In today’s scenario the need for a credible defense capability and its linkages with the rest of the determinants of the capability cannot be overlooked by any country. In the dynamics of ever-changing geopolitical scenario and deterioration of the security environment, this is an absolute necessity and not just a choice. The current security environment is turbulent and conflicted due to territorial disputes, ethnic minority issues, separatist movements and Islamist extremism.
Lt Gen AKS Chandele PVSM, AVSM (Retd), President – Defence, Internal Security & Public Safety, Geospatial World, opened the first session of the day-2, GeoIntelligence 2022 with the fact that, “We face threats such as cross border terrorism, human, narcotics, arms trafficking, organized crimes and piracy. Today technological developments particularly in the field of information and technology in a variety of engineering disciplines are redefining the wars that will be waged in the future.”
The need for geointelligence is at an all-time high, with unstable geopolitical situation and rising terror threats across the country. Armed forces are using geospatial technology in a variety of applications including intelligence, battlefields, surveillance, and terrain analysis and in infrastructure and logistics management.
Interference Detection and Mitigation (IDM), for resilient PNT is of paramount importance. Military systems rely on GNSS signals for a variety of applications, which is why protections of these signals against interference and Denial of Services (DoS) attacks is absolutely necessary.
Lt. Col Gulshan Mehta, EME, Indian Army, pointed out ways or alternate technology that can help us provide or create resilient PNT system. They are:
By using additional sensors we can protect, toughen and augment these signals, thus we can improve the accuracy of the data. Resiliency in compromised environments is paramount to ensure mission capability and mission success. For which we need anti jam antennas, anti-jammer, jamming and spoofing detection devices, jamming and spoofing suppression devices as well as GNSS Transit, said Lt. Col Mehta.
Tommy Hultin, Senior Director Business Development, Maxar Technologies, explained how precision 3D defense capabilities work in GPS denied environments. For precision 3D capabilities, Maxar provides training and simulation, mission rehearsals. It helps in mission planning and precision targeting. It provides component for GPS-denied navigation and intelligence analysis. It also provides high-resolution, geographical foundation data.
There is a plethora of data available, various layers of intelligence, but how can these massive data be saved, processed and put to use? Lt. Col Vivek Gopal, MCEME, Indian Army, explained about the role of 5G matched with respective to GeoIntelligence can provide maximum benefit in not just storing these huge datasets but also optimizing them. In case of data sharing, there are three main characteristics of 5G that can be very useful for defense sector, which are:
1. Enhanced mobile broadband that is about data rates.
2. Ultra-low latency, which is extremely small reaction time for data to flow from one point to another.
3. Massive Machine Type Communication (MMTC) which are the three corner stones of 5G technology.
He explained through a detailed diagram the pyramid structure of the DIKW (Data Information Knowledge Wisdom) framework for GeoInt with 5G.
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