RAKSHA ANIRVEDA
NEWS ROUND UP
AIR FORCE COMMANDERS’ CONFERENCE: IAF REVIEWS PREPAREDNESS, DELIBERATES ON ROADMAP FOR NEXT DECADE
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ew Delhi. With the continuing tension along the Sino-Indian border on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the three-day Air Force Commanders’ Conference (ACC) which concluded on July 24 had a series of discussions and reviews on operational preparedness and strategies for countering security threats envisaged across the entire spectrum. They discussed the current situation and thereafter carried out a thorough review of the IAF’s transformation roadmap for the next decade.
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Karambir Singh and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General MM Naravane addressed the Conference and interacted with the Commanders as well as the
Principal Staff Officers (PSOs) at Air Headquarters on matters of jointness and integrated war fighting. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria reviewed the status and issues related to all Commands as well as branches.
AMID INDIA-CHINA FACEOFF AT LAC, GOVT REACHES OUT TO ARRANGE NEW EQUIPMENT FOR IAF
New Delhi. As the Sino-Indian border standoff continues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the government is reaching out to arrange new equipment for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and including the three service chiefs and Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, is expected to clear ground-based, high-frequency radios. About 160 are likely to be procured. The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) smart anti-airfield weapon— presumably, bombs to destroy runways and hangers— is also ready. The development trials are over and production issues will be discussed. Also under discussion is DRDO‘s unit repair vehicle for the Arjun tank. This is a small (only Rs eight crore) but significant project. The manufacture of ammunition for Pinaka multi-barrelled rocket launchers is also on the agenda. The private sector will be invited to produce Pinaka ammunition while the Ordnance Factory Board will also make some. This has happened after the DRDO developing a shell with better propellant.
DTC DELIVERS UNSURPASSED SUBTERRANEAN COMMUNICATIONS HAMPSHIRE, England. DTC Communications Inc. (DTC) has delivered MANET Mesh radios for a successful End-User trial in a subterranean / underground and Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) environment. DTC radios live streamed 6 dismounted Video and Voice feeds from the P4 Basement of a shopping mall to L2, some six floors above, and to a Command Post 400m outside. Juan A. Navarro, CEO, DTC, says “This was truly great work by our “Make-in-India” partners Brij Systems Limited and Exicom Technologies India LLP.” DTC’s technology delivers Mission Critical, Secure, Tactical Data, Video and Voice comms providing realtime Shared Situational Awareness (SSA) for Assault Teams and Special Operations. The OEM solution was designed and engineered specifically for Exicom Technologies in the DTC UK facility.
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