SP's MAI Issue No. 21 | November 01-15, 2013 - Military Updates
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MILITARY1 / VIEWPOINT
Time to leapfrog technology
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochWhat India needs to learn from China is optimising technology reconfiguration wherein available technology is integrated in multitude of combinations to attain selfreliance
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Net-centric warfare
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochFor transformation into an NCW capable force, we need a NCW doctrine as the start point. Concepts of individual services should flow...
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
C4I2SR
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe ability to protect our information, systems, programmes, people and facilities in a risk management environment directly impacts...
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Filling the capability void
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochThe key to success will lie in effective command and control across the force.
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Communication for the BMS
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochGovernment needs to examine allotment of a dedicated defence band from the spectrum to meet the bandwidth requirement of the Services...
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MILITARY1 / FEATURE
Geographic information system
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochWhile generally this data has been assumed to pertain to terrain features only, a true GIS ready map should logically cover the complete spectrum...
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MILITARY1 / SHOW REPORT / AUSA 2013
US budget cuts impact defence programmes
By R. ChandrakanthThe US military has a dominating presence in the world.
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MILITARY1 / CURTAIN-RAISER
MSME Defexpo curtain-raiser
By Sucheta Das MohapatraThe National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) is organising the third MSME Defexpo at Bengaluru from December 12-14, 2013...
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MILITARY1
Raytheon Excalibur Ib completes qualification flight testingRaytheon Company fired 84 precision-guided Excalibur Ib all up rounds during qualification flight tests at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
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MILITARY1
MBDA's Brimstone missile hits very fast targetsIn early October MBDA demonstrated significant progress on the Brimstone 2 development programme with a series of successful firings aimed at proving the performance of the latest guidance system upgrades...
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MILITARY1
IAF launches 3G WCDMA cellular networkThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched its 3G cellular network named Air Force Cellular (AFCEL), becoming first among the services to have commissioned its own captive 3G network.
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MILITARY1
IAI developing mine and IED detection systemIsrael Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Ramta’s Division has completed the last phase of engineering testing and has begun building a technology demonstrator of a multisensor system called MIDS...