Aerospace Diary

Posted by- Neelam Mathews June 21, 2012 India’s first “MAKE Program has been approved by the Ministry of Defense as part of its impetus to indigenisation by finalizing two development partners for Tactical Communication Systems (TCS). Alongside, Bharat Electronics in the public sector, MoD has selected a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Company formed by three private sector defence majors. Led by L&T, the SPV includes Tata Power SED and HCL Infosystems Limited. Among the few programs currently classified in the "Make" category, TCS is the first one to have reached this stage of finalisation of development partners and also the first-ever program where three major private sector companies have come together to form a consortium, under the leadership of one company, setting aside individual interests to synergize their capabilities, with a common goal of developing an Indian solution for this strategically important program. FICCI says it believes that this approach dem...

Programs Aerospace Daily         Dec 7, 2010 NEW DELHI — Following initial delays, the Indian army’s Corps of Signals will soon have a Tactical Battlefield Communication System (TCS), Minister of State for Defense M.M. Pallam Raju said at a seminar in New Delhi Dec. 2. The deployable wide-area network provides a secure communications infrastructure and network-enabled operating environment to cover communication needs on the battlefield. As India looks to shifting from Platform-Centric to Network-Centric Warfare, “a strong, robust and secure information grid is a prerequisite for this,” says Chief of Army Staff Gen. V.K. Singh. The Indian army’s network-centricity efforts are being operationalized. “Once equipped, I see our armed forces increasingly harnessing the power of data and voice networks . . . that use information as a weapon to strike with pinpoint precision,” he says.