{"id":73937,"date":"2020-12-21T10:57:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T05:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=73937"},"modified":"2020-12-24T16:37:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:07:48","slug":"defence-minister-hands-over-drdo-systems-to-armed-forces-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/defence-minister-hands-over-drdo-systems-to-armed-forces-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Minister hands over DRDO systems to Armed Forces Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1681732\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0Defence Minister has handed over three indigenously developed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems to Army, Navy and Air Force.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the three indigenously developed systems?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Indian Maritime Situational Awareness System (IMSAS):\u00a0<\/strong>It is a state-of-the-art and high performance intelligent software system that provides Global Maritime Situational Picture, marine planning tools and analytical capabilities to Indian Navy.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by:\u00a0<\/strong>Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Bengaluru and Indian Navy has jointly conceptualised and developed the product and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru has implemented it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>ASTRA<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Astra is the indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM).<\/li>\n<li>The BVRAAM technology enables fighter-pilots to shoot precisely at the enemy targets which are beyond their visual range.<\/li>\n<li>The missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).<\/li>\n<li>The missile has a range of over 70 km.It can fly towards the target at a speed of over 5,555 km per hour.<\/li>\n<li>The missile has a 15-kilogramme high-explosive pre-fragmented warhead and the missile is also capable of engaging targets of different ranges and altitudes.<\/li>\n<li>Further,Astra missile also has some highly advanced features like Electronic Counter-Countermeasures or ECCM.This feature enables Astra missile to overcome defensive measures put forth for the target by the enemy.<\/li>\n<li>The ASTRA Mk-I Weapon System integrated with SU-30 Mk-I aircraft is being inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Border Surveillance System(BOSS):\u00a0<\/strong>It is an all-weather electronic surveillance system successfully designed and developed by Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Purpose:\u00a0<\/strong>The system has been deployed at Ladakh border area for day and night surveillance and facilitates monitoring and surveillance by automatically detecting the intrusions in harsh high-altitude sub-zero temperature areas with remote operation capability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: PIB News:\u00a0Defence Minister has handed over three indigenously developed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems to Army, Navy and Air Force. Facts: What are the three indigenously developed systems? 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