NEW DELHI — India’s Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN), meant to detect intrusion by ships along the country’s 4,600-mi. coastline, will become completely operational by 2013. “A Coastal Surveillance Network consisting of a chain of static radars and electro-optic sensors at 84 remote sites is envisaged along the coastline including island territories to detect movement of suspicious vessels. The network is envisaged to be fully functional by [the] middle of next year,” Defense Minister A. K. Antony told the Indian parliament Aug. 22.
NEW DELHI — India’s air force has received the first of three Embraer 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft from Brazil’s Embraer Defense and Security. The delivery follows the successful completion of ground and flight tests which met the operational targets of Embraer and the Center for Airborne Systems (CABS) of India’s Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO).
