December 19, 2020 5:12:28 am
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh hands over a model ASTRA Mk-I missile to Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, during the DRDO awards function in New Delhi on Friday 18 December 2020 (Photo PTI / Kamal). Singh)
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh handed over three locally developed Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) systems, one of which is already being used in eastern Ladakh, where India and China are involved in a confrontation, to the military at the annual DRDO awards on Friday. .
Singh also presented awards, including the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award to NV Kadam “for their contributions to developing missile guidance and control schemes,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The Border Surveillance System (BOSS), which Singh delivered to the Chief of the Army, General MM Naravane, is an “all-weather” electronic surveillance system successfully designed and developed by the Instrument Research and Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun, and has been deployed on the Ladakh border. Area for day and night surveillance. It facilitates monitoring and surveillance by automatically detecting intrusions in subzero temperature areas at high altitude with remote operation capability, according to the DRDO.
The Indian Maritime Situational Awareness System (IMSAS), which was handed over to the Chief of the Navy, Admiral Karambir Singh, is a “state-of-the-art, fully indigenous, high-performance intelligent software system” that provides a picture of the global maritime situation. , marine planning tools and analytical capabilities.
For the Air Force, the Minister of Defense delivered the ASTRA Mk-I Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile to the Chief of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria.
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