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AIR & MISSILE DEFENCE INDIA 2022
Air Defence operations have evolved substantially in the last few decades and have become critical for, not only success in wars, but also in force preservation and survival against a large number of rapidly evolving platforms like drones, combat drones, rockets, missiles, aircrafts, hypersonic vehicles, etc. The requirement of an effective of Air Defence system is essential both in peace, competition and conflict, along the borders as well as in the hinterland. Recent events in Nagorno-Karabakh, Israel-Gaza and various other conflicts have proved the importance of this domain. The transformation of Indian Armed Forces, which is presently underway has prioritised Air Defence as a critical area and the creation of the Integrated Air Defence Command (IADC).
Seminar and Exhibition
An International Seminar on "Air Defence India" is being organized on 15 July 2022 as a physical in-person event with the aim to obtain inputs in the journey towards for modernization of the country’s Air Defence and apprise the industry regarding the requirements and expectations. The subject has gained importance in view of the impending reorganisation and emergence of the joint Air Defence Command.
State-of-the-Art Venue
Objectives
The objectives of the seminar are as follows:
(a) Familiarise with the latest concepts of Air Defence.
(b) Explore existing technology to neutralize new aerial threats.
(c) Explore the concept of convergence of EW with Ground Based Air Defence Weapon Systems.
(d) Build understanding on the aspect of latest trends in communication technology towards achieving net centricity for Air Defence Control & Reporting System (ADC&RS).
(e) Establish clarity on concepts required towards functioning jointly under the Integrated Air Defence Command.
(f) Project requirements to the industry for the next three Five-Year Plan periods.
(g) Improve industry integration facilitating understanding of the requirement of Air Defence. Build a common platform for Services-Industry cooperation and response to the needs of Air Defence.
The Indian Armed Forces will use this occasion to carry out a comprehensive technical and commercial scan of Air Defence related technologies available, both globally and domestically in the foreseeable future.
Seminar Sessions
The following sessions are planned:
Session 1 – Inaugural Session
Session 2 – Industry Capabilities
Session 3 – Contours Of the Threat
Session 4 – Integrated Air Defence Battle
Session 5 – Research & Development
Whom will you meet?
The following officers are expected to attend in person:
- Director General Army Air Defence
- Officers of Army Air Defence Corps
- Director General Air Ops IAF
- Officers of IAF Air Defence
- Director General Naval Ops
- Officers from Operations Branch of Indian Navy
- Directorate General Naval Armament Systems
- Ministry of Defence Procurement officers
- Army Air Defence College
- Western Air Command IAF
- Defence Industry executives
- DRDO scientists
Who Should Exhibit from Industry?
- Ground Based Air Defence systems
- Medium and Ballistic Missile technologies
- Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar
- Counter Missile technologies
- Integrated and Networked Radar systems
- Air Threats and Challenges
- New Technologies
- Upgrades to Legacy Systems
- Air Defence Battle Management
- Indigenisation
- Countering the drone threat
- Command & Control
- Counter-UAV, drones
SESSION 1 – INAUGURAL SESSION (0930 – 1040 hrs)
Welcome Address Lt Gen Sunil Srivastava, AVSM, VSM**, Director, CENJOWS
Inaugural Address Air Chief Mshl Vivek Ram Chaudhari, PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of Air Staff.
Theme Address. Lt Gen SP Goswami, VSM, Director General Army Air Defence.
Introductory Talk. Navdeep Singh Arshi, Key Account Manager – Defence Sector, Dassault Systèmes.
Introductory Talk. Eli Hefetz, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Industry Perspective Col KV Kuber, Director Defence & Aerospace, Ernst & Young.
Release of Report EY-IMR Knowledge Paper on Air Defence.
1040 – 1110 hrs Refreshment break and exhibition.
SESSION 2 – EMERGING THREATS AND COUNTERMEASURES (1110–1240 hrs)
Chairperson: Air Vice Mshl Makarand Ranade, AVSM, VM, ACAS Ops (Space), Air HQ.
1110 – 1025 hrs Introduction of speakers and Opening Remarks by the Chairman.
1025 – 1140 hrs Russia-Ukraine War - Lessons from the AD Battles, Gp Capt Prashant Arora, Air HQ.
1140 – 1155 hrs Emerging Threats in the Indian Sub-continent. Brig Manish Kumar, VSM, AAD Dte
1155 – 1210 hrs Flexible AD resource deployment. Col Manish Sarin, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
1210 – 1225 hrs Tactical Air Surveillance and Emerging Threats. Rann Marom, Rada Electronic Industries.
1225 – 1240 hrs Panel discussion.
SESSION 3 – EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (1240 – 1340 hrs)
Chairperson: Air Vice Marshal PV Shivanand, VM, ACAS (Air Defence), Air HQ.
1240 – 1255 hrs Introduction of speakers and Opening Remarks by the Chairman.
1255 – 1310 hrs Missile-based AD weapon systems. Speaker from DRDL, DRDO
1310 – 1325 hrs Challenges of Optimizing the AD array. AM Daljit Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM, (Retd), Rafael
1325 – 1340 hrs Optical components for defense applications. R. Suman, Senior Manager, Hind High
Vacuum Company
1340 – 1430 hrs Lunch and exhibition.
SESSION 4 – UPGRADES, OPTIMISATION AND SELF-RELIANCE (1430 – 1600 hrs)
Chairperson: Cmde Alok Ananda, Cmde Naval Ops, Naval HQ.
1430 – 1445 hrs Introduction of speakers and Opening Remarks by the Chairman.
1445 – 1455 hrs Air Force upgrades and optimisation. Air Cmde Vikram Gaur, AVSM, VSM, Air HQ.
1455 – 1510 hrs Ground-based Air Defence Weapons’ Upgrades and Optimisation. Lt Col GNVS Vijay,
GSO-1 AD (Procurement), Army Air Defence Directorate, Army HQ.
1510 – 1520 hrs Recent developments in Indian Navy’s AD capabilities. Capt SS Sinsunwal, Naval HQ.
1520 – 1535 hrs Customised Solutions for Missile Handling. Raghunandan Jagdish, MD, Nandan GSE.
1535 – 1545 hrs Data Driven Program Governance & MRO on Digital Platform. Sunil Dhingra, Technical
Executive, Industry Consultants Group, Dassault Systemes.
1545 – 1600 hrs Panel discussion
SESSION 5 – JOINT PLANNING AND CONDUCT OF AIR DEFENCE OPERATIONS (1600 – 1715 hrs)
Chairperson: Brig Manish Kumar, VSM, Brig AD (Ops & C2), Army Air Defence Directorate.
1600 – 1615 hrs Introduction of speakers and Opening Remarks by Chairman
1615 – 1625 hrs Integration & Interoperability – Air Force Perspective. Air Cmde M Midha, VM, Air HQ.
1625 – 1635 hrs Integration & Interoperability – Army Perspective. Col Sameer Babu, Col AD, AAD Dte
1635 – 1645 hrs Integration & Interoperability – Navy Perspective. Capt Vishnu V Reddy, Naval HQ.
1645 – 1700 hrs Panel discussion
Closing Remarks. Lt Gen Sunil Srivastava, AVSM, VSM**, Director, Centre for Joint Warfare Studies
Vote of Thanks. Maj Gen Ravi Arora, Chief Editor, Indian Military Review.
1715 onwards Refreshments and dispersal.
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