Save the Date - 19 July 2024

PAST SPONSORS OF AIR & MISSILE DEFENCE INDIA

PAST EXHIBITORS OF AIR & MISSILE DEFENCE INDIA

Air & Missile Defence India is being organized on 19 July 2024 as a physical in-person seminar & exhibition at the Air Force Auditorium jointly by the Centre for Air Power Studies, Indian Military Review and Ernst & Young.

The event is free to attend for all serving officers of the armed forces, paramilitary officers and DRDO scientists.

Objectives

The objectives of the seminar are to provide a forum to:

(a)       Discuss emerging threats and the technologies to counter and neutralise them.

(b)       Formulate strategies and explore the road to upgrade, optimise current air     defence assets.

(c)       Interacting with industry and for understanding of the requirement of Air Defence and provide them an opportunity to industry to showcase their capabilities.

The Operational Environment

The future battle space will present a highly contested anti-access/area-denial environment. The capability exists with our adversaries for significant application of non-kinetic and cyber weapons, augmented with the use of artificial intelligence to control these weapons. In this highly dynamic environment, rapidly escalating collision of highly networked and lethal forces will operate across an entire theatre. Both offensive and defensive operations could occur simultaneously, with all domains heavily contested.

New and Emerging Aerial Threats

The modern battlefield is constantly evolving, and new aerial threats are emerging as technology advances. Some of the new aerial threats that have emerged or are emerging on the modern battlefield include unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (including autonomous loitering munitions), hypersonic weapons, stealth aircraft, directed energy weapons (DEW) combined with cyber attacks on air defence systems, electronic warfare and use of space-based weapons, such as satellites and missile.

Countering and neutralizing ballistic missiles can be a challenging task due to a number of factors, including their speed and altitude, manoeuvrability, longer ranges, multiple warheads, use of decoys and countermeasures, combined with space-based assets, such as satellites, cyber attacks and electronic warfare to disrupt or disable missile defence systems. The cost of developing, maintaining, and operating missile defence systems can be expensive and can be a significant burden on national budgets.

Essentials of an Effective Air Defence System

An effective air defence system should have the following essentials:

1. Early warning and detection capabilities to identify and track incoming threats
2. Communications systems to relay information and coordinate responses
3. Weapons systems to engage and neutralize threats, such as interceptors and surface-to-air missiles
4. Command and control systems to manage the overall defence and make decisions on the use of weapons
5. Integration with other elements of the military and civil defence infrastructure, such as ground-based radar and ground-based observers
6. Maintenance and readiness of all systems to ensure they are in good working order and can be quickly activated if needed.

Challenges to be Overcome

Ensuring an effective air defence system can be challenging due to a variety of factors, including technological advancements, limited resources, complexity of components and subsystems, the geographical location and terrain of the country, integration with other military and civilian systems, infrastructure for defence against cyber and electronic warfare, interoperability and training.

Seminar Sessions

The following sessions are planned:

(a)       Session 1 – Inaugural Session

(b)       Session 2 - Emerging Technologies and Industry Capabilities

(c)       Session 3 - Emerging Threats, Surveillance and Detection

(d)       Session 4 - Air Defence Countermeasures

(e)       Session 5 – Closing Session