Samir V Kamat, Secretary, Division of Defence–Analysis and Growth (R&D)–and Chairman, DRDO, inaugurated the platform at Underwater Acoustic Analysis Facility in Kulamavu in Idukki, a Defence Ministry launch mentioned.
In keeping with the discharge, SPACE, arrange by the Naval Bodily & Oceanographic Laboratory of DRDO, has been designed as a premier testing and analysis hub for sonar techniques destined for Indian Navy onboard numerous platforms, together with ships, submarines and helicopters.The SPACE marks a milestone in naval expertise development. It’ll encompass two distinct assemblages- a platform that floats on the water floor, and a submersible platform that may be lowered to any depth as much as 100 m utilizing winch techniques. Upon completion of operations, the submersible platform might be winched up and docked with the floating platform, the discharge talked about.
The discharge acknowledged that SPACE will primarily be utilised for the analysis of full sonar techniques, permitting for fast deployment and simple restoration of scientific packages resembling sensors and transducers. Will probably be appropriate for survey, sampling, and knowledge assortment of air, floor, mid-water, and reservoir flooring parameters utilizing trendy scientific instrumentation.
It’ll cater to the wants of information processing and pattern analyses in trendy, effectively outfitted scientific laboratories, heralding a brand new period of Anti-Submarine Warfare analysis capabilities, it added.
