{"id":105790,"date":"2020-12-22T12:42:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=105790"},"modified":"2020-12-22T12:42:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:42:28","slug":"armed-forces-got-three-drdo-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/armed-forces-got-three-drdo-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Forces got Three DRDO Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Instruments Research &amp; Development Establishment (IRDE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research &amp; Development Organization (DRDO) located in-<br><\/strong>a) Kolkata<br>b) Pune<br>c) Lucknow<br>d) Dehradun<br><strong>Answer: (d)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 18 December 2020; Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh today handed over three indigenously developed systems to Indian defense forces.<\/li><li>These are the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems which have been provided to Army, Navy and the Air Force at a function held in DRDO Bhawan.<\/li><li>The details of three systems handed over by Defense Minister to the Chiefs of three forces respectively are as follows-<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i. Indian Maritime Situational Awareness System (IMSAS) to the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh.<br>ii. ASTRA Mk-I Missile to Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria<br>iii. Border Surveillance System (BOSS) to the Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in his address congratulated the scientific fraternity for their achievements.<\/li><li>Handing over of these products was done in the presence of Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, the Guest of Honour and Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat.<\/li><li>Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh also gave away awards to DRDO scientists for outstanding contributions in various categories during the function.<\/li><li>The awards include DRDO Lifetime Achievement Award \u2013 2018 to Shri N V Kadam for his contributions for developing control and guidance schemes for missiles.<\/li><li>Excellence awards were given to academia and industry for technology absorption.<\/li><li>Besides, individual awards, team awards, technology spin-off awards, techno managerial awards and awards in other categories were also given.<\/li><li>Shri Rajnath Singh lauded the role of DRDO scientists in combating COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li><li>He congratulated all the scientists who received the awards and wished them the very best for their future endeavours.<\/li><li>Speaking on the occasion, Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik said that DRDO is playing an important role in self-reliance of Defence.<\/li><li><strong>Description of the Systems:<\/strong><\/li><li>BOSS- It is an all-weather electronic surveillance system successfully designed and developed by Instruments Research &amp; Development Establishment (IRDE), Dehradun.<\/li><li>The system has been deployed at Ladakh border area for day and night urveillance.<\/li><li>The system facilitates monitoring and surveillance by automatically detecting the intrusions in harsh high-altitude sub-zero temperature areas with remote operation capability.<\/li><li>The system is being produced by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Machlipatnam.<\/li><li>IMSAS- The IMSAS is state-of-the-art, fully indigenous, high performance intelligent software system that provide Global Maritime Situational Picture, Marine planning tools and Analytical capabilities to Indian Navy.<\/li><li>The system provides Maritime Operational Picture from Naval HQ to each individual ship in sea to enable Naval Command and control (C2).<\/li><li>Centre for Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics (CAIR), Bengaluru and Indian Navy has jointly conceptualised and developed the product and the BEL, Bengaluru has implemented it.<\/li><li>ASTRA Mk-I \u2013 The ASTRA Mk-I is the indigenously developed first Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Missile, which can be launched from Sukhoi-30, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Mig-29 and Mig-29K.<\/li><li>Globally, very few countries have expertise and capabilities to design and produce this class of weapon system.<\/li><li>Secretary, DDR&amp;D &amp; Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy stated that DRDO is committed to the development of advanced systems and technologies for Defence.<\/li><li>Mr. Reddy also stated on the occasion that the DRDO strives to create robust ecosystem of Defense design, development and production along with academia, industry and armed forces.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1681732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1681732<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Instruments Research &amp; Development Establishment (IRDE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research &amp; Development Organization (DRDO) located in-a) Kolkatab) Punec) Lucknowd) DehradunAnswer: (d)Related Facts:- On 18 December 2020; Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh today handed over three indigenously developed systems to Indian defense forces. 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