Lt Gen AKS Chandele - Elcina

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEFUTURE BATTLEFIELD

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEFUTURE BATTLEFIELDCHARACTERISTIC IMPERATIVES WPN SYS/CAPABILTY-SHORT NOTICE-SHORTDURATION WARSOF HIGH TEMPOAND INTENSITYREQUIREMENT OF-ENHANCEDSURVEILLANCECAPABILITY-RAPID DISSEMINATIONOF INFORMATION-HIGH BATTLE SPACEAWARENESS- MATCHING MOBILTY-INTEGRATEDPLATFORMS TOSUPPORT VOICE, DATA,IMAGE, MULTIMEDIAAPPLICATIONSPROCESSING ANDNETWORKING-HIGH DENSITYWIRELESS NETWORKS-NETWORKED SENSORSENABLING TECHNOLOGIESINFO TECH, NANOTECH, ROBOTICS, OPTO ELECTRONICS

CHARACTERISTIC IMPERATIVES WPN SYS/CAPABILITYGREATERBATTLEFIELDTRANSPARENCYENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEFUTURE BATTLEFIELDREQUIREMENT OF-HIGH DEGREE OFNETWORK INTEGRATION- DIVERSE SENSORPLATFORMS-HIGH DATA RATE TXN/RXN & PROCESSING IN THESVL NW/GRID-SEAMLESS FLOW OF DATA-INF SOLDIER AS A SYSTEM-LOW COST NIGHT VISIONSENSORS-PERSISTENT SURVEILANCE-HIGH DENSITY WIRELESSSENSOR NETWORKS-AUTO ROBOTIC SVL PLATFORMS-AIRBORNE SVL PLATFORMS(MICRO UAVs)- FINSAS-INTEGRATED PLATFORMS TOSUPPORT VOICE, DATA, IMAGE,MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONSAND- PORTABLE BFSRs- DEDICATED COMN SATELLITESENABLING TECHNOLOGIESROBOTICS, OPTOELECTRONICS, RADAR AND MICROWAVE, I T & COMN.

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEFUTURE BATTLEFIELDCHARACTERISTIC IMPERATIVES WPN SYS/CAPABILITY-DEEPER ANDWIDER COMBATZONES-GREATERPRECISION,LETHALITY ANDSTAND OFFCAPABILITYREQUIREMENT OF-SPACE BASEDSENSORS AND SYS-BALLISTICMISSILE DEFENCESHIELD- LONG RANGEWPN SYS &PRECISIONGUIDEDMUNITIONS( PGMs)ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES-LONG ENDURANCE UCAVs &UAVs-MIL, SPY & DEDICATEDCOMN SATELLITES-STEALTH AIRCRAFT-BALLISTIC & CRUISE MISSILES-SMART MUNITIONS ANDPGMs-DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS- EMP BOMBSSTEALTH , LASER, MICROWAVE, MICROELECTRONICS

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEFUTURE BATTLEFIELDCHARACTERISTIC IMPERATIVES WPN SYS/CAPABILITYNETWORKCENTRICWARFAREREQUIREMENT OF-SEAMLESS VERTICAL &HORIZONTAL DATAFLOW BETWEENNETWORKs-PROTECTION OFCRITICAL INFOINFRASTRUCTURE-PERSISTENTSUVEILLANCE FOR REALTIME SENSOR- SHOOTERLINK-EMP BOMB-ROBUST WIRELESS HW, SW &NW ARCHITECTURE-INTEGRATED PLATFORMS TOSUPPORT VOICE, DATA,IMAGE, MULTIMEDIAAPPLICATIONS ANDNETWORKING-LONG RG UAVs & UCAVs AEPLATFORMSENABLING TECHNOLOGIESINFO TECH, MICROWAVE, COMMUNICATION

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THEFUTURE BATTLEFIELDCHARACTERISTIC IMPERATIVES WPN SYS/CAPABILITYNBC BACKDROPREQUIREMENT OF-STANDOFF DETECTIONOF NUCLEAR AGENTS-HIGH EFFICIENCYPROTECTION &DECONTAMINATIONEQUIPMENT-TACTICAL NUCLEARWEAPONS-ROBOTIC DETECTION &DECONTAMINATIONSYSTEMS-LIGHT WEIGHT NBCPROTECTIONSUITES,NANOPARTICLESBASEDENABLING TECHNOLOGIESROBOTICS, NANOTECH & NUC SCIENCE.

TECHNOLOGIES TO BE FOCUSSED UPON• IT AND CYBER WARFARE• NANO TECH• ROBOTICS• BIO TECH

NANO TECHNOLOGYPOTENTIAL TO REVOLUTIONALISE HUMAN CENTRIC SYSTEMS,SATELLITES, WEAPONS, LOGISTICS, SURVEILLANCE & MILHARDWARE– MINIATURISED SENSORS AND DISPLAYS FOR REAL TIMESITUATIONAL AWARENESS– SOLDIER CAN CARRY MORE LOAD USING EXO-SKELETON SUITS– MICRO SENSORS FOR BODY AND BRAIN SENSING– LIGHTWEIGHT WEARABLE ELECTRIC POWER SOURCES e.g.,FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS, MICRO-FUEL CELLS (BIO FUELS), MICRONUCLEAR BATTERIES AND TRANSDUCERSWILL MAKE FINSAS A REALITY

TECHNOLOGY SCAN• COMMUNICATION• RADAR• IT AND CYBER SECURITY• AVIATION

FUTURE COMBAT COMMUNICATIONSYSTEMS

PRESENT TECH IN COMN FDTECH USEDCNR• HF /VHF/UHF RS•AM/FM MODULATION• BUILT IN GPS• LTD ECCM CAPB• MONOPOLE/PARABOLICANTTAC COMN NETWORK• CIRCUIT SW• TDM BASED EXCHG• PROPRIETORY PROTOCOLSMOBILE COMN• RTS/RLS• CDMA/WIMAX/TETRA•SATCOMDRAWBACKS• MULTIPLE RADIOS• INTEROPERABILITY• LIMITED DATA CAPABILITY (TAC COMN : 32 KBPS,BACKBONE : 2MBPS)• INEFFICIENT UTILISATION OF SPECTRUM• LIMITED ECCM CAPABILITY•NO ADAPTIBILITY IN ANTENNA SYSTEM• NON UNIFORMITY IN STANDARDS• INEFFICIENT UTILISATION OF MEDIA• LIMITED MOBILE CONNECTIVITY• LIMITED DATA RATES•LIMITED TERMINALS

FUTURE REQMT OF DEFENCE FORCES

CHALLENGES IN THE FIELD OF COMN• A FULL SET OF INTEROPERABLE SOLUTION CAPABLE TOINTEGRATE ALL LEGACY SYSTEMS• STANDARDIZED ARCHITECTURE• INTEGRATED SERVICES• TRANSPARENT END-TO-END SECURITY ON IP NETWORK• HIGH PERFORMANCES UP TO 100 MBPS• SUITED TO EOIP• GATEWAYS FOR OTHER COMN SYS INCL SATELLITECOMMUNICATIONS• NMS WITH REMOTE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES• DYNAMIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT• POWER MGT

FUTURE SYSTEMSCOMN SYS EW SYS SVL SYS• IP RADIO• SDR/COGNITIVE RADIO• WIDEBAND/SMART ANT• MANETS• IP BASED TCS• 3G/4G/LTE MOB COMN• HIGH DATA RATES• TDOA BASED DIRECTIONFINDERS• SOFTWARE DEFINED JAMMERS• SPECTRUM MONITORING STNS• SATL AND MW JAMMERS• TRACKED EW SYS FOROFFENSIVE OPS• HELIBORNE/UAV BASED EW SYS• EW SYS FOR OPTO ELECTRONICSAND IR• SMART SENSORS• TERRAIN RECCE

PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR DEVP• SHORT TERM– DEVP OF SDR BASED ON SOFTWARE COMN ARCHITECTURE(SCA)– DEVP AND FIELDING OF TAC COMN SYS (TCS)– DEVP OF MOB COMN SYS FOR STRIKE FMNS– DEVP OF POSN LOC AND REPORTING SYS– TDOA BASED DF• LONG TERM– DEVP OF COGNITIVE RADIO– SOFTWARE DEFINED JAMMERS– EW SYS FOR MICROWAVE AND IR

COMB RADAR SYSTEMS

EXISTING RADARS SYSTEMSAIR DEFENCE RADARSBATTLE FIELD SURVEILLANCE RADARSWEAPON LOCATING RADARSMISSILE GUIDANCE RADARS

EXISTING RADARS SYSTEMS NETWORKINGLIMITATIONS TXN MAINLY LIMITED TO X BAND LIMITED TWS CAPABILITIES IFF CAPABILITY NOT INTEGRATED LIMITED EXPLOITATION OF PHASEDARRAY TECHNIQUES PORTABILITY LACK OF REMOTE DIAGNOSIS LACK OF INTEROPERABILITY OLD TECHNOLOGYDESIRABLES‣ NETWORKING‣ PORTABILITY‣ IMPROVED RANGERESOLUTION‣ REDUCED BLANKING ZONE‣ IMMUNITY TO PASSIVEINTERFERENCE‣ REDUCED PROBABILITY OFINTERCEPT‣ BETTER ECCM CAPABILITIES‣ STEALTH DETECTION‣ ELECTRONIC BEAM STEERING‣ DIGITIZATION

FUTURE RADAR SYSTEMSLIGHT WEIGHT WEAPON LOC AND COUNTER FIRE RADARSMINIATURE SAR MOUNTED ON UAVSAIRBORNE LONG RANGE BATTLE FIELD SURVEILLANCE RADARSFOLIAGE PENETRATION RADARSGROUND PENETRATING RADARSTHROUGH WALL IMAGING RADARSMIMO OR MULTISTATIC RADARCOGNITIVE RADAR

TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURISTIC RADARS• MMICS REPLACING COMPONENT LEVEL DESIGN• ADAPTIVE ARRAYS AND DIGITAL BEAM FORMING• ULTRA WIDE BAND TECHNOLOGY• RF MEMS• NANOTECHNOLOGY• RECONFIGURABLE AND TUNABLE CIRCUITS

INFO TECH AND CYBER SECURITY

AREA CHALLENGES TECHNOLOGIESINFORMATIONSYSTEMSINFO PROCESSING• HUGE VOLUMES OF DATA• AUTOMATED PROCESSING• DATA STORAGE ANDINFORMATION RETRIEVAL• SECURE TRANSMISSIONOF DATA• KNOWLEDGE MGT• DEVP OF CUSTOMISEDSOFTWARE• INFORMATION SECURITYAND INFORMATIONASSURANCEKNOWLEDGE STORAGE ANDCREATION• DATA WAREHOUSING• PATTERN RECOGNITION• DATA MININGKNOWLEDGE RETRIEVAL• SEMANTICS BASED COMPUTING• SEMANTIC SERVICE ORIENTEDARCHITECTURE• CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORKSINTEGRATION• ENTERPRISE INTEGRATIONARCHITECTURE• CLOUD COMPUTING• SOFTWARE ENGG/ AUTOMATED SE

INFO PROCESSINGAREA CHALLENGES TECHNOLOGIESGEOGRAPHICINFO SYS• CHALLENGES AS ININFO SYSTEMS• INTEROPERABILITY• SPATIAL DATAINFRASTRUCTURE• DATA ANALYSIS ANDVISUALISATION• REMOTE SENSING• AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY• AUTOMATED IMAGEPROCESSING• COMPUTER AIDEDDESIGN• SPATIAL DATAMODELING AND ANALYSIS

INFO PROCESSINGAREACHALLENGES TECHNOLOGIESSECURE DATACOMNSECURE REAL TIMECOMN OFMULTIMEDIA DATA• CRYPTOGRAPHY• DATA COMPRESSION• SECURE OS• EMBEDDED SYS• MOBILE COMPUTING• DISASTER RECOVERY

CRYPTOGRAPHY• CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMSAND PROTOCOLS• STEGANOGRAPHYCYBER SECURITYAREA CHALLENGES TECHNOLOGIESCYBER SECURITYINFO ASSURANCE• MANUFACTURE OFINDIGENOUS HARDWARE ANDFIRMWARE• INTERNET SECURITY• SOCIAL ENGG MEDIA• WIRELESS SECURITYASYMMETRIC WARFARE• CYBER ATTACKS• CYBER TERRORISMACCESS CONTROL• HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION(HCI)• BIOMETRICS• FIREWALLS, DISTRIBUTEDFIREWALLSSYSTEM INTEGRITY• OPERATING SYSTEMS• TRUSTED COMPUTING –HARDWARE AND SOFTWAREMECHANISMS• SANDBOX SOLNS• VIRTUALIZATION

CYBER SECURITYAREA CHALLENGES TECHNOLOGIESCYBERSECURITYINFO ASSURANCE• MANUFACTURE OFINDIGENOUSHARDWARE ANDFIRMWARE• INTERNET SECURITY• SOCIAL ENGG MEDIA• WIRELESS SECURITYASYMMETRIC WARFARE• CYBER ATTACKS• CYBER TERRORISMAUDIT AND MONITORING• VULNERABILITYANALYSIS• IDS/IPS, UTM• CYBER FORENSICSCONFIGURATION MGT• POLICY ENFORCEMENTTOOLS• SOFTWARE AGENTS• NETWORK SCANNERS• NETWORK MGT• PATCH MGT

PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR DEVP• TAC C3I SYS : DIGITISATION OF WPN SYS/SENSOR PLATFORMSIN TAC C3I SYS TO ENSURE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH THESOFTWARE DEVP FOR INFO PROCESSING• HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE : DEVP OF SOLDIER FRIENDLYINTERFACE TO INCL VOICE ACTIVATED / GESTURE BASEDSYSTEMS TO COMMUNICATE AND CONTROL VARIOUSCOMPUTING PLATFORMS• GIS : DYNAMIC GEO-REFERENCING OF AERIAL VIDEOS TAKEN BYAIRCRAFTS/UAVS AND AUTOMATIC TAGGING OF SUCH INPUTS

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS• CONCEPT OF MODULARITY• HIGH RELIABILTY LEVELS• GREATER FAULT TOLERANCE• MIN REQUIREMENT OF MAINT• NET ENABLED• REDUCED LGS FOOTPRINT

CONCLUSION

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