The Minister
of Defence, Finance and Corporate Affairs Shri Arun
Jaitley handed over three Naval Systems indigenously developedby Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to the Chief of the Naval Staff,
Admiral Sunil Lanba here today. The Minister also released two other products
developed by DRDO namelyIP-based Secure Phone and the Gallium Nitride
Technology. Speaking on the occasion Shri Jaitley remarked that DRDO is
becoming an important instrument for self-reliance of the nation. He stated
that some of the best innovations have come from the pool of scientists of
DRDO. The Defence Minister also said that great societies and nations are made
through people working on important tasks in anonymity, like the DRDO
scientists who were honoured today. Shri Jaitley also said that in the modern
world, societies that invent and innovate will make faster progress.
The
Minister gave away the annual DRDO awards in various categories during the
function. Apart from the scientists and teams who won awards in various vistas
of technological excellence, the Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad and the
Microwave Tube Research & Development Centre, Bangalore won the coveted
Silicon Trophy and Titanium Trophy respectively.
The
Naval Systems handed over to the Indian Navy are USHUS-II Submarine Sonar,
Directing Gear for Hull Mounted Sonar Array, and RLG based Inertial Navigation
System for Ship Applications (INS-SA). The export potential of DRDO technologies
also received due recognition during the function, with the announcement of the
bagging of export order for DRDO-developed torpedo to Myanmar.
Speaking
on the occasion Dr. Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State for Defence said DRDO is
playing an important role in self-reliance of Defence Forces and the export
potential of the Organisation is finding a place in the global Defence market.
He congratulated all the awardees and their families.
Chairman,
DRDO and Secretary, Department of Defence (R&D)Dr. S Christopher in his
address said the Defence Acquisition Council cleared order value of DRDO
products has gone uptoRs. 2.56 lakh crore out of which about Rs. 1 lakh crore
was in the last two years alone.
Sonars
are the eyes and ears of a submarine under water. DRDO has developed the State-of-the-Art
submarine sonar suite, USHUS-II, a highly evolved compendium of multiple
sensors. The constituent sonars in the suite include passive sonar, active
sonar, intercept sonar, obstacle avoidance sonar and underwater telephony.
Directing
Gear is an electro-mechanical system that supports the transducer array of
hull-mounted ship sonar systems and rotates it at a controlled speed for
in-situ acoustic calibration at Harbour and Sea.
The
Inertial Navigation System, based on indigenous Ring Laser Gyroscopes, provides
vital information on the ship's position coordinates and heading for steering
it to its destination accurately. It features high speed processor,
multi-constellation Sat Nav receiver, ship specific interfaces and innovative
algorithms.
With
the emergence of Gallium Nitride as a state-of-the-art material for MMIC
applications, DRDO has established this futuristic technology, which will
substantially help in the development of next generation radars, seekers and communication
systems, for application in Light Combat Aircraft.
The
Secure IP Phone incorporates an indigenous encryption algorithm on a
trustworthy hardware platform to provide a high level of secrecy to voice and
data, for communication of strategic and tactical plans of the Armed Forces.
The
function was also attended by senior functionaries of the Ministry of Defence,
Indian Navy, DRDO and industry partners.
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