Category: C4I

Spectrum of signals Over the years as its satellite launch facilities grew and matured India has been toying with improvements to the Global Positioning System of the US and the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) with the intention of creating its own Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) consisting of seven satellites and a […]

Fast data The often heard phrase ‘situational awareness’ is the product of several different types of information being made available to the commander in the battlefield to enable him to conduct maneuver warfare with a large measure of command and control over what can be a chaotic battlefield with no clear battle-lines. The end product […]

Avoiding measures Modern aircraft, if they are not to become stillborn in the cradle, have to be able to avoid being hit by increasingly more accurate, longer ranged, more lethal missiles both ground-launched as well as air-to-air. A modern, fourth and fifth generation aircraft configured for the air defence, deep penetration strike, transportation roles or […]

Battle of spectrum That three American helicopters could travel undetected across more than 200 km of Pakistan territory from the Parachinar border with Afghanistan to Abbottabad to reach the house in which Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed is either an electronic miracle or the usual perfidious Pakistani behavior. If the Pakistanis did […]

Disrupting signal Cyber warfare and electronic warfare share one situation in common. Both are expanding at a rapid rate unseen in any other type of conflict. Electronic warfare is sub-divided into two branches -electronic support measures and electronic counter-measures. Jammers fall into the second category and they are proliferating as fast as electronic systems expand. […]

Finding targets In the aftermath of Kargil conflict, Indian defence research has seen some remarkable product development like the BFSR and the WLR and will help Indian Army in sourcing these systems indigenously. The 740 km Line of Control in the Jammu and Kashmir separating the two parts of J&K and 210 km international border […]

Growing strong Elettronica, which was founded in 1951, within few years quickly, established itself as a leader among Companies designing and manufacturing Electronic Defence Systems. Over the last 60 years its systems have equipped numerous air, naval and ground platforms, of both national and international Armed Forces. This is primarily due to the Company’s ability […]

Keeping a watch India is all set to import sophisticated electronic warfare equipment and related platforms to enhance its existing surveillance capability after a task force report has found present system is totally ineffective and can hamper India’s operational preparedness to safeguard national interests. For this purpose, India will invest more than $15 billion by […]

Securing networks A nation that had acquired a well-earned reputation as a hub of information technology and the seedbed of America’s Silicon Valley start-ups, is slowly wakening to the threat posed by what has come to be known as cyber warfare. The clandestine use of cyberspace to launch disruptive attacks on networks that have come […]

Sharpening accuracy Navigation gives precision to warfare. Its tools have become so proficient that it is now possible for a person seated with a console a thousand kilometers away to guide a missile through a pre-determined window in a building. A case in point is the elimination of one most wanted terrorist named Baitullah Mehsud […]