Stealth Technology for Mechanised Forces

LT GENERAL P.C. KATOCH (RETD)

ON MARCH 14, 2023, the Indian Army signed a contract for procurement of an indigenously developed Integrated Mobile Camouflage System (IMCS) for the mechanised forces with the startup Hyper Stealth Technologies Private limited (HSTPL) which is Delhibased. This is the first ever procurement order by the Indian Army of an ‘Innovations for Defence Excellence’ (iDEX) project as per the revised procedure. According to an official release, the contract was signed in the presence of Lt General J.B. Chaudhari, Deputy Chief of the Army iDEX was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during DefExpo 2018 held at Chennai from April 11 to 14. The aim of iDEX is to create an eco-system to foster innovation and encourage technological develop-

Staff (CD&S) and Anurag Bajpai, Joint Secretary, DDP.

IMCS was the first system to be trial evaluated in accordance with the ‘Single Stage Composite Trial’ methodology based on the revised Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020. Earlier, the request for proposal (RFP) was issued to the developing agency in September 2022 and within six months, the contract was signed with HSTPL.