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 Modern
day-warfare encompasses fail-proof communications, an
efficient command and control apparatus, precision-guided
lethal weapons, electronic warfare means, heterogeneous combat
teams, rapid mobility over all kinds of terrain, close
cooperation of all the three Services, digitalised maps giving
3D images of the terrain and a constant threat of use of mass
weapons of destruction by the adversary. In times to come,
warfare would become far more complex in which communications
and informatics would play a greater role.
In their endeavour to
learn from and better the past performances, the Corps of
Signals has introduced, from time to time, technically
faultless systems. The Army's Static Communication System is
one of them. This highly complex static communication network
is the consequence of the pioneering and visionary skills of
the Corps of Signals and dedicated and perfected engineering
expertise of the engineers of ITI Ltd. The state-of-the-art
digital technology is employed in the system, which supports
the Army along the nation's most vulnerable borders. Matchless
in performance, the network provides all telematic facilities,
namely voice, data, telex and video.
Many value-added
services have also been provided in an integrated manner at
the important operational headquarters. Despite the magnitude
of the task and the constraint of time no essential details
have been overlooked. Moreover, the network has been
implemented and made operational in a record time with
impeccable finesse and that too indigenously before the
multinational technology came into India.
The origin of static
network lies in the foresight of former accomplished Signal
Officers-in-Chief who conceived and gave directions to this
futuristic network. The project is really a feather in the cap
of the Corps of Signals and M/s ITI Ltd which provided the
turnkey epicenter. The rewarding relationship was based on a
mutual understanding, confidence and teamwork. Using novel
techniques within existing parameters, the technical genius of
the partnership has presented the nation with a system, which
is serving the Army as a secure network.
Though this static
network is capable of meeting unforeseen requirements, it has
been linked to the main decision-making centres in the
hinterland using different media including optical fibre cable
linkages. The operations in selected areas have been made
possible through satellite. It also caters for a total
integration with the existing tactical mobile communication
systems and also for proposed futuristic tactical
communication systems.
As part of an
evolutionary process, the Corps of Signals is constantly
planning, executing and upgrading the existing communication
architectures. As relating to static communication networks,
new networks are being added with the state-of-the-art
switching technologies and network management.
The static communication network of
the Indian Army has ushered into the revolutionary and
exciting world of digital communications, preparing it for the
ISDN and the network centric era, which is already knocking at
the doors. These architectures will form the very backbone of
informatic exchange and management for the Indian Army.
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