SP's Land Forces - April-May 2012
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The Army needs a seamless digitised communication network capable of picking up information from sensors deployed in the battlespace and passing it on a need-to-know basis to all concerned commanders in the field
Lt General S.P. Kochhar, Signal Officer-in-Chief
Lt General Vinod Nayanar, Director General of the Regiment of Artillery
Lt General Kuldip Singh, Director General, Army Air Defence
The Union Budget 2012-13, presented to the Parliament on March 16, 2012, has increased the defence budget to Rs. 1,93,407.29 crore.
As far as “jointness” and synergy are concerned between the services, it is disappointing to note that in the 21st century...
The Russian Mountains stand at Russia’s exposition displays various types of ammunition, including a 125 mm tank ammunition set and munitions for the BMP-3 IFV developed by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Mechanical Engineering Research Institute” (NIMI).
Antitank guided missile systems (ATGM) have been developed and produced globally for already half a century.
Pantsir-S1 air-defence missile gun system (ADMGS) is the natural evolution of the first and so far the only air-defence missile gun system in the world – the Tunguska system – designed in Tula by KBP instrument Design Bureau and put into service inn 1982.
Lt General Vinod Bhatia, DG, Infantry, Indian Army
With the ALH WSI and the LCH being indigenously developed by HAL and likely to enter service in the coming years, the Indian armed forces will have formidable and state-of-the-art armament using helicopters in their kitty...
The Artillery needs large quantities of PGMs for more accurate targeting in future battles.
Saab RBS15 missile family has proven potential to meet the existing and future requirements of all branches within the Indian armed forces
Integrated challenges to homeland security have to be handled at the national level with a centralised framework for adequate response.
The company will debut its future-proof CV90 and the go-anywhere BvS10 vehicles along with the ultra-light M777 howitzer
The nature of warfare has changed dramatically after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. In Afghanistan and Iraq mass deployment of armor and air strikes alone are not enough to conduct effective counter insurgency operations.
There is a need to study the issues pertaining to management of transformation and towards realising the need for joint capabilities in the Indian armed forces.
The “Almaz-Antey” Concern is a commercial organization established to contribute to Russia’s defence capacity and security, develop military-technical co-operation between Russia and foreign countries, and make profit from its business activities.
Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant KUPOL,JSC, established in the year of 1957 and focusing on production of the short-range air defense systems, is part of the ALMAZ-ANTEY Air Defense Concern.
Rick Alpaugh, Vice President International Military Sales, AM General
Sometimes we need to challenge our assumptions. For those who study and follow the military training and simulation community, it is occasionally too easy to pigeonhole a company, assuming that we know exactly what it does.