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IAF's EW Revolution: How India Plans to Dominate Electronic Warfare

The Indian Air Force recently held a conference focusing on electronic warfare indigenisation opportunities. Air Marshal Vijay Kumar Garg highlighted the importance of Open System Architecture for making systems more upgradable. The event brought together academia, DRDO, and private industry partners to discuss collaborative development. This initiative aims to reduce costs and delivery times while boosting India's self-reliance in defence technology.

Key Points: IAF Conference Discusses Electronic Warfare Indigenisation Opportunities

  • Air Marshal Garg emphasized Open System Architecture for cost-effective EW systems
  • Industry-academia collaboration crucial for indigenous EW development
  • Base Repair Depot highlighted promising indigenisation areas
  • Conference focused on universal modular scalable EW architecture
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IAF meet on electronic warfare discusses indigenisation opportunities

Indian Air Force conference explores promising indigenisation opportunities in Electronic Warfare systems, focusing on modular architecture and industry-academia collaboration.

"Importance of Open System Architecture and its standardisation to make Electronic Warfare systems upgradable - Air Marshal Vijay Kumar Garg"

New Delhi, Nov 14

Potential areas in Electronic Warfare systems which offer promising indigenisation opportunities to the industry and academia were discussed at an IAF conference held here on Friday, said an official.

In his inaugural address at the conference themed 'Leveraging Technology for Universal Modular Scalable Architecture for EW Systems', Air Marshal Vijay Kumar Garg, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command, brought out the importance of Open System Architecture and its standardisation to make Electronic Warfare systems upgradable while decreasing costs and delivery times.

Towards this, the Air Marshal stressed the importance of concerted synergy amongst various stakeholders encompassing academia, DPSUs and Indian Private Industries.

Many academicians, representatives from DRDO and DPSUs and industrial partners from defence equipment manufacturing industries participated in the conference.

Air Commodore V Krishna Kumar, Air Officer Commanding, Base Repair Depot Najafgarh, New Delhi, highlighted the potential areas in EW systems which offer promising indigenisation opportunities to the industry and academia.

Earlier, the IAF Media Coordination Centre said in a statement on X, "An Indian Air Force PC-7 Mk II trainer aircraft met with an accident during a routine training mission and crashed at about 1425 Hr near Tambaram, Chennai, on Friday."

"The pilot ejected safely, and no damage to civil property has been reported. A Court of Inquiry has been constituted to ascertain the cause of the accident," said the statement.

In a related development, the Indian Army said in a statement that the 8th edition of the biennial joint bilateral Exercise Ajeya Warrior between the Indian Army and the British Army will be conducted from November 17 to 30 at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan.

"The exercise aims to strengthen operational synergy in joint Counter-Terrorism operations in a semi-urban environment under Chapter VII of the #UN mandate. It reflects the shared commitment of #India and the #UnitedKingdom towards global peace and security, while further deepening #DefenceCooperation, camaraderie and mutual trust between both armies," said the Additional Directorate General of Public Information, IHQ of Ministry of Defence (Army).

- IANS

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Priya S
While the initiative is good, I hope the implementation is faster. We've been talking about indigenisation for years but still import majority of our defence equipment. Need concrete timelines and deliverables, not just conferences.
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Arjun K
Great to see academia being involved! Our engineering colleges have brilliant minds who can contribute significantly to defence technology. This collaboration can create amazing innovation ecosystem. 🚀
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Sarah B
The modular architecture approach makes so much sense. Will reduce costs and make upgrades easier. Also relieved to hear the pilot ejected safely in the Chennai incident - our safety systems are improving.
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Vikram M
Electronic warfare is the future! With China and Pakistan constantly upgrading their capabilities, we need to be at least 2 steps ahead. Good to see IAF planning strategically rather than just reacting to threats.
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Michael C
The joint exercise with British Army shows India's growing global defence partnerships. Combined with indigenous development, this balanced approach will strengthen our national security significantly.

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