The official opening ceremony of the Indra-2019 Russian-Indian joint exercise took place on the Babina training ground located in the state of Uttar Pradesh (India). Military parades of servicemen of the two countries in honor of the start of the exercise were also held in the port of Mormugao and at the Indian Air Force base in the city of Pune.

The main opening ceremony began with a military parade of servicemen of the two countries, after which the commander of the Eastern MD combined arms formation, Major General Oleg Tsekov and Chief of Staff of the Southern Command of the Indian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Dapinder Singh Ahuja toured the formation of servicemen and greeted them.

The national anthems of the Russian Federation and the Republic of India were performed by the military bands of the formations, the national flags of the two countries and the flag of the Indra-2019 exercise were raised. For the participants of the solemn ceremony, performances in the air were held by the crews of helicopters belonging to the aerobatic demonstration team of the Indian Air Force, as well as paratroopers.

The opening ceremony of the exercise ended with the joint parade of Russian and Indian servicemen on the parade ground of the field camp. In addition, in front of the grandstand, military hardware passed, which will be involved in the exercise.

In the Indra-2019 exercise, which will be held on the training grounds of three Indian states, the Russian Federation is represented by more than 700 servicemen. Among them, there are units of the Eastern MD combined arms army, military pilots and technicians of the Eastern MD air force and air defence, as well as crews of the Baltic Fleet warships.

Russian military personnel will perform tasks on tanks, armored personnel carriers and aircraft, which were provided by the host country for the period of the exercise. The Indra-2019 Russian-Indian joint exercise will be held 11-21 December.

The German Armed Forces have selected Systematic’s SitaWare Frontline to meet the requirements of its Battle Management System (BMS) for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force 2023 (Land) (VJTF (L) 2023) programme.

The software will establish a battle management application framework that will act as an ecosystem for the land forces and enable the integration of existing and future capabilities.

“SitaWare has an open architecture, enabling the customer to drive the development of the capability,” explains Sven Trusch, Vice President of Business Development at Systematic GmbH, adding that “The software development kits being delivered under the programme enable the armed forces and third parties to develop bespoke applications or build extensions that facilitate the integration of other systems.”

SitaWare Frontline will be installed on various vehicle types operating as part of VJTF2023.

“Frontline is an operationally proven system that equips the army with advanced C2 capabilities, comprehensive situational awareness, and force tracking,” explains Trusch.

SitaWare Frontline provides an automatically updated situational awareness picture that features the disposition of forces, danger areas, points of interest, and intelligence on an enemy. Further functionality includes tactical chat, the possibility to integrate sensors and effectors, and the ability to make and display tactical orders directly on a touchscreen interface.

The system is underpinned by the SitaWare Tactical Communications protocols which enable efficient and robust data communication for networks with low bandwidth, high latencies, and intermittent connectivity. STC features intelligent data orchestration that automatically determines when is the best time to inject data into the network and enables large volumes of data to be passed over limited bandwidth, such as that available via RF communications.

The German Army has already selected SitaWare Headquarters to enhance the C2 capabilities of its deployable command posts, and the software is in operational use as part of NATO’s Lithuania-based Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup, for which Germany is the Framework Nation.

SitaWare Frontline will work seamlessly with the German Army’s Headquarters system, and, due to SitaWare’s adherence to well-defined standards, it is able to interoperate with the C2 systems of partners, even if they do not utilise SitaWare.

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