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Country on par with advanced nations in developing navigation systems for short-range and long-range missions
India’s own computer Operating System (OS), aimed at effectively preventing cyber attacks and threats, would be ready in three years, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, V.K. Saraswat said here on Thursday.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an international conference on “Navigation and Communication”, he said the Indian OS was being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Around 150 scientists and engineers have been working on the project at different places for the past one-and-half years.
Dr. Saraswat emphasised the need for an indigenously-developed OS as those in use today were imported. He said the Indian OS was being developed as part of efforts to provide robust cyber security. The country needed to develop its own hardware and software systems in a big way, he added.
A.S. Ganeshan, Project Director, Navigation Systems, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, said the GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN), basically meant for air navigation, was expected to be certified by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation by the third quarter of next calendar year. He said India was the fourth country to establish this kind of satellite-based augmentation system.
He added that the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (INRSS), with a constellation of seven satellites, was expected to be completed by 2015. He described it as a unique regional system with an accuracy of 20 meters and covering up to 1,500 km around the country.
Earlier addressing the conference, Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (missiles and strategic systems), DRDO, called for developing cost-effective navigation systems.
He said the DRDO was looking for a new class of systems with wide applications for both military and civilian use. The DRDO was upgrading its foundries for developing MEMS-based systems.
G. Satheesh Reddy, Associate Director, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), said India was on par with advanced nations in developing navigation systems for both short-range and long-range missions with high accuracy. Osmania University Vice-Chancellor Prof. S. Satyanarayana also spoke.
More than 350 delegates are attending the two-day conference, including those from Israel, France, Russia and Australia.
It is organised by the Research and Training Unit for Navigational Electronics, Osmania University, in collaboration with the DRDO.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...-ready-in-3-years-saraswat/article4224160.ece
India’s own computer Operating System (OS), aimed at effectively preventing cyber attacks and threats, would be ready in three years, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, V.K. Saraswat said here on Thursday.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an international conference on “Navigation and Communication”, he said the Indian OS was being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Around 150 scientists and engineers have been working on the project at different places for the past one-and-half years.
Dr. Saraswat emphasised the need for an indigenously-developed OS as those in use today were imported. He said the Indian OS was being developed as part of efforts to provide robust cyber security. The country needed to develop its own hardware and software systems in a big way, he added.
A.S. Ganeshan, Project Director, Navigation Systems, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, said the GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN), basically meant for air navigation, was expected to be certified by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation by the third quarter of next calendar year. He said India was the fourth country to establish this kind of satellite-based augmentation system.
He added that the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (INRSS), with a constellation of seven satellites, was expected to be completed by 2015. He described it as a unique regional system with an accuracy of 20 meters and covering up to 1,500 km around the country.
Earlier addressing the conference, Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (missiles and strategic systems), DRDO, called for developing cost-effective navigation systems.
He said the DRDO was looking for a new class of systems with wide applications for both military and civilian use. The DRDO was upgrading its foundries for developing MEMS-based systems.
G. Satheesh Reddy, Associate Director, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), said India was on par with advanced nations in developing navigation systems for both short-range and long-range missions with high accuracy. Osmania University Vice-Chancellor Prof. S. Satyanarayana also spoke.
More than 350 delegates are attending the two-day conference, including those from Israel, France, Russia and Australia.
It is organised by the Research and Training Unit for Navigational Electronics, Osmania University, in collaboration with the DRDO.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...-ready-in-3-years-saraswat/article4224160.ece
