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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Night Vision &amp; Electro-optics India 2020 seminar &amp; exhibition was organised by the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS) and Indian Military Review on 16-17 January 2020 at New Delhi.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Inaugural Session</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Welcome Address. Welcoming the delegates, Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, Director CENJOWS, averred that interaction with troops on the frontline had revealed that night vision devices (NVD) were lacking both in quantity and contemporary quality. China on the other hand, has invested heavily in high technology equipment, including NVDs. India has to urgently increase its night vision surveillance capabilities to ensure optimum security of its borders. Despite the scaling of NVDs for the Indian Army being finalized, the shortfall of large number of NVDs still existed. He hoped that the Indian armed forces would get the required night vision capabilities at the earliest for effective defence of land borders, air space and long coastline, as also to undertake operational offensive operations in all three domains.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Inaugural Address. Lt Gen SS Hasabnis, DEputy Chief of Army Staff (P&amp;S), Army HQ, said that the Indian Army had to be prepared for conventional, multi-domain and hybrid warfare. The Indian Armed Forces have to follow a threat-cum-capability approach when equipping themselves to deal with such warfare. The counter-insurgency/counter-terrorist (CI/CT) operations and Line of Control (LoC) monitoring requires 24&#215;7 effort. Thus, NVDs can make such operations effective during nighttime as well as during bad weather conditions. He also highlighted that surveillance of the battlefield was a tactical level issue till a few decades back. However, it has now moved to the operational level. Also, war fighting has largely shifted to non-conventional operations and this necessitated a modification in surveillance philosophy. We now need to equip soldiers with night vision from sub-tactical level to operational and strategic levels.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1120" width="581" height="387" srcset="https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS-600x399.jpg 600w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS-300x200.jpg 300w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS-768x511.jpg 768w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS-696x463.jpg 696w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS-1068x711.jpg 1068w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS-631x420.jpg 631w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-A-From-left-Maj-Gen-JS-Sandhu-Officiating-Director-General-Infantry-Lt-Gen-Vinod-Bhatia-Director-CENJOWS.jpg 1487w" sizes="(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px" /><figcaption>From left, Maj Gen JS Sandhu, Officiating Director General Infantry, Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, Director CENJOWS,</figcaption></figure></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Keynote Address. Lt Gen Sanjay Verma, Director General Weapons &amp; Equipment, Army HQ brought out that the technology changes in NVDs had moved very fast. The Army soldiers and Air Force pilots now want latest Generation-3 NVDs. However, there was a gap between perception of industry and the actual requirements of the armed forces, as far as NVDs were concerned. He mentioned that while the Image Intensifier devices (IIDs) progressed from Generation 0 to Generation 3 in 70 years, the Thermal Imaging (TI) devices had changed the dynamics completely. In 2019-20, the Armed Forces were looking for fusion of II and TI techniques into a single device, as also its integration with the weapon so as to exploit the strengths of both technologies in operations. He also exhorted the industry to try and integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into II/TI fused devices; and may be go a step further and provide an underlay of digital maps and global positioning system (GPS) feed into such devices.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Theme Address. Maj Gen JS Sandhu, Additional DG Infantry, Army HQ, emphasized that the weapon in the field was as good as the night sight on it. Thus, the critical requirements for NVDs were weapon compatible ranges, ruggedness, easy sustainability and adequate power requirements. The biggest challenge for the soldier was carriage of multiple power banks at remote posts or during patrolling. A common power bank/charging system would greatly help in reducing the load on the soldier especially for special operations. Moreover, NVDs should be able to withstand vagaries of weather, have in-built GPS and laser range finder (LRF), and be easily portable and maintainable. He said that the Infantry arm intends to upgrade the procurement of II and TI sights for small arms and sniper rifles in batches, to ensure timely upgrades with evolution of technology. He also exhorted the industry to interact and engage freely with the procurers so as to clearly understand the user requirements and explain their products comprehensively.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Session&nbsp; 1–Emerging Technologies</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maj Gen AK Channan, Additional DG Perspective Planning &amp; Head Army Design Bureau, chaired the session and explained the importance of having superior NVDs in operational conditions. He said that the there had been a paradigm shift in the surveillance techniques at the sub-conventional level and in border guarding role. In such a situation, efforts must be made to shorten the sensor-to-shooter loop. Also, the next level of technology should aim at the convergence/fusion of all images into a single networked equipment so that commanders are able to get a comprehensive picture of their area of interest. He invited the representatives from the industry to present their products and technologies and stressed that future NVDs also must cater for measures to guard against counter-NVD devices.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ronen Sharashov from Semi-conductor Devices, Israel spoke on &#8220;Infrared Detectors for Defence Applications.&#8221; He gave a detailed presentation on the role and significance of using Infra-Red (IR) detectors for airborne, maritime, land and space applications. He explained the extensive range of cooled and uncooled detectors based on a variety of sensing materials across the entire IR spectrum, viz, NIR, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bhanu Pratap of VVDN Technologies spoke on &#8220;Design Manufacturing in Technology Innovation.&#8221; VVDN has end-to-end product development capabilities with special refernce to thermal imaging equipment, which includes PCB and Firmware Development, Mechanical Design, Camera Testing, Compliance with State of the art Infrastructure, Video Management System. All cameras are designed, developed and manufactured in India by VVDN with Source Code availability. VVDN has the capability to customize specifications as per requirements. VVDN Technologies utilises AI, machine learning, big-data analytics technologies to produce innovative solutions to complex problems related to national security and defence. VVDN has a global footprint with nine design and delivery centres, four manufacturing facilites and six global sales offices.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Munjal Shah of Paras Defence made a presentation on use of advanced technologies to produce high quality optical products which are the main components of all MVDs. He said that his company had five vertical to offer products and solutions &#8211; Defence &amp; Space Optics, Defence Electronics, Heavy Engineering, EMP Solutions and Niche Technologies. In the Defence &amp; Space verticals, their products included IR lenses, optical domes, difractive gratings, multi-fold lenses, large size space mirrors and metal reflectors &amp; mirrors. Munjal Shah explained the exceptional optical performance of coated Germanium lenses of various thicknesses. Theirs was India’s only company manufacturing Diffractive Gratings for Space Hyperspectral Imaging System, ZnS Domes &amp; Windows, Saphire Domes and Gyro Blocks &amp; Coated Resonator Shells. Their latest offering was precision zoom lenses.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Prachi Gupta of MKU Ltd spoke on &#8220;Night Vision – The Benefits of Indigenisation.&#8221; She explained the higher costs of imports vis a vis benefits of indigenization which allows for customisation, control over quality and after sales service. She recounted MKU’s business activities and strengths in soldier systems. MKU had Class 10,000 clean rooms and used latest Gen-3 technologies. MKU has supplied equipment to over 230 forces worldwide. It has expertise in optics, electronics and product design for II weapon sights, monoculars and binoculars. She explained the features of Netro NV3000, TW4000, TW4100, NC3000 and TM4100 II sights for various weapons, helmet-mounted binoculars, monoculars and so on.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vinod Yadav of Tata Power SED, speaking on &#8220;Technologies and solutions in EO Domain,&#8221; gave an expose on the technologies and solutions in the electro-optical domain.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Session 2–NVD Requirements</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Air Marshal Anil Chopra, former Head of Flight Test Centre (ASTE), chaired the session and explained that the first requirement was that the soldier must be equipped properly and be able to see the battlefield clearly. Secondly, he should be able to communicate the battlefield picture upwards to his commanders. He, thereafter, asked the officers from the three Services to spell out their requirements for NVDs keeping these imperatives in mind.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Col Amitoz Singh, Colonel Infantry-8, Directorate General of Infantry, Army HQ, spoke on Infantry Requirements. He explained the scales of all types of NVDs and weapon sights, the quantities for which procurement action had been initiated and the technical requirements of each. He spoke of clip-on type II and TI sights for carbine and assault rifles. He laid out a time line of one and half to two years for procurement of first batch of NVDs, followed by staggered purchases of small quantities, but more frequently.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Col Surya Prakash, Colonel Artillery-9, Directorate General of Artillery, Army HQ, spoke on Artillery&#8217;s Requirements. He stressed that LORROS had been the bedrock of surveillance, fall of shot correction and recording at the LoC. He wished that the TI devices had foliage penetration capability and recommended that the industry look at combining the electro-optics and radars for comprehensive all weather, uninterrupted surveillance.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img decoding="async" src="https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand-1024x602.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1121" width="611" height="358" srcset="https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand-600x352.jpg 600w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand-300x176.jpg 300w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand-768x451.jpg 768w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand-696x409.jpg 696w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand-1068x627.jpg 1068w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand-715x420.jpg 715w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-B-Night-Vision-Devices-on-display-at-the-Tata-Power-SED-stand.jpg 1493w" sizes="(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px" /><figcaption>Night Vision Devices on display at the Tata Power SED stand</figcaption></figure></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Gp Capt AK Wahi, Group Captain Operations (Space), Air HQ, spoke on Air Force requirements. He explained the peculiarities of the airborne medium, citing that there was a huge problem of too many light sources, as opposed to their absence in the ground environments. He said that NV goggles had huge limitations in fog, mist and smoke, which could have disastrous consequences in the airborne operations, but the pilots could land in total darkness using FLIR. He recommended panoramic (110 degrees) coverage for NVGs, runway and cockpit modifications to suit both, IR and visual modes and better cameras for IR on aircraft.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Capt (IN) Robin Chakravorty, Captain SR (Gun), Directorate of Staff Requirements, Naval HQ, spoke on Indian Navy&#8217;s Requirements. He explained the NVDs required for naval ships, aircraft and Special Forces. He stressed on the imperative of all-round field of vision for NVDs, along with stability in roll, pitch and yaw axes for naval platforms. Further, the NVDs must be able to function in multi-spectral domain, to cater for all conditions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Session 3–Challenges In Combat Operations</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maj Gen (Dr) GD Bakshi, chaired the session and emphasized that the night and all weather fighting ability would be the most critical component of revolution in military affairs (RMA) in future battles. Highlighting the necessity of having NVDs of mixed/different ranges to meet the requirement of varying terrain like high altitude, jungle, riverine or deserts having their own peculiarities, he asked the officers from the Army and central armed police forces (CAPFs) to bring forth the challenges faced in their domains during combat operations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Col Gurpreet Singh, Colonel Future Ready Combat Vehicle (FRCV), Directorate General of Mechanised Forces, spoke on &#8220;Mechanised Forces in Night Operations.&#8221; He briefed the audience about battlefield environment and various conflict scenarios which were ever evolving with varying factors of space, probability and high visibility. He highlighted the night enablement and timely connectivity at night as core issues for mechanised forces&#8217; operations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Brig AN Kukreti, Brigadier Infantry B, Infantry Directorate, Army HQ, spoke on &#8220;Enhancing Infantry Operations by Night.&#8221; He emphasized the requirement of NVDs for foot soldiers in terms of improved detection, recognition, identification, day &amp; night continuous capability, integration, maintenance &amp; sustenance, reduction in size, weight, cost and power consumption and, lastly, ease of operations. He recommended that future night sights should be modular, with a common basic structure and add-ons based on requirements, for enabling better flexibility and easy upgrades.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">NS Jamwal, Inspector General, Frontier HQ, BSF Jammu, gave a presentation on &#8220;Challenges in Border Management at Night.&#8221; He comprehensively covered all the borders of India, their peculiarities, challenges in dominating them, the electro-optical gadgets available and problems faced by the BSF.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Session 4–R&amp;D and</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maintenance Support</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lt Gen Anjan Mukherjee, Consultant Ordnance Factory Board former DG Artillery, chaired the session and spelt out that major sustenance issues for NVDs were lack of infrastructure, SMTs/STEs, literature, expertise and spares. There was also a need for adequacy of resources, low sustenance cost and obsolescence management of NVDs. Hence, there was a need to build a relationship with the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) beyond the contract stipulations so that their expertise and assistance was available for sustenance until the equipments were in service.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">HK Sharma, Principal Scientific Officer, CQA AVA, Avadi, spoke on Quality Control of Night Vision &amp; Electro-optic Devices. He gave out the classification of NVDs and their components requiring quality checks. He went into details of various parameters – image quality, response, noise, resolution, accuracy, geometric, operational and spectral. He also explained the quality test and their procedures.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Benjamin Lionel, Outstanding Scientist and &amp; Director, Instrument Research &amp; Development Establishment (IRDE) DRDO, spoke on  &#8220;Latest Developments in Night Vision Devices in India.&#8221; He touched upon the design, fabrication, thin film coating and assembly of day and night II and TI optical systems and progress made in dual mode (day &amp; IIR) seekers and Infrared Search &amp; Track Systems.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized"><img decoding="async" src="https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1-1024x679.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1123" width="569" height="377" srcset="https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1-600x398.jpg 600w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1-696x462.jpg 696w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1-1068x708.jpg 1068w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1-633x420.jpg 633w, https://imrmedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/25-C-From-left-Ronen-Sharashov-of-SCD-Israel-Bhanu-Pratap-of-VVDN-Technologies-Munjal-Shah-of-Paras-Defence-1.jpg 1493w" sizes="(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px" /><figcaption>From left, Ronen Sharashov of SCD Israel, Bhanu Pratap of VVDN Technologies, Munjal Shah of Paras Defence,</figcaption></figure></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sourabh Bhaskar, Works Manager, Ordnance Factory Dehradun (OFD), spoke on &#8220;Manufacture of NVDs, sights and EO Equipment.&#8221; He explained the facilities available and work being carried out by OFD. OFD&nbsp; was working on latest dual band thermal imaging fusion technology with Low Light Level sensor in consultation with IIT. OFD was also working on manufacturing of 12.7 mm SRCG (Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun) for the Indian Navy through transfer of technology and development of LIGHTS (Laser Illuminated Guidance &amp; Homing Targeting system) and CAMOPS (Compact Airborne Multi Sensor Optic Payload System) Project.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maj Gen SS Suhag, Additional DG EME, Army HQ, spoke on&nbsp; &#8220;Sustainment challenges in Electro-optics equipment.&#8221; He said that since India&#8217;s private industry was progressively becoming technically advanced, especially in the field of NVDs, there was a need for the industry to set up forward repair bases at major Army locations. He felt that annual maintenance contracts (AMCs) based on component replacement approach, particularly for foreign sourced items, were a major drain on Army&#8217;s revenue budget. He, therefore, proposed to build in-house repair facilities, particularly for card and ICBs with active collaboration of Indian private players, so as to break the monopoly of foreign propriety vendors.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Valedictory Session</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Valedictory Address. Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, Director CENJOWS pointed out that after scaling, the requirement of NVDs for Infantry alone was above 4 lakhs. Thus overall requirement for the three Services was not only huge, but massive. In addition, the BSF patrolling the 4096 km long border with Bangladesh required large numbers of NVDs for better border management. He felt that the formulation of GSQRs/PSQRs must be prepared by consensus of all stake holders, with due inputs and technological advice of industry. Towards this, he reiterated that CENJOWS had a mandate to bring the industry and users on the same platform and exhorted the industry to use CENJOWS as the via-media for interacting and sending suggestions to relevant users and policy makers in the Government.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vote of Thanks. Maj Gen Ravi Arora, Chief Editor IMR and Seminar Coordinator, concluded the seminar by thanking the participants and sponsors of the event.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS) and Indian Military Review jointly conducted the Air &amp; Missile Defence Seminar 2019 at DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi on 14-15 November 2019. The focus of the seminar was on integrating new technologies and optimizing legacy system.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Inaugural Session</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Welcome Address. Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, Director CENJOWS highlighted the significance of air &amp; missile defence. In the wake of the Balakot strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan on 26 Feb 2019, a new paradigm had been created, he said, and air defence (AD) in future would have to be ready 24&#215;7. The 14 September 2019 attack on Saudi Arabia&#8217;s oil facilities by armed drones and cruise missiles had also significantly changed the nature of future wars by opening new domains, which would mandate countermeasures by Air Defence. He emphasized the importance of finding new solutions by the Indian defence industry and R &amp;D community. He reiterated the aim of the seminar which was to bring all stake holders on a common platform for discussing the integration of new technologies, optimizing legacy system and come out with an action plan on the way ahead.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Special Address. Lt Gen PS Rajeshwar, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee highlighted the rapidly changing dimension of air threat and the need for evolving countermeasures to meet the threats in an environment of joint and network centric wars. He stated the need to relook at the Vulnerable Areas/Vulnerable Points, which require protection, work out the right mix of hard and soft kill weapons, based on an accurate threat assessment. While doing so the inter-se cost factor must also be kept in mind. He said that new technologies would have to work in concert with older concepts which would remain relevant but must mesh with new technologies seamlessly.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Theme Address. Lt Gen AP Singh, Director General (DG) Army Air Defence (AAD) described the emerging challenges for AD, which included drones, advanced aircraft, missiles, hypersonic glide vehicles and cyber warfare. He explained that the AD forces would have to counter stand-off attacks as also close strikes by drones, operate in conventional and sub conventional roles, be prepared 24&#215;7, operate in a highly saturated EW environment and network its operations to ensure seamless and instant fusion as well as passage of data. He highlighted the huge opportunities available to all stake holders to come up with solutions for the emerging milieu. He stated that the AAD required sensors, guns and missiles, Lasers and High-Power Microwave (HPM) systems, electric warfare (EW) suites, control and reporting systems, which would have to work in a networked and joint environment. He exhorted all stake holders to create home grown and cost effective solutions to meet the needs of the AAD.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">IMR-EY Knowledge Paper on Air Defence. A Knowledge Paper on Air Defence prepared by IMR and Ernst &amp; Young (EY) was released by the guests during the Inaugural Session.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Industry Perspective. Col KV Kuber, Director, (Defence and Aerospace) Ernst &amp; Young gave the industry perspective on the emerging air threats and the new-generation AD systems, which would be required for countering them. He stated that the drone strikes in Saudi Arabia highlighted the asymmetric impact of low cost equipment on the world economy and the need to guard against such threats. He spoke about the ongoing AD programmes, the evolution of high tech equipment manufacturing by the Indian defence industry, the need to hand-hold important projects by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and highlighted the slow pace of procurement cases. He reiterated the need to put in measures to remove the blockages in the procurement process and the importance of cost-to-kill ratio, which should be factored during the development and procurement cycle. He also gave an insight into the growth story of defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs), Defence Research &amp; Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian defence industry and the emerging changes in this field.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Session 1 : Contours of Aerial Threat</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The session was chaired by Air Mshl BR Krishna, DG Air Operations, Air HQ.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wg Cdr P Prakash, Wing Commander Air Defence-IV, Air HQ spoke on &#8220;Air THreat Manifestation&#8221; and included an overview of the evolving facets of air threat and preparedness measures to meet the threats. He highlighted the the importance of counter drone technologies and latest measures being undertaken for capability building.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Col S Rajeev, Colonel Air Defence (Operations) Army AD Directorate, Army HQ, spoke on &#8220;Emerging threats from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones.&#8221; He highlighted the latest trends to include swarm drones, MUMT (manned-unmanned teaming), networked and failsafe C&amp;R links. He highlighted the focus areas which include detection and identification means and, thereafter, the weapon assignment which would include both hard and soft kill.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ranadeep Saha, Deputy General Manager Radar Development, Larsen &amp; Toubro, spoke on &#8220;Fire Control Radars in Air Defence Scenario&#8221; and highlighted the Radar development programme of L&amp;T and the new technologies which were being incorporated.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Joseph (Yossi) Horowitz of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems spoke on &#8221; M-SHORADS &#8211; Protecting Manoeuvring Forces Against Air Threats&#8221; bringing out that M-SHORADS were ideal for protecting manoeuvring forces against air threats. He highlighted that MSHORADs were being incorporated by most advanced nations including USA in their concepts and that solution could provide an effective shield against emerging air threats including drones.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Session 2 : Emerging Technologies</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The session was chaired by Lt Gen (Dr) VK Saxena, former DG AAD, Army HQ.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Gp Capt AP Deshpande, Gp Capt Air Staff Requirements, Air HQ, spoke on &#8220;Developments in Air Munitions and Delivery Systems.&#8221; He gave an insight into latest trends and the tech requirements in aircrafts for future wars.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Capt (IN) Robin Chakraborty, Capt SR (Gun), Naval HQ spoke on &#8220;Emerging AD Technologies &#8211; Naval Systems&#8221;. He explained the Naval AD philosophy and the challenges of AD in maritime environment. He highlighted the emerging technologies in naval systems like precision weapons, net enabled munitions, advanced delivery systems, ability to operate in GPS denied environment, etc.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The chairperson highlighted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in AD systems and gave an insight into other fields of emerging technologies, which will make the AD environment most challenging in times to come.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Second Day</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Inaugural Session</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Welcome Address. Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, Director CENJOWS recalled the discussions of the previous day and encouraged the delegates to highlight the way ahead for meeting the challenges, both external and internal in the AD domain.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Special Address. Lt Gen Satinder Singh, Commandant Army AD College, gave an insight into the evolution of AD and the challenges posed by use of disruptive technologies by both state and non-state actors. Use of technology had made everyone vulnerable and the need for a responsive 24&#215;7 alert AD system was necessary. He highlighted the necessity to optimize the available resources, use innovations and collaborations with academia and industry to find solutions to the emerging challenges. He spoke on the need to incorporate new technologies like Directed Energy Weapons (DEW), HPMW, Automated C&amp;R system in the Army AD and the requirement to train the AD warriors to be able to exploit them for success in future battlefields.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Session 3 : Integrated Air Defence Battle and Challenges</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The session was chaired by Air Vice Mshl Surat Singh, Asst Chief of Air Staff Operations (Space), Air HQ.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Capt (IN) MS Khurana, Director Naval Operations (DNO) spoke on &#8220;Air Defence of the Fleet&#8221; and discussed the maritime environment, which posed additional challenges for AD. He highlighted that the sea was a medium for all users, a global common and the need, therefore, to have state-of-the-art communications, net-centricity, identification friend or foe (IFF), surveillance and weapons to counter the emerging air threats.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Brig V Mahajan, Commander 786 (I) AD Brigade, spoke on &#8220;Concept of AD Electronic Warfare Operations.&#8221; He spoke about the need to make EW an offensive arm of the AD plan. He highlighted that with the emerging drone and UAV threats this would yield cost-effective solutions in countering the air threat. He gave an overview of the EW systems and their employment for active AD protection along with the other existing systems.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Session 4 : Self Reliance in</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Air Defence</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The session was chaired by Maj Gen SP Goswami, Addl DG Army AD, Army HQ.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Col GL Sharma, Colonel AD (SRSAM/ MRSAM), AAD Directorate, spoke on &#8220;Self Reliance in Defence Production &#8211; Can India Achieve It?&#8221;. He highlighted the various challenges which existed in our current procurement system and compared the best practices of other nations. He proposed changes in the Defence Procurement procedure (DPP) and policy issues which would assist in streamlining the system.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dr Amit Kumar from Advanced Systems Laboratory, DRDO, spoke on &#8220;Latest Developments in Missile Defence Systems.&#8221; He highlighted the extensive use of advanced technologies and the development of the Indian ballistic missile defence (BMD) system over the years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Closing Session</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Special Addesss. Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Chairman DRDO and Secretary Department of Defence R&amp;D gave a special address and highlighted the complex air threat environment, which was emerging. The use of advanced technologies like hypersonic glide vehicles, UAVs/ drones, sixth-gen aircraft, advanced missiles with long ranges, use of AI and advent of autonomous systems would pose immense challenges in securing the skies in future, he said. He highlighted the future requirements in AD systems, which would include Radar systems capable of detecting such threats, Laser and HPMW systems, BMD systems, failsafe communications and networked systems for real time 24&#215;7 actions. He also gave an insight into the indigenous AD programmes, which were ongoing and those planned in the future to meet those challenges.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Closing Address.&nbsp; Maj Gen Ravi Arora gave the Vote of Thanks and thanked all the delegates and participants for their presence on the two days and invigorating discussions.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Summary of Recommendations</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The seminar provided an opportunity to all the stake holders to discuss the relevant issues pertaining to Air and Missile Defence. A number of important and relevant issues emerged which will indicate the way forward in providing secure Air Defence to the country. These are summarized as follows:-</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Air threats emerging as a result of complex systems and advanced technologies, used in conjunction with drones and armed UAVs by both state and non-state actors were creating challenge which are both outward and inward looking. Longer ranges of aircraft and munitions as well as shorter ranges and sizes of drones require evolving effective systems and structures to meet these threats.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Drones and UAVs have changed the dimension of air threat as demonstrated in the attacks in Saudi Arabia. Drones mitigation will need Point Defence at various VAs/VPs across the country and both hard and soft kill options need to be factored in. India also needs to put in place a comprehensive drone policy along with criminal and legal aspects covering all issues of dereliction.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Drones and UAVs mitigation will involve Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and other central and state organisations. There is a pressing need to create a common forum where all stake holders can resolve issues. SOPs for detection, identification and bringing down these threats especially in the hinterland need to be put in place. Seamless communication between all agencies, C&amp;R, and common protocols and procedures is the need of the hour.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The training of CAPFs, Army AD and IAF AD elements should be done together so that the issues highlighted above can be resolved. Army AD College can be nominated as the nodal training centre for all CAPFs for this aspect.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Indian defence industry, DRDO and DPSUs need to invest in R&amp;D for developing niche technologies for our future needs. Imports need to be reduced and indigenous cost effective solutions found to meet our future requirements.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Defence procurement needs to be simplified and bottlenecks identified and removed in order to ensure timely procurement. Hand-holding can be carried out if required to promote indigenous manufacture. Services should plan incubators to encourage R&amp;D catering to their specific needs. Lateral move of domain experts from Services to DRDO, academia and industry should be encouraged for specific projects.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">=================</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dr G Sathesh Reddy, DG DRDO and Secretary Dept of Defence Research</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lt Gen AP Singh, Director General Army Air Defence</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lt Gen PS Rajeshwar Chief of Integrated Staff to COSC</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lt Gen Satinder Singh Commandant Army Air Defence College</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Air Mshl BR Krishna Director General Air Operations</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia Director CENJOWS</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Speakers from left Dr Amit Kumar from Advanced Systems Laboratory, DRDO, Maj Gen Ravi Arora, Chief Editor IMR, Maj Gen SP Goswami, Addl DG Army Air Defence and Col GL Sharma, Col AD (SRSAM/ MRSAM), AAD Directorate</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Speakers from left, Capt (IN) MS Khurana, Director Naval Operations, Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, Director CENJOWS, Air Vice Marshal Surat Singh, ACAS Operations (Space) and Brig V Mahajan, Commander 786 (I) Air Defence Brigade.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Air Vice Mshl Surat Singh ACAS Operations (Space)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Joseph ‘Yossi’ Horowitz Rafael Advanced Defense Systems</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ranadeep Saha, Deputy GM Radar Development, L&amp;T</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Capt (IN) Robin Chakravorty Capt SR (Gun), Naval HQ</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Gp Capt AP Deshpande Gp Capt Air Staff Requirements</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Capt (IN) MS Khurana, Director Naval Operations</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Col S Rajeev, Colonel Air Defence (Operations) Army AD Directorate</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Col KV Kuber, Director Defence &amp; Aerospace, Ernst &amp; Young</p>
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