Digital Weapons
Indian space tech firm designs chip to track school buses, weapons systems
A Bengaluru-based space technology company has unveiled an indigenously designed NavIC chip which can use India's own navigation satellite system to provide positioning services that have applications in civilian and defence sectors. The 12-nanometre chip can be fitted into a mobile phone or any handheld device and can receive signals from the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) or the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), the Global Positioning System of the US and the GLONASS constellation of Russia. Designed by the IIT-Kharagpur incubated Elena Geo Systems, the chip was on Thursday presented to Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan in the presence of Samir V Kamat, chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari. Elena Geo Systems has entered into an agreement with a Taiwan-based chip manufacturer to ensure a steady supply of the NavIC chip. "We directly control the factory. ...
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Swedish weapons giant Saab to build Carl-Gustaf M4 rocket launcher in India
Swedish weapons giant says legacy supply chain can switch to new product
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Steel to silicon: A digital way to make combat forces more lethal, accurate
Sophisticated militaries the world over are moving to digitally networked weapons systems to turn their combat forces more lethal and accurate
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