India integrates military and civilian radars to cover region

A multi-radar data fusion software will present a bird's eye view of all aerial operations at the Southern Air Command headquarters in India.

An integrated command and control system commissioned on October 8, has enabled the real time networking of all military and civil radars in south India. The Indian Air Force (IAF) will have qualitatively enhanced surveillance capabilities over the huge region between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and large parts of Sri Lanka.

"This system will help in carrying out real time networking of civil and military radars and will act as a force multiplier for the IAF in the southern peninsula," Officer Commanding-in-chief of the Southern Air Command Air Marshal S Radhakrishnan said.

This system will integrate IAF, Indian Navy and civilian radars in the southern peninsula using a multi-radar data fusion software that will present a bird's eye view of all aerial operations at the Southern Air Command headquarters.

It will also provide facilities to support air defence functions like automatic surveillance, identification, threat evaluation, interception and recovery.

"This would also increase the operational preparedness of the Southern Air Command and aid in the optimum utilisation of Indian air defence resources," another officer said. (techtree)