May 30, 2013: India Defense and Aerospace symposium, organized by Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries (SIATI) in association with National Instruments (NI), a technology pioneer, completes the sixth edition of the India Defense & Aerospace Symposium (IDAS) 2013- in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi.
IDAS 2013 commenced in Bangalore, with a key note addressed by Dr. Tamilmani – DS & Chief Executive, CEMILAC & Chief Controller- R&D (Aeronautics)- Ministry of Defence, amidst other eminent industry leaders from NAL, HAL, BEL, DRDO, LRDE,BHEL, IISC , TPCL and more. Speaking at the event Dr.Tamilmani said, “Multiple facilities need to be created for flexibility in defense solutions. Capabilities need to increase in manufacturing of defense and aeronautics products -a static segment for the last 30-40 years. Globally things have transitioned to automation to improve design and production. This is where our solution and evolution lies – it’s time for India to focus on production – in a cost-effective way. This is not possible overnight – which is why COTS technology is crucial.”
The event hosted various technical sessions on radar test and validation, wireless sensors and apps, scalable architectures for spectrum monitoring, large channel data acquisition, RF hardware-in-loop design, versatile Record & Playback, simulators, autonomous systems etc. These sessions were attended by defense personnel, engineers and researchers representing various functional groups, government authorities and multi-national companies. Other highlights at the event included a unique exhibition arena that displayed live demonstrations, case studies presentations, innovative products from NI partners and technical consultation.
Mr. Jayaram Pillai, Managing Director for India, Russia & Arabia, National Instruments said, “The success of the sixth ‘India Defense & Aerospace Symposium 2013’ is a testimony to the increased focus of engineering and technology advancements in the Indian defense sector. NI is now moving beyond sub-systems such as signal intelligence, gunshot detection and simulation, and stepping into control system. COTS based technology will drive the next generation platforms for the defense and aerospace industry. COTS with software defined functionality will ensure that sophisticated defense and aerospace systems are built faster in India with the knowledge of Indian Scientists and Researchers. This will ensure long term support and IP(Intellectual Property) remaining within the country, hence ensuring security and self reliance.”
The sessions in these tracks enabled participants gain deeper insights into best practices and business benefits that can be achieved through the NI PXI platform and Graphical system design technology . For over 15 years, NI has been the leader in PXI technologies which is becoming the preferred platform for Military and Aerospace. With over 500 PXI products from more than 70 vendors, NI is the largest single vendor of PXI Hardware.
For more than 30 years, user-defined systems based on National Instruments technology have been deployed to a wide variety of applications in the defense and aerospace sectors. NI will continue to be a key driver of innovation and new technologies that will help military, aerospace and defense companies in India build more effective test and embedded systems. NI is committed to building an ecosystem of companies that build hardware and software platforms, possess algorithm expertise, integration and mechanical ruggedization expertise, test and certification facilities and infrastructure to support strategic Indigenization projects across various geographical locations in India.
