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In This Issue Since 1909 DefenceBIRTH Minister ANNIVERSARY Hands CELEBRATIONS Over DRDO Developed Naval Systems 4 (Initially published as FAUJI AKHBAR) Vol. 64 q No 7 11 - 25 Chaitra, 1939 (Saka) 1-15 April 2017 The journal of India’s Armed Forces published every fortnight in thirteen languages including Hindi & English on behalf of Ministry of Defence. It is not necessarily an organ for the expression of the Government’s defence policy. The published items represent the views of respective writers and correspondents. Editor-in-Chief Increasing Hasibur Rahman 6 Interview: PCDA 7 Senior Editor Editor Infrastructure For Ruby T Sharma Ehsan Khusro Coordination Business Manager Kunal Kumar Dharam Pal Goswami Our Correspondents DELHI: Col Aman Anand; Capt DK Sharma; Wg Cdr Anupam Banerjee; Manoj Tuli; Nampibou Marinmai; Wg Cdr Rochelle D’Silva; Ved Pal; Photo Editor: K Ramesh; ALLAHABAD: Gp Capt BB Pande; BENGALURU: Shivaram Pailoor; CHANDIGARH: Pradip Dasgupta; CHENNAI: T Shanmugam; GANDHINAGAR: Wg Cdr Abhishek Matiman; GUWAHATI: Lt Col Suneet Newton; IMPHAL: Lt Col Ajay Kumar Sharma; JAMMU: Lt Col Manish Mehta; JODHPUR: Lt Col Manish Ojha; 7 Students from Tirap call upon… KOCHI: Cdr Sridhar E Warrier ; KOHIMA: Col Chiranjeet Konwer; KOLKATA: Wg 8 Commander-in-Chief… Marshal of the Indian Cdr SS Birdi; Dipannita Dhar; LUCKNOW: Ms Gargi Malik Sinha; MUMBAI: Cdr 27 14 Indian Navy Eyes The Third Pole Air Force Visits Air… Rahul Sinha; Narendra Vispute; NAGPUR: Wg Cdr Samir S Gangakhedkar; PALAM: Gp Capt SK Mehta; PUNE: Mahesh Iyengar; SECUNDERABAD: B Satheesh Kumar; 15 Indian Navy trains Gujarat… SHILLONG: Gp Capt Amit Mahajan; SRINAGAR: Col Rajesh Kalia; TEZPUR: Lt Col 17 General Bipin Rawat visits… Sombit Ghosh; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Suresh Shreedharan; UDHAMPUR: 18 Indian Navy “Coast to Coast”… Col NN Joshi; VISAKHAPATNAM: Cdr CG Raju. 20 Defence Investiture Ceremony-I Published by: Nitin D Wakankar 26 CNS Reviews Operational… Addl DG (Media & Communication) 28 INS Tillanchang Commissioned… Directorate of Public Relations, South Block, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi-110011 34 Valedictory Ceremony of IDAS… Follow us on: Regulars 35 Armed Forces Panorama www.facebook.com/DefenceMinIndia https://twitter.com/spokespersonMoD A Saga of Valour – 200 Years of First Editorial Office: 30 L-1 Block, Church Road, New Delhi-110001, Nine Gorkhas Telefax : 23094668 Telephone : 23092768 Email : [email protected] E-in-C: ASCON-32078 [email protected] For subscriptions contact : Business Manager, Sainik Samachar, Telephone : 23092768 Subscription Rates: Inland (Ordinary): One Year Rs 100.00, Overseas (Surface Mail): Rs 450.00 Concessional (per year): Rs 20.00 (Applicable for dependants of service personnel & ex-Servicemen.) For all correspondence subscribers must quote their subscription number For more details visit our website: http://sainiksamachar.nic.in On front cover: The Defence Minister Mr Arun Jaitley handing over Naval Systems indigenously developed by DRDO to the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba pic: GD Mehra Defence Minister Hands Over DRDO Developed Naval Systems he Minister of Defence, Finance Tand Corporate Affairs Mr Arun Jaitley handed over three Naval Systems indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba. The Minister also released two other products developed by DRDO namely IP-based Secure Phone and the Gallium Nitride Technology. Speaking on the occasion Mr Jaitley remarked that DRDO is becoming an important instrument for self- reliance of the nation. He stated that Hyderabad and the Microwave Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State some of the best innovations have Tube Research & Development for Defence said DRDO is playing come from the pool of scientists of Centre, Bangalore won the coveted an important role in self-reliance DRDO. The Defence Minister also Silicon Trophy and Titanium Trophy of Defence Forces and the export said that great societies and nations respectively. potential of the Organisation is are made through people working finding a place in the global Defence on important tasks in anonymity, The Naval Systems handed market. He congratulated all the like the DRDO scientists who were over to the Indian Navy are USHUS- awardees and their families. honoured. Mr Jaitley also said that II Submarine Sonar, Directing Gear in the modern world, societies that for Hull Mounted Sonar Array, Chairman, DRDO and invent and innovate will make faster and RLG based Inertial Navigation Secretary, Department of Defence progress. System for Ship Applications (INS- (R&D) Dr. S Christopher in his The Minister gave away the SA). The export potential of DRDO address said the Defence Acquisition annual DRDO awards in various technologies also received due Council cleared order value of categories during the function. recognition during the function, with DRDO products has gone upto Rs. Apart from the scientists and teams the announcement of the bagging of 2.56 lakh crore out of which about who won awards in various vistas export order for DRDO-developed Rs. 1 lakh crore was in the last two of technological excellence, the torpedo to Myanmar. years alone. Advanced Systems Laboratory, Speaking on the occasion Dr. Sonars are the eyes and ears 4 Sainik Samachar April 1-15, 2017 of a submarine under water. DRDO System, based on indigenous Ring systems, for application in Light has developed the State-of-the-Art Laser Gyroscopes, provides vital Combat Aircraft. submarine sonar suite, USHUS-II, information on the ship's position The Secure IP Phone incorporates a highly evolved compendium of coordinates and heading for steering an indigenous encryption algorithm multiple sensors. The constituent it to its destination accurately. It on a trustworthy hardware platform sonars in the suite include passive features high speed processor, multi- to provide a high level of secrecy to sonar, active sonar, intercept sonar, constellation Sat Nav receiver, ship voice and data, for communication obstacle avoidance sonar and specific interfaces and innovative of strategic and tactical plans of the underwater telephony. algorithms. Armed Forces. Directing Gear is an electro- With the emergence of Gallium mechanical system that supports the Nitride as a state-of-the-art material The function was also attended transducer array of hull-mounted for MMIC applications, DRDO has by senior functionaries of the Ministry ship sonar systems and rotates it at a established this futuristic technology, of Defence, Indian Navy, DRDO and controlled speed for in-situ acoustic which will substantially help in the industry partners. calibration at Harbour and Sea. development of next generation - Nitin Wakankar The Inertial Navigation radars, seekers and communication pix: GD Mehra April 1-15, 2017 Sainik Samachar 5 Increasing Infrastructure for Digital Army Top Priority of Government: Dr Bhamre he Minister of State for Defence TDr. Subhash Bhamre said here that increasing of infrastructure for the Digital Army based on State-of- the-Art technologies is a top priority of the Government. In his inaugural address at the DEFCOM INDIA 2017 with the theme ‘Infrastructure and Skilled Human Resource for Digital Army’, Dr. Bhamre said that this initiative for creation of operational information networks and systems should be expedited at all levels. He stated that the robust, secure, high capacity data networks and information systems are an urgent necessity for Operational Commanders. "They are also a critical Bipin Rawat said that in the present the technology to be incorporated facet of the force modernisation complex environment, technology is into the Army’s communication plans of the Indian Army, which will imbibed by the Armed Forces in a system has to be ruggedized and further form a fulcrum for Tri-services manner that will rapidly keep pace light weight. integration in times to come", he with the changing technologies The two-day event organised added. The Minister, however, said before they become obsolete. “But jointly by the Corps of Signals of the that the creation of infrastructure for that to happen it is important that Indian Army and the Confederation for the Digital Army will need we are able to identify the correct of Indian Industry (CII), was also indigenous Indian solutions and type of technology and equipment addressed by Signal Officer-in-Chief systems from security point of view. that is to be inducted into the Armed and Senior Col. Commandant, Dr. Bhamre emphasized that the Forces”, he stated. Gen. Rawat Corps of Signals Lt. Gen. Ashish creation of indigenous capabilities further emphasized that the Army Ranjan Prasad and Director General, in Information and Communication has to keep pace with the digitized CII Shri Chandrajit Banerjee. It was Technologies (ICT) for the Defence world and ensure that most of its attended by senior officers from sector will give a major fillip to the systems are digitised as early as the Armed Forces, Indian industry, ‘Make in India’ programme. possible. At the same time it has academia and R&D organisations. Speaking at the function, the to be remembered that war will be Nitin Wakankar Chief of the Army Staff General fought on the border and therefore pix: Rakesh Mangaraj 6 Sainik Samachar April 1-15, 2017 Students from Tirap call upon General Rawat tudents from the lesser known STirap District of Arunachal Pradesh interacted with General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff and shared a cup of tea. General Rawat narrated his experiences of these areas to the children and motivated them to work hard and contribute actively in the Nation building process. The General exhorted the young students to emulate the footsteps of Hav Hangpan Dada, Ashok Chakra who also hailed from Tirap district and made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty. In addition to offering the life time opportunity of interacting with renowned public figures, these ‘National Integration Tours’ serve to educate school children, youth and locals of the border areas on the rich heritage of the country and various industry initiatives, exposing them to various career options.