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HYDERABAD: With cyber security becoming an area of concern, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing an indigenous operating system for computers.
"It will be called the Indian Operating System and should be ready in three years," DRDO director-general V K Saraswat told reporters here on Thursday. Saraswat was in city to participate in the pearl jubilee international conference on Navigation and Communication (Navcom-2012) organised by the Research and Training Unit for Navigational Electronics ( Nertu), Osmania University and DRDO.
Saraswat said 150 engineers were working on the new operating system for the last one-and-a-half years. "To secure our cyber network, our own OS for computers is highly essential," Saraswat said adding that funds were no constraint for the programme. The DRDO chief said cyber criminals with malicious intent were also on the prowl on the internet and one has to keep tabs on them.
Saraswat who is also secretary, department of defence, research and development and scientific adviser to defence ministry said the industry in the country should also manufacture good hardware. "We are still importing transmitters and receivers. For the country to equip itself well for electronic warfare, hardware manufacturing also should improve," he said. A S Ganesan, project director, Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GPS-aided Geo Augmented Navigation (Gagan) said the project would have a lot of applications, especially for the aviation sector. As part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) seven satellites would be launched and one has already been launched in September. Another launch is due in February next.
Indigenous OS for computers from DRDO soon - The Times of India
"It will be called the Indian Operating System and should be ready in three years," DRDO director-general V K Saraswat told reporters here on Thursday. Saraswat was in city to participate in the pearl jubilee international conference on Navigation and Communication (Navcom-2012) organised by the Research and Training Unit for Navigational Electronics ( Nertu), Osmania University and DRDO.
Saraswat said 150 engineers were working on the new operating system for the last one-and-a-half years. "To secure our cyber network, our own OS for computers is highly essential," Saraswat said adding that funds were no constraint for the programme. The DRDO chief said cyber criminals with malicious intent were also on the prowl on the internet and one has to keep tabs on them.
Saraswat who is also secretary, department of defence, research and development and scientific adviser to defence ministry said the industry in the country should also manufacture good hardware. "We are still importing transmitters and receivers. For the country to equip itself well for electronic warfare, hardware manufacturing also should improve," he said. A S Ganesan, project director, Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GPS-aided Geo Augmented Navigation (Gagan) said the project would have a lot of applications, especially for the aviation sector. As part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) seven satellites would be launched and one has already been launched in September. Another launch is due in February next.
Indigenous OS for computers from DRDO soon - The Times of India
... and it will be based on Linux! 
