India Strengthens Integrated Air Defense C4ISR with Sensor, Networks, and Command Facilities

Government clears Rs 8000 crore IAF's Integrated Air Command & Control System - The Economic Times

Defence sources said the Cabinet Committee on Security, which met here yesterday, cleared the proposal that was sanctioned by the Defence Acquisition Council in November last.
Once the system is in place, the air headquarters will get a composite air situation picture since it will be integrating Air Force, Army, Naval and civilian radars.

The IAF currently has five sector headquarters (nodes) of communication and the plan is to have four more, besides establishment of 10 sub-nodes and up-gradation of the entire system.

As part of this, the new command and control system will be set up and integrated with the existing ground and air sensors and air  ..

Nod for Rs 8,000 crore Air Force radar system - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Security, apart from the $3 billion purchase of Apache and Chinook helicopters from the US, on Tuesday also cleared an almost Rs 8,000 crore project for extension of the IAF's fully-automated air surveillance and defence network to the entire country.

The IAF has already established five nodes of the IACCS (integrated air command and control system) in the western sector facing Pakistan at Barnala (Punjab), Wadsar (Gujarat), Aya Nagar (Delhi), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and Ambala (Haryana) with help from defence PSU Bharat Electronics.

Now, as was first reported by TOI, four new major nodes and 10 sub-nodes will come up under Phase-II of the IACCS. While three nodes will be in eastern, central and southern India, the fourth
is meant for the strategically-located Andaman and Nicobar Islands archipelago.

By progressive integration of all airborne and ground-based civilian and military radars around the country, the aim is to ensure any intrusion by a hostile aircraft, helicopter, drone or micro-light can be detected and tackled as soon as it takes place. "The composite air picture will be available in real-time at centralised locations and the national command post," said a source.

Some of the new nodes will be located in underground complexes to improve survivability in face of enemy attacks, even as the entire IACCS infrastructure is also being upgraded with advanced early-warning, jam-resistant radars and the like.

IACCS (Integrated Air Command Control System) | Bharat Electronics Limited

Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS) is an automated Air Defense command and control center for controlling and monitoring of Air Operations by Air Force. In network centric warfare era, RASP information is required to be made available at the appropriate level for taking tactical decision. These levels are strategic level (Air head Quarter),Operational level (Command Head quarter) and tactical level (Divisional level). The information sharing involves sharing of the
information among navy, army and civil radar network also. The IACCS system receives data from different types of homogeneous/ heterogeneous radars (2-D or 3-D), reports from mobile observation posts and data from various other Air Force Airbases or Civilian agencies viz Air Traffic Control, Air Force Movement Liaison Unit etc. to create real time comprehensive recognized air situation picture (RASP) at IACCS Command & Control Centre (C & C Centre). The connectivity of sensors/agencies from/to the IACCS C&C Centre is connected on a wide area network based on IP protocol.

• The system is meant to provide an appropriate solution to identify the track information in the Air.
• To produce a “Recognized Air Situation Picture” (RASP) by using the information received from different radars.
• To provide a perfect WA solution for enemy aircraft/missiles using different interception tactics (for Combat Air Patrol), Surface to Air-guided missiles (SAGW) missiles & Air Defence Artillery Gun (ADAG).
• To achieve automation in the Air-Defence hierarchy of “Indian Air Force”.

SALIENT FEATURES The system enables surveillance of national airspace for Air Traffic operations and overall airspace safety. The system features and capability are:-

• Adaptable to legacy systems
• High availability rate
• Open architecture and state of the art HMI
• Use of COTS product and modular/ Uses modular COTS product
• Upgradeability and expandability
• Situational awareness and Analysis
• Generation of Recognized, accurate, updated and complete real time Air Situation Picture (RASP) for local as well as centralized air space control and surveillance Threat Evaluation on the basis of Identification of track.
• Integration of various types of radars such as LLTR, MPR, Long Range Radar and adaptable to user legacy systems.
• System generated solution for Weapon assignment including SAGW (Surface to Air Guided Weapon viz missiles), GUNS and aircraft (Fighter aircraft interception control)
• Automation of tactical functionalities viz. Interception, Aircraft
  recovery, Threat evaluation, PAD (Passive Air Defense) warning etc.
• Automatic track Identification based upon flight plan and IFF data with manual override
• Interception solution & commands for defender aircraft against target.
• Flight Plan ingestion & collision resolution.
• Surveillance alert generation.
• Simulation of exercise environment through multi identity tracks.
• Dissemination of weapon control orders & other tactical commands to weapon units.
• Record & Replay of operator actions as well as ASP situations.
• Air Defense Resource Planning, management & deployment including radar coverage area analysis
• Post mission analysis
• Air tasking order processing

IACCS Architecture Builds Operational Picture

ANALYSIS | India's Integrated Air Command & Control System (IACCS) : A NCW Milestone | IndraStra Global : Analysis, On The Dot
Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS) is an automated Air Defense Command and Control center for controlling and monitoring of Air Operations by Air Force. In network centric warfare era, Recognized Air Situation Picture (RASP) information plays a very critical role and is required to be made available at the appropriate level for executing series of tactical decisions. These levels are strategic level (Air head Quarter),Operational level (Command Head quarter) and Tactical Level (Divisional level).The information sharing involves sharing of the critical data through dedicated links among Navy, Army and Civil Radar network also. The IACCS system receives data from different types of homogeneous/ heterogeneous radars (2-D or 3-D), generate reports from mobile observation posts and integrates other data elements from various other Air Force Airbases or Civilian agencies viz Air Traffic Control, Air Force Movement Liaison Unit including airborne AWACS etc. to create real time comprehensive Recognized Air Situation Picture (RASP) at IACCS Command & Control Centre (C & C Centre). The connectivity of sensors/agencies from/to the IACCS - C and C Centre is deployed on a wide area network based on IP protocol.

 
Israeli medium-power radar to be commissioned in Gujarat this week - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: In keeping with the overall plan to bolster India's air defence surveillance network, IAF will commission a spanking new Israeli medium-power radar (MPR) at Naliya in Gujarat this week.
"This state-of-the-art radar, to be named Arudhra, is being inducted towards strengthening the air defence in the Saurashtra-Kutch region and constitutes an important component in IAF's plan to achieve network-centric operations," said an officer.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik will be inducting the radar, which has a range of over 300 km, at the Naliya airbase on Friday after the commanders' conference of the South-Western Air Command. IAF has already inked contracts for 

• 19 LLTRs (low-level transportable radars), 
• four MPRs and 
• 30 indigenous medium-range Rohini radars, 
• major induction of long-range surveillance radars (LRSRs) and
• high-power radars (HPRs) 

to bolster air defence coverage in "hilly terrain" in the hinterland as well as along the borders with China and Pakistan. India is also moving towards procuring 

• nine more Aerostat radars to add to the
• two EL/M-2083 Israeli Aerostats inducted earlier as well as 
• two additional AWACS (airborne warning and control systems) to supplement 
• the first three Israeli Phalcon AWACS bought under a $1.1-billion deal.

IAF Beefs up Network-Centric Operations, Installs New Radars along Gujarat

In order to step up its network-centric operations and strengthen air defence in western India, Indian Air Force (IAF) will be inducting the indigenous Medium Power Radar (MPR) called ‘Arudhra’ at Naliya in Gujarat. The Gujarat coastline has important installations and assets and the new radar will help in extending their security. The induction will take place in the background of the South Western Air Command’s Commanders’ Conference in Gujarat.  The state-of-the-art radar, Arudhra, is being inducted towards strengthening the air defence in the Saurashtra-Kutch of Gujarat. Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, will do the honours and induct the ‘Arudhra’ medium-power radar developed by the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the official said. The Arudhra radar is India's first self developed AESA 3D surveillance radar with multifunction capacity in the medium power capability range. It is a major achievement for the LRDE, along with DRDO, to have managed to develop such crucial 3D long range radars on its own. The Arudra radar has a range of 300 kilometers, twice the range of the 3D Rohini radar (150 km). With advanced "electronic counter-counter measures", the new radar being inducted will be integrated into the IACCS (integrated air command and control system). The IACCS is a fully-automated network being established to integrate the wide array of military radars with each other as well as with civilian radars. The IAF has significantly improved its air defence capabilities by acquiring the IACCS and connecting all of its modern as well as legacy radars under one single grid. IAF has plans to establish ten IACCS centres to cover virtually the entire country, with quick transfer of data from different radars as well as ground stations of AWACS to one central place.