Air Defence India 2014 Conference & Exhibition in New Delhi 24-25 July 2014

DELHI, India - April 10, 2014 - PRLog -- The Centre for Joint Warfare Studies and IMR Media announced on 10 April 2014, launch of Air Defence India 2014 Conference & Exhibition 2014, to be held on 24025 July 2014 at the Army's Convention Centre in New Delhi. The Centre for Asia-Pacific Peace & Security Studies is the Knowledge Partner for the event.

Majority of the Army's air defence equipment has reached its full life, of which, the following four are the worst of the lot:

• KVADRAT system in service for 30 yrs.
• L-70 air defence guns in use for 44 yrs.
• SCHILKA 23/4 SP in service for 34 yrs.
• TWIN barrel gun in service for 31 years.

Some of the systems have been modified, but much of the combat inventory is in critical condition.

India aims to spend $5.4 billion to buy some 1,000 missile launchers and 6,000 missiles for its Very Short-Range Air-Defence System (VSHORADS) alone. This is the initial order.

India has launched the procurement process for three types of SAMs - medium-range, quick-reaction and man-portable short-range missile systems - to replace the air defence corps' old Russian-origin Kvadrat, Strela and other systems.

Senior speakers expected at AD India 2014 are:

* HE Shri Shekhar Dutt, Governor of Chhattisgarh and former Defence Secretary, Govt of India.
* Air Mshl RK Sharma, Vice Chief of Air Staff
* Lt Gen VK Saxena, Director General Army Air Defence, Army HQ.
* Lt Gen Sanjeev Chopra, Director General Perspective Planning, Army HQ.
* Lt Gen SH Kulkarni, Director General Mechanised Forces, Indian Army.
* Maj Gen H Gopalan, Additional DG, Army Air Defence Corps, Army HQ.
* Rear Adm DN Sudan, Asst Chief of Naval Staff (Air), Naval HQ.
* Air Vice Mshl MM Bahadur, Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies
* Lt Gen Rajiv Bhatia, Commandant, Army Air Defence College.
* Air Marshal Bharat Kumar, Director CAPPSS.
* Dr VG Sekaran, Director General Missiles & Strategic Systems, DRDO HQ.
* Air Marshal AK Singh former C-in-C Southern Air Command.
* Air Marshal S Sukumar, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, IAF.
* and other domain experts and industry speakers.

The scope of the event is: -
• To assess and comprehend the multifaceted dynamics of the aerospace threat.
• To obtain inputs on the emerging concepts and technologies available in the field of GBADWS.
• To elicit inputs for improvement and upgrade of legacy systems..
•Battlefield Management in a dense AD environment and the Way Ahead.

IAF Air Defence Commanders, Army Air Defence officers, officers from the Strategic Forces Command, Integrated Defence Staff, Directors of Joint Operations, Indian Ordnance Factories, Purchasing Directorates, Commanders Missile Defence, Training Branches and Institutes, Air Defence College, Chief Engineers and Program Managers, Ground-Based Air Defence Commands, Associations / Think tanks and Domestic & International Vendors are expected to attend.

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