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The police communication services in the country is expected to be enhanced as an improved POLNET 2.0 base communication has been launched which offers various facilities including video calls and internet to the police forces even from the remotest areas and offshore areas through satellite communication, said Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
The Engine Factory in Avadi (near Chennai) will now be able to produce more engines for India’s Main Battle Tanks (MBT) after a new Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) was commissioned at the ordnance factory on Tuesday. The FMS is expected to double the engine production capacity of the plant to 750.
Indian Navy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Geological Survey of India (GSI) for ‘Sharing of seabed sediments data, products and expertise for Naval Application in Meteorology and Oceanography’.
The council headed by Singh, in its first meeting of 2020 and after the constitution of Chief of the Defence Staff, met on Tuesday to consider a number of new and ongoing proposals for procuring critically needed platforms and equipment for the armed forces.
A senior IAF planner has told Business Standard that the squadron strength will not fall any lower. Starting from 2020, numbers will gradually rise. Three squadrons will be inducted this year, while only two squadrons would be withdrawn from operational service.
The Sea Ceptor, that made its debut at DefExpo-2018, will be built in India. It provides complete protection against multiple air targets simultaneously. Sea Ceptor utilises the Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) that features a fully active RF-seeker, two-way datalink and soft-vertical launch system.
The review critically examined the current status of the project as the IAC is in a very advanced stage of construction and is scheduled to commence Basin Trials in early 2020 followed by the Sea Trials by mid 2020.
General Bipin Rawat in his address said that the resurrection of the ‘Tigersharks’ highlighted the Integration and Jointness which is the future of the Indian Armed Forces. He brought out that Su 30 MKI aircraft along with the BrahMos will be the game-changer which will extensively enhance the security of the Maritime domain.
Enhancing its ‘close to coast’ surveillance along South Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coast, Indian Coast Guard has inducted two interceptor boats that can be used in multifarious tasks including search and rescue.
The Indian Coast Guard, fourth largest coastal security agency in the world, has installed 36 Coastal Surveillance Radar Network on the mainland and 10 on islands that can track suspicious vessels. “We also plan to install 38 more Radar Stations apart from integrating the radar stations with Vessel Traffic Management System of the Ports. Our vision is to reach 200 ships and 100 aircraft by 2025,” he said.
