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“Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa is embarking on a four-day official visit to Sweden from June 3 to June 6. The bilateral goodwill visit is on the invitation by the Chief of the Swedish Air Force,” the IAF said in a statement on Sunday.

Decommissioned by the Indian Navy in 2016, Sea Harrier fighter jet was recently brought to Vizag from Goa by the officials of Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA). The authorities are now planning to develop the fighter jet into a tourist attraction by turning it into a museum.

At the glacier, Rajnath Singh would be briefed about the operations being conducted by the Army, along with the support of air effort by the Indian Air Force.

Pointing out the statement made by then defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman about India having captured electronic signatures of F-16 (used by Pakistan), Gowthama said, which is only possible with the EW equipment the IAF has and used.

The DGS was first unveiled during the DefExpo held in Chennai in 2018 and later during Aero India held in Bengaluru 2019. An electro-optic sensor, a communication system for interrogation jamming and a radar are part of the DGS, mainly developed to protect vital installations.