12, April 2019 12/04/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau
Virtual reality centre
(Ministry of Defence)
WHAT
Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC the Chief of the Naval Staff, inaugurated the maiden ‘state-of-the-art’ Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) at the Directorate of Naval Design (Surface Ship Group).
The multi-disciplinary team has successfully developed 19 warship designs on which more than 90 platforms have been constructed to date.
ADVANTAGES
- This centre would provide major boost to the Indigenous warship design capabilities of Indian Navy.
- This will facilitate collaborative design reviews for continuous interaction between the designers and the end users to improve design and ergonomics onboard warships.
- This will provide impetus to self-reliance and greater fillip to warship construction under “Make in India” initiative of the Indian government.
Source: PIB
Army Commanders Conference
(Ministry of Defence)
WHAT
The Army Commanders’ Conference, an apex level biannual event, which formulates important policy decisions, is being held in New Delhi from 08 to 13 April 2019.
- Army Commanders’ Conference is an important event in planning & execution process of Indian Army.
- The Army Commanders’ Conference has comprehensively deliberated all aspects of extant security dynamics, emerging security scenarios, enhancing operational capability in near and long term and enhancement of combat edge over potential adversaries.
- Indian Army is committed to peaceful security environment and shall holistically address emerging threats, challenges & ensure no room for terror.
- Reviews during the Conference included readiness, tri-services synergy, military diplomacy, joint exercises that have created capacity & environment and supporting operational plans that have evolved.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Optimum force readiness to be ensured.
- Re-prioritising the existing requirements to ensure that the resources allocated for force modernisation and capacity building be ensured by optimising allotted budget.
- Increase the content of indegenisation in force modernisation.
- The state of existing infrastructure along Northern Borders and it has been decided to pursue these projects on higher priority. Ensure speedy move and all weather connectivity to Northern Borders are the focus areas.
- As the Indian Army was becoming a more networked and digitised force, the COAS emphasised on the need to enhance technological threshold of all ranks so as to imbibe state of art technology and exploit the same.
- The need to appreciate role of women officers in view of their permanent commission and align their employment gainfully with organisational requirements has been concurred by all. Avenues for making the lady officers experts in foreign languages, artificial intelligence, data management, cyber and space domains are being examined.
Source: PIB