Spl ops, cyber & space commands on anvil

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The Statesman: Spl ops, cyber & space commands on anvil


The armed forces propose to set up three separate commands in the fields of special operations, cyber security and space, IAF Chief NAK Browne said: “We are in the process of setting up three commands which will be steered by particular service and they will be headed by three-star officers,” he told DD News in an interview.
He said as per the plans, the Special Operations command will be headed by an Army officer and the Space command by an IAF officer, while the Cyber command will get its head on rotational basis from the three services.
Air Chief Marshal Browne said the Andaman and Nicobar Command, now headed by officers from the three services on a rotational basis, will be under a Navy Vice Admiral.
The IAF Chief said a proposal in this regard would soon be sent for the approval of the Government. Commenting on the strategic reach of the force, he said the IAF has the capability to carry out operations to safeguard India's interest in regions beyond its neighbourhood such as protecting Indian diaspora in other countries and Army's UN peacekeeping operations.
The Air chief said the IAF was expecting to induct the first squadrons of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), the light-weight multi-role jet fighter, by the end of 2015.
He expressed hope that the deal to procure 126 multi-role combat aircraft from French Dassault Rafale would be completed in the next few months as negotiations between the two sides were progressing.
Asked about the leakage of sensitive information in armed forces, the IAF chief said sensitive information should be protected not only in defence but in all departments.

 

[confound thinker]

Good News

 

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atlast,a dedicated command for these three groups.it was a long time demand.hopefully,they'll set up commands this time.but I wonder what the Space Command will have to do..

 

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National cyber authority on the anvil: DRDO

Intending to check cyber attacks on government websites in the country, the Centre is evolving a National Cyber Authority to lay down policies for Indian cyber world, a top DRDO official said here on Monday.

“We need to integrate the various cyber efforts across the country. There is a plan going on to set up a cyber authority – National Cyber Authority. But, that is still at evolution stage,” DRDO Director General Avinash Chander said.

“It would lay down policies and the methodology and then individual elements in the structure and actual execution would be planned,” he told reporters at DRDO’s Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) lab here.

Observing that cyber warfare has become a concern, he said, “Malwares were getting into the system and corrupting it. Second was disruption of our communication signals. Another was attack on our economic. All these challenges have to be handled in a holistic manner. One way was that we have to slowly ensure that all the critical infrastructure was trustworthy.”

DRDO was also working on the country’s own routers and security systems so that it can mitigate the cyber threats.

He termed social media as yet another “challenge” to the country, as its was witnessed in Arab revolution, orange revolution and many others. “There also it is important that we are able to to control such inherent threats or internal threats. We should be able to isolate the threat from mixing with others.”

Replying to a query on the developing of Main Battle Tank Arjun Mark II, he said, “We have some problem with the missiles. All other aspects are fully cleared. We are trying to see what can be the best solution among the available options.”

Speaking about the designing future battle tanks, Chander said that people are talking about four-man crew, three-man crew, but the world is changing.

“Automation levels today were different from what was there earlier. By end of this decade, we want to have an unmanned tank or at least which can move along with the soldier,” the Scientific Advisor to Union Defence Minister said.

In the unmanned vehicle and systems, he said, UAV Rustom II was to go for flight trials with full configuration in the end of this year.

“We have developed an unmanned underwater system, which can go upto 400 metre depth and the Navy was quite enthused with it for removing mines, mapping, surveying. We are working with navy on what size will be best suitable to be fitted in the ships,” he said.

In the 12th five year plan, DRDO was going to take up a gun programme under armaments cluster. “We are also taking surface to air missiles – short range, long range – as part of this plan. We are also going to induct long range Agni V and Agni IV systems into the weapons. We will work on the manoeuvring systems in the future. In the next three years, we are going to design an anti-tank guided missile of a shorter range.”

DRDO scientists were also working on high altitude radars as well as the electronically scanned radars, which are going to fly in the LCA. “We are also going to make electro optic systems, electronic warfare system, which are going to get inducted in the ships by 2015-16.”

Asked why was the DRDO not giving opportunities to the private companies in defence production instead of PSUs, the Defence Secretary (R&D) said, “What it requires is some kind of a policy drive legislation change. Today, explosives are totally handled under the government control.”

“Definitely, I think, the time has come when we have to look for changes in our policy how to harness the national capability towards Defence’s efforts. I am sure this is a running question, which the government should be addressing in the coming period,” he said.

The canister-based test for Agni V in the second half of this year.

To a query on the erosion around Wheeler Island, off Odisha coast, the Union Defence Ministry’s only facility to test missiles, was “being stabilised and not much of erosion in the last few months.”

National cyber authority on the anvil: DRDO | idrw.org

 

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Ok lets wait and see how far and how quick this all is done. But is a step in the right direction tho. All the very best.

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