areas and vital installations like nuclear power stations and oil wells.
The missile shield has highly sensitive radars to track incoming hostile missiles.
The test will mark the completion of the first phase of the programme and it will secure operational clearance by 2012-13, said a defence official. The interceptor test will be followed by the test-firing of nuke-capable K-15 missile off Visakhapatnam coast. Defence sources said, although designed to be solely launched from a submarine, the missile will be test-fired from a pontoon.
Later, the user trial of 2,000 km plus range Agni-II missile will be conducted by the Army. The Agni-II has a length of 21 metres, a diameter of 1.3 metres and weighs 19 tonnes.
Having South China as the main target, the missile is designed to carry a one-tonne weapon. ‘’Scientists are working overtime to fix the problem within the A-II system and hope it will be soon sorted out,’’ said a scientist. The test will be preceded by a user trial of Agni- I missile which has a strike range of 700-900 km.
BALASORE: Buoyed by the successful trial of country’s longest range and most powerful Agni-III missile, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is planning user trials of two other versions of Agni series of missiles.
Developmental trials of an interceptor missile and submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 have also been listed.
Sources at the defence base in Chandipur on Monday said, the interceptor missile is scheduled to be fired from the Wheelers Island test facilities on either February 18 or 19. While the K-15 missile will be tested from a pontoon off the Andhra Pradesh coast during the second week of March, Agni-I and Agni- II will be tested in April and May respectively.
‘’The successful trial of Agni-III missile validating the guidance system has propelled the DRDO scientists to go for a series of tests in the next three months. Last year the DRDO had drawn flak for the fiasco over the consecutive failures of Agni-II missile’s user trial,’’ said the source.
As part of preparing the ballistic missile defence (BMD) shield, the interceptor missile aims to protect the populated areas and vital installations like nuclear power stations and oil wells.
The missile shield has highly sensitive radars to track incoming hostile missiles.
The test will mark the completion of the first phase of the programme and it will secure operational clearance by 2012-13, said a defence official. The interceptor test will be followed by the test-firing of nuke-capable K-15 missile off Visakhapatnam coast. Defence sources said, although designed to be solely launched from a submarine, the missile will be test-fired from a pontoon.
Later, the user trial of 2,000 km plus range Agni-II missile will be conducted by the Army. The Agni-II has a length of 21 metres, a diameter of 1.3 metres and weighs 19 tonnes.
Having South China as the main target, the missile is designed to carry a one-tonne weapon. ‘’Scientists are working overtime to fix the problem within the A-II system and hope it will be soon sorted out,’’ said a scientist. The test will be preceded by a user trial of Agni- I missile which has a strike range of 700-900 km.
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The Hindu : Sci-Tech : India to build intelligent satellite for surveillance
India is set to develop a dedicated network-centric communication intelligence satellite for detecting conversations and espionage activities in the region, a top defence scientist said on Tuesday.
“We are in the process of designing and developing a spacecraft fitted with an intelligent sensor that will pick up conversations and communications across the borders,” Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) director G. Bhoopathy told reporters here.
The Rs.100 crore satellite will be developed in partnership with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and launched in the lower earth orbit — about 500 km above the earth — on board the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north-east of Chennai.
“The satellite fitted with the electronic sensor will be more powerful than the remote sensing satellites (IRSA) of ISRO. The spacecraft should be ready for launch by 2014,” Mr. Bhoopathy said on the margins of a preview on the first international conference on electronic warfare (EWCI 2010).
The Hyderabad-based DLRL, which functions under the aegis of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), is also developing a border network-centric electronic warfare sensor for surveillance on the Indian borders in the mountain range and desert areas.
“The electronic warfare (EW) sensor will be located on the mountain range facing Pakistan, China, Nepal and the northeast to detect troop or vehicular movement across the borders. Some of the sensors can also be deployed in the plains or desert for monitoring the ground situation in border areas,” Mr. Bhoopathy said.
Code-named “Divya Drushti” (foresight), the radars will be installed on the mountain tops from December this year onwards.
The Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) in Bangalore and DLRL are engaged in the design and development of EW systems indigenously and state-run defence behemoth Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) will manufacture the radars and the support systems in collaboration with the private sector.
DARE and BEL have rolled out Tarang radar warning receiver systems and its variants for fighter jets and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
BEL has orders from the Indian Armed forces to supply EW system to the value of Rs. 710 crore in this fiscal and Rs. 900 crore in fiscal 2010-11.
Over the years, BEL supplied EW systems to the three armed services to the value of Rs.3,500 crore till fiscal 2008-09.
India is set to develop a dedicated network-centric communication intelligence satellite for detecting conversations and espionage activities in the region, a top defence scientist said on Tuesday.
“We are in the process of designing and developing a spacecraft fitted with an intelligent sensor that will pick up conversations and communications across the borders,” Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) director G. Bhoopathy told reporters here.
The Rs.100 crore satellite will be developed in partnership with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and launched in the lower earth orbit — about 500 km above the earth — on board the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north-east of Chennai.
“The satellite fitted with the electronic sensor will be more powerful than the remote sensing satellites (IRSA) of ISRO. The spacecraft should be ready for launch by 2014,” Mr. Bhoopathy said on the margins of a preview on the first international conference on electronic warfare (EWCI 2010).
The Hyderabad-based DLRL, which functions under the aegis of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), is also developing a border network-centric electronic warfare sensor for surveillance on the Indian borders in the mountain range and desert areas.
“The electronic warfare (EW) sensor will be located on the mountain range facing Pakistan, China, Nepal and the northeast to detect troop or vehicular movement across the borders. Some of the sensors can also be deployed in the plains or desert for monitoring the ground situation in border areas,” Mr. Bhoopathy said.
Code-named “Divya Drushti” (foresight), the radars will be installed on the mountain tops from December this year onwards.
The Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) in Bangalore and DLRL are engaged in the design and development of EW systems indigenously and state-run defence behemoth Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) will manufacture the radars and the support systems in collaboration with the private sector.
DARE and BEL have rolled out Tarang radar warning receiver systems and its variants for fighter jets and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
BEL has orders from the Indian Armed forces to supply EW system to the value of Rs. 710 crore in this fiscal and Rs. 900 crore in fiscal 2010-11.
Over the years, BEL supplied EW systems to the three armed services to the value of Rs.3,500 crore till fiscal 2008-09.
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'India capable of making any type of futuristic missile' :: Brahmand.com
‘Technology is a non-linear tool’ as its benefits to society have a manifold impact and not directly proportional to its utility. This is all the more reason our scientists and faculty need to pursue a vision, not get bogged down by small things, asserts Defence Research and Development Organisation’s Chief Controller (Research and Development) and CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, with an uncommon touch of realism...
Excerpts from an exclusive interview with Dr. AS Pillai published in the Deccan Herald (DH).
DH: As one part of the IGMDP from its early days, where has India’s missile programme reached now?
Dr. AS Pillai: You see, missile systems like Prithvi, Agni, all indigenously developed by DRDO, have already gone into production. They are also strategic systems. Newer variations like Agni-1 to Agni-4 have also come, besides variations in Prithvi (short-range ballistic missile) too. Akash (the medium range surface-to-air missile) has also gone in for production. Naag (third generation anti-tank missile) has completed development trials and will go for user trials this year. All these technologies have been developed with indigenous capability. So much so, today we are strong in any type of missile because of the IGMDP and we can also develop any type of missile in the future. We have developed the technology and (manufacturing) capability for them in the country. I would say it is a leap in our (national) security and defence production.
DH: What about ‘BrahMos’ for which your contribution is particularly hailed?
Dr. AS Pillai: The new project ‘BrahMos’, under the Indian-Russian joint venture, BrahMos Aerospace which I head, uses the guidance technology with some improvements from the IGMDP missile-systems. After successful trials, BRAHMOS has been inducted into the Indian Army and Navy. Our Army is the only army in the world now to have such a supersonic cruise missile for land attacks, with three times the speed of sound (3 Mach No), has a range of 300 km and is the fastest missile today in the world. Advanced versions of the BRAHMOS are also being developed.
DH: Has your efforts to network DRDO with other R&D labs, academic institutions and industry led to any new technological development?
Dr. AS Pillai: We have set up Centre of Excellence in several institutions including some universities and along with it development of people has come that is very critical. The technologies developed by them have been useful in various programmes. For example, the ‘acoustic sensors’ we developed through the universities and which we call ‘Sanjeevani’ for detecting lives under debris, was used during the Gujarat earthquake. We were able to save many precious human lives with it. Again at the Bharathiyar University in Coimbatore, Defence Minister A K Antony inaugurated a new joint Centre of Excellence, under the consortium approach, just a few days ago. They have an excellent group in physics who have developed ‘thin film’ technology, while another group in Bharathiyar University is very good in physiological and life science aspects. Based on their expertise, DRDO has teamed up with that university to set up that Centre of Excellence. They will do the basic research for realisable products later. For instance, one such product coming out could be ‘bio-sensors’ to make all life-support systems at high altitudes for our soldiers in future.
DH: Any purely civilian spin-offs from our integrated missile programme?
Dr. AS Pillai: Of course, there have been many such civilian spin-offs. One major breakthrough societal product has been the cost-effective light weight calipers for polio-afflicted children of our country. Earlier the calipers were very heavy, weighing 3 kg for polio patients. But with use of some high-strength composite materials developed under the IGMDP, the team led by me at DRDO reduced the weight of those calipers to just 300 grams. These new light-weight calipers at half their original price have been given to about 30,000 polio-hit kids already across the country.
DH: How do you think labs under our university system can be re-energised towards basic science research, the clamour of Nobel laureates?
Dr. AS Pillai: We need to give a proper working environment for our young scientists and researchers. Universities need to find those areas which are unexplored and professors should encourage their young students to explore them. You put our Youth in such areas and they will come up with the solutions. Today there are several mission-mode projects not only under DRDO, but also under ISRO, environment-friendly ‘solar power mission’ and so on, which universities can get into. Funds are not the constraint for research. But that is a culture we will have to develop.
‘Technology is a non-linear tool’ as its benefits to society have a manifold impact and not directly proportional to its utility. This is all the more reason our scientists and faculty need to pursue a vision, not get bogged down by small things, asserts Defence Research and Development Organisation’s Chief Controller (Research and Development) and CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, with an uncommon touch of realism...
Excerpts from an exclusive interview with Dr. AS Pillai published in the Deccan Herald (DH).
DH: As one part of the IGMDP from its early days, where has India’s missile programme reached now?
Dr. AS Pillai: You see, missile systems like Prithvi, Agni, all indigenously developed by DRDO, have already gone into production. They are also strategic systems. Newer variations like Agni-1 to Agni-4 have also come, besides variations in Prithvi (short-range ballistic missile) too. Akash (the medium range surface-to-air missile) has also gone in for production. Naag (third generation anti-tank missile) has completed development trials and will go for user trials this year. All these technologies have been developed with indigenous capability. So much so, today we are strong in any type of missile because of the IGMDP and we can also develop any type of missile in the future. We have developed the technology and (manufacturing) capability for them in the country. I would say it is a leap in our (national) security and defence production.
DH: What about ‘BrahMos’ for which your contribution is particularly hailed?
Dr. AS Pillai: The new project ‘BrahMos’, under the Indian-Russian joint venture, BrahMos Aerospace which I head, uses the guidance technology with some improvements from the IGMDP missile-systems. After successful trials, BRAHMOS has been inducted into the Indian Army and Navy. Our Army is the only army in the world now to have such a supersonic cruise missile for land attacks, with three times the speed of sound (3 Mach No), has a range of 300 km and is the fastest missile today in the world. Advanced versions of the BRAHMOS are also being developed.
DH: Has your efforts to network DRDO with other R&D labs, academic institutions and industry led to any new technological development?
Dr. AS Pillai: We have set up Centre of Excellence in several institutions including some universities and along with it development of people has come that is very critical. The technologies developed by them have been useful in various programmes. For example, the ‘acoustic sensors’ we developed through the universities and which we call ‘Sanjeevani’ for detecting lives under debris, was used during the Gujarat earthquake. We were able to save many precious human lives with it. Again at the Bharathiyar University in Coimbatore, Defence Minister A K Antony inaugurated a new joint Centre of Excellence, under the consortium approach, just a few days ago. They have an excellent group in physics who have developed ‘thin film’ technology, while another group in Bharathiyar University is very good in physiological and life science aspects. Based on their expertise, DRDO has teamed up with that university to set up that Centre of Excellence. They will do the basic research for realisable products later. For instance, one such product coming out could be ‘bio-sensors’ to make all life-support systems at high altitudes for our soldiers in future.
DH: Any purely civilian spin-offs from our integrated missile programme?
Dr. AS Pillai: Of course, there have been many such civilian spin-offs. One major breakthrough societal product has been the cost-effective light weight calipers for polio-afflicted children of our country. Earlier the calipers were very heavy, weighing 3 kg for polio patients. But with use of some high-strength composite materials developed under the IGMDP, the team led by me at DRDO reduced the weight of those calipers to just 300 grams. These new light-weight calipers at half their original price have been given to about 30,000 polio-hit kids already across the country.
DH: How do you think labs under our university system can be re-energised towards basic science research, the clamour of Nobel laureates?
Dr. AS Pillai: We need to give a proper working environment for our young scientists and researchers. Universities need to find those areas which are unexplored and professors should encourage their young students to explore them. You put our Youth in such areas and they will come up with the solutions. Today there are several mission-mode projects not only under DRDO, but also under ISRO, environment-friendly ‘solar power mission’ and so on, which universities can get into. Funds are not the constraint for research. But that is a culture we will have to develop.
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'India capable of making any type of futuristic missile'
Technology is a non-linear tool as its benefits to society have a manifold impact and not directly proportional to its utility. This is all the more reason our scientists and faculty need to pursue a vision, not get bogged down by small things, asserts Defence Research and Development Organisations Chief Controller (Research and Development) and CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, with an uncommon touch of realism...
Excerpts from an exclusive interview with Dr. AS Pillai published in the Deccan Herald (DH).
DH: As one part of the IGMDP from its early days, where has Indias missile programme reached now?
Dr. AS Pillai: You see, missile systems like Prithvi, Agni, all indigenously developed by DRDO, have already gone into production. They are also strategic systems. Newer variations like Agni-1 to Agni-4 have also come, besides variations in Prithvi (short-range ballistic missile) too. Akash (the medium range surface-to-air missile) has also gone in for production. Naag (third generation anti-tank missile) has completed development trials and will go for user trials this year. All these technologies have been developed with indigenous capability. So much so, today we are strong in any type of missile because of the IGMDP and we can also develop any type of missile in the future. We have developed the technology and (manufacturing) capability for them in the country. I would say it is a leap in our (national) security and defence production.
DH: What about BrahMos for which your contribution is particularly hailed?
Dr. AS Pillai: The new project BrahMos, under the Indian-Russian joint venture, BrahMos Aerospace which I head, uses the guidance technology with some improvements from the IGMDP missile-systems. After successful trials, BRAHMOS has been inducted into the Indian Army and Navy. Our Army is the only army in the world now to have such a supersonic cruise missile for land attacks, with three times the speed of sound (3 Mach No), has a range of 300 km and is the fastest missile today in the world. Advanced versions of the BRAHMOS are also being developed.
DH: Has your efforts to network DRDO with other R&D labs, academic institutions and industry led to any new technological development?
Dr. AS Pillai: We have set up Centre of Excellence in several institutions including some universities and along with it development of people has come that is very critical. The technologies developed by them have been useful in various programmes. For example, the acoustic sensors we developed through the universities and which we call Sanjeevani for detecting lives under debris, was used during the Gujarat earthquake. We were able to save many precious human lives with it. Again at the Bharathiyar University in Coimbatore, Defence Minister A K Antony inaugurated a new joint Centre of Excellence, under the consortium approach, just a few days ago. They have an excellent group in physics who have developed thin film technology, while another group in Bharathiyar University is very good in physiological and life science aspects. Based on their expertise, DRDO has teamed up with that university to set up that Centre of Excellence. They will do the basic research for realisable products later. For instance, one such product coming out could be bio-sensors to make all life-support systems at high altitudes for our soldiers in future.
DH: Any purely civilian spin-offs from our integrated missile programme?
Dr. AS Pillai: Of course, there have been many such civilian spin-offs. One major breakthrough societal product has been the cost-effective light weight calipers for polio-afflicted children of our country. Earlier the calipers were very heavy, weighing 3 kg for polio patients. But with use of some high-strength composite materials developed under the IGMDP, the team led by me at DRDO reduced the weight of those calipers to just 300 grams. These new light-weight calipers at half their original price have been given to about 30,000 polio-hit kids already across the country.
DH: How do you think labs under our university system can be re-energised towards basic science research, the clamour of Nobel laureates?
Dr. AS Pillai: We need to give a proper working environment for our young scientists and researchers. Universities need to find those areas which are unexplored and professors should encourage their young students to explore them. You put our Youth in such areas and they will come up with the solutions. Today there are several mission-mode projects not only under DRDO, but also under ISRO, environment-friendly solar power mission and so on, which universities can get into. Funds are not the constraint for research. But that is a culture we will have to develop.
'India capable of making any type of futuristic missile' :: Brahmand.com
Technology is a non-linear tool as its benefits to society have a manifold impact and not directly proportional to its utility. This is all the more reason our scientists and faculty need to pursue a vision, not get bogged down by small things, asserts Defence Research and Development Organisations Chief Controller (Research and Development) and CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, with an uncommon touch of realism...
Excerpts from an exclusive interview with Dr. AS Pillai published in the Deccan Herald (DH).
DH: As one part of the IGMDP from its early days, where has Indias missile programme reached now?
Dr. AS Pillai: You see, missile systems like Prithvi, Agni, all indigenously developed by DRDO, have already gone into production. They are also strategic systems. Newer variations like Agni-1 to Agni-4 have also come, besides variations in Prithvi (short-range ballistic missile) too. Akash (the medium range surface-to-air missile) has also gone in for production. Naag (third generation anti-tank missile) has completed development trials and will go for user trials this year. All these technologies have been developed with indigenous capability. So much so, today we are strong in any type of missile because of the IGMDP and we can also develop any type of missile in the future. We have developed the technology and (manufacturing) capability for them in the country. I would say it is a leap in our (national) security and defence production.
DH: What about BrahMos for which your contribution is particularly hailed?
Dr. AS Pillai: The new project BrahMos, under the Indian-Russian joint venture, BrahMos Aerospace which I head, uses the guidance technology with some improvements from the IGMDP missile-systems. After successful trials, BRAHMOS has been inducted into the Indian Army and Navy. Our Army is the only army in the world now to have such a supersonic cruise missile for land attacks, with three times the speed of sound (3 Mach No), has a range of 300 km and is the fastest missile today in the world. Advanced versions of the BRAHMOS are also being developed.
DH: Has your efforts to network DRDO with other R&D labs, academic institutions and industry led to any new technological development?
Dr. AS Pillai: We have set up Centre of Excellence in several institutions including some universities and along with it development of people has come that is very critical. The technologies developed by them have been useful in various programmes. For example, the acoustic sensors we developed through the universities and which we call Sanjeevani for detecting lives under debris, was used during the Gujarat earthquake. We were able to save many precious human lives with it. Again at the Bharathiyar University in Coimbatore, Defence Minister A K Antony inaugurated a new joint Centre of Excellence, under the consortium approach, just a few days ago. They have an excellent group in physics who have developed thin film technology, while another group in Bharathiyar University is very good in physiological and life science aspects. Based on their expertise, DRDO has teamed up with that university to set up that Centre of Excellence. They will do the basic research for realisable products later. For instance, one such product coming out could be bio-sensors to make all life-support systems at high altitudes for our soldiers in future.
DH: Any purely civilian spin-offs from our integrated missile programme?
Dr. AS Pillai: Of course, there have been many such civilian spin-offs. One major breakthrough societal product has been the cost-effective light weight calipers for polio-afflicted children of our country. Earlier the calipers were very heavy, weighing 3 kg for polio patients. But with use of some high-strength composite materials developed under the IGMDP, the team led by me at DRDO reduced the weight of those calipers to just 300 grams. These new light-weight calipers at half their original price have been given to about 30,000 polio-hit kids already across the country.
DH: How do you think labs under our university system can be re-energised towards basic science research, the clamour of Nobel laureates?
Dr. AS Pillai: We need to give a proper working environment for our young scientists and researchers. Universities need to find those areas which are unexplored and professors should encourage their young students to explore them. You put our Youth in such areas and they will come up with the solutions. Today there are several mission-mode projects not only under DRDO, but also under ISRO, environment-friendly solar power mission and so on, which universities can get into. Funds are not the constraint for research. But that is a culture we will have to develop.
'India capable of making any type of futuristic missile' :: Brahmand.com
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BEL expects EW biz of Rs 22,500 cr in next 8-10 yrs
State-run Bharat Electronics (BEL) expects to get business of Rs 22,500 crore for manufacture of electronic warfare (EW) systems for the Indian Armed Forces in the next eight to ten years, a senior company official said today.
In the next two years alone, the pipeline is projected to be of the order of Rs 8,000 crore for the tri service (Army, Navy and Air Force) customers, Bangalore-headquartered BEL's Director (R & D) I V Sarma said.
About Rs 4,500 crore of that sum is expected to come in the production of 'Sangraha-II EW' systems for the Navy and upgraded Samyukta EW systems for the Army, he said.
Till 2008-09, BEL has supplied EW systems of the order of Rs 3,500 crore, Sarma said.
At present, Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), Bangalore, and Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), Hyderabad, are the two DRDO laboratories engaged in the design and development of EW systems indigenously.
State-run Bharat Electronics (BEL) expects to get business of Rs 22,500 crore for manufacture of electronic warfare (EW) systems for the Indian Armed Forces in the next eight to ten years, a senior company official said today.
In the next two years alone, the pipeline is projected to be of the order of Rs 8,000 crore for the tri service (Army, Navy and Air Force) customers, Bangalore-headquartered BEL's Director (R & D) I V Sarma said.
About Rs 4,500 crore of that sum is expected to come in the production of 'Sangraha-II EW' systems for the Navy and upgraded Samyukta EW systems for the Army, he said.
Till 2008-09, BEL has supplied EW systems of the order of Rs 3,500 crore, Sarma said.
At present, Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), Bangalore, and Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), Hyderabad, are the two DRDO laboratories engaged in the design and development of EW systems indigenously.
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India's spy in the sky by 2014
India's spy in the sky by 2014 - dnaindia.com
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing the countrys first full-fledged declared spy satellite, which will be operational by 2014 to keep an eye on neighbouring regions. The satellite is expected to significantly help in maintaining a close watch on terror camps close to Indian borders.
The satellite, called Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite
(CCI-Sat), will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) within the next four years.
The CCI-Sat will be capable of picking images and supporting communication (conversation between two satellite phones, for instance), besides surveillance. The project is currently in the initial stages of planning.
G Bhoopathy, director, Defence Electronic Research Laboratory, said the satellite would orbit Earth at an altitude of 500km, and would cover hostile regions in Indias neighbourhood by passing on the surveillance data to the intelligence. The focus is now space; we have to equip ourselves for electronic warfare from space, too, he said.
The satellite will be equipped with a synthetic aperture radar to take high resolution images of the target regions. Pegged at Rs100 crore, the satellite design and development will be made by Isro while the payload will be built by DLRL.
We are in discussions with Isro at the moment, Bhoopathy said.
Unofficially, India in October 2001 has already entered the league of nations having spy satellites - USA, Russia, Japan and Russia - with the launch of the Technology Experiment Satellite (TES). In fact, TES provided the first one-metre resolution images of Afghanistans interior regions on USs request as intelligence inputs when US troops entered that country post-9/11.
Besides TES, Isros Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT)-2 can also be used for surveillance and espionage. However, CCI-Sat will be the first 100% spy satellite of India. This satellite will be much better than Risat-2, Bhoopathy said.
Isro is also planning to launch the Gsat-7 satellite to boost communication system for the Indian Navy. This would be launched later this year.
India's spy in the sky by 2014 - dnaindia.com
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing the countrys first full-fledged declared spy satellite, which will be operational by 2014 to keep an eye on neighbouring regions. The satellite is expected to significantly help in maintaining a close watch on terror camps close to Indian borders.
The satellite, called Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite
(CCI-Sat), will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) within the next four years.
The CCI-Sat will be capable of picking images and supporting communication (conversation between two satellite phones, for instance), besides surveillance. The project is currently in the initial stages of planning.
G Bhoopathy, director, Defence Electronic Research Laboratory, said the satellite would orbit Earth at an altitude of 500km, and would cover hostile regions in Indias neighbourhood by passing on the surveillance data to the intelligence. The focus is now space; we have to equip ourselves for electronic warfare from space, too, he said.
The satellite will be equipped with a synthetic aperture radar to take high resolution images of the target regions. Pegged at Rs100 crore, the satellite design and development will be made by Isro while the payload will be built by DLRL.
We are in discussions with Isro at the moment, Bhoopathy said.
Unofficially, India in October 2001 has already entered the league of nations having spy satellites - USA, Russia, Japan and Russia - with the launch of the Technology Experiment Satellite (TES). In fact, TES provided the first one-metre resolution images of Afghanistans interior regions on USs request as intelligence inputs when US troops entered that country post-9/11.
Besides TES, Isros Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT)-2 can also be used for surveillance and espionage. However, CCI-Sat will be the first 100% spy satellite of India. This satellite will be much better than Risat-2, Bhoopathy said.
Isro is also planning to launch the Gsat-7 satellite to boost communication system for the Indian Navy. This would be launched later this year.
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Navy wants long-term planning of electronic warfare systems - dnaindia.com
Bangalore: A key defence official today called for long-term planning vis-a-vis India's requirements in the electronic warfare (EW) systems to cut time and cost overruns.
Addressing India's first international conference on EW here, deputy chief of Naval staff Vice Admiral RK Dhowan said
one of the major challeges of Armed Forces is to keep platforms and systems updated with cutting edge technologies.
He said advances in technology are so rapid that by the time system passes through protracted process of formulation, development, acquisition and induction, it ceases to be state-of-the-art "at times".
In this context, the Vice Admiral suggested an approach of joint planning with vision and eye on the future with system developers, production agencies and users "projecting themselves into the future".
They should visualise possible scenario 15 years hence, what are the likely requirements of armed forces then and technology available; they then have to "work backwards" in terms of development, acquisition and induction, he said.
That would give them idea as to the technologies that need to be developed indigenously and the ones that need to be leveraged by transfer of technology. Time and cost overruns defeat the very purpose of such long-term planning, he said.
"Focus of warfare which was earlier platform-centric, has now truly shifted to become network centric," the vice admiral said.
"With the emergence of network-centric warfare, the electro magnetic spectrum and electronic warfare hold the key for any successful operation",he said.
Inaugurating the two-day conference, VK Aatre, former scientific advisor to defence minister, recalled the rapid advances in the EW field.
DRDO's chief controller (Service Interaction) Prahlada said "You can't win a war tomorrow without having understood and deployed successfully a proper electronic warfare system".
Bangalore: A key defence official today called for long-term planning vis-a-vis India's requirements in the electronic warfare (EW) systems to cut time and cost overruns.
Addressing India's first international conference on EW here, deputy chief of Naval staff Vice Admiral RK Dhowan said
one of the major challeges of Armed Forces is to keep platforms and systems updated with cutting edge technologies.
He said advances in technology are so rapid that by the time system passes through protracted process of formulation, development, acquisition and induction, it ceases to be state-of-the-art "at times".
In this context, the Vice Admiral suggested an approach of joint planning with vision and eye on the future with system developers, production agencies and users "projecting themselves into the future".
They should visualise possible scenario 15 years hence, what are the likely requirements of armed forces then and technology available; they then have to "work backwards" in terms of development, acquisition and induction, he said.
That would give them idea as to the technologies that need to be developed indigenously and the ones that need to be leveraged by transfer of technology. Time and cost overruns defeat the very purpose of such long-term planning, he said.
"Focus of warfare which was earlier platform-centric, has now truly shifted to become network centric," the vice admiral said.
"With the emergence of network-centric warfare, the electro magnetic spectrum and electronic warfare hold the key for any successful operation",he said.
Inaugurating the two-day conference, VK Aatre, former scientific advisor to defence minister, recalled the rapid advances in the EW field.
DRDO's chief controller (Service Interaction) Prahlada said "You can't win a war tomorrow without having understood and deployed successfully a proper electronic warfare system".
