Indian Navy to operate UAVs
The Indian Navy is the process of setting up facilities at the Naval Air Station at Uchipuli near here for operating two Israeli-built Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to monitor the seas.
Naval Air Station officials said that Uchipuli was being upgraded into a regular commissioned Air Station so as to monitor coastal areas from Tuticorin to Chennai in the context of prolonged conflict between LTTE and Sri Lankan Army.
The decision to set up UAVs was taken after the visits of Vice Chief of Naval staff, Vice Admiral Raman Prem Suthan, Vice Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, and Philip Val Haltren, Naval officer in charge, Tamil Nadu, at Rameswaram about a month ago, they said.
Among the facilities to be created at the Naval Air Station at Uchipuli to cater to the operation of UAVs are 6000 ft runway, a control room, service station for electronic gadgets and staff quarters, they said.
Since the UAV would fly at a higher altitude, steps should have to be taken to create 'excellent facilities' to operate them. The UAVs would help the Navy to monitor wider area of water surface continuously. With powerful sensor and radar, it would take pictures of even small boats and send images with exact location, the officials said.
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Naval Air Station officials said that Uchipuli was being upgraded into a regular commissioned Air Station so as to monitor coastal areas from Tuticorin to Chennai in the context of prolonged conflict between LTTE and Sri Lankan Army.
The decision to set up UAVs was taken after the visits of Vice Chief of Naval staff, Vice Admiral Raman Prem Suthan, Vice Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, and Philip Val Haltren, Naval officer in charge, Tamil Nadu, at Rameswaram about a month ago, they said.
Among the facilities to be created at the Naval Air Station at Uchipuli to cater to the operation of UAVs are 6000 ft runway, a control room, service station for electronic gadgets and staff quarters, they said.
Since the UAV would fly at a higher altitude, steps should have to be taken to create 'excellent facilities' to operate them. The UAVs would help the Navy to monitor wider area of water surface continuously. With powerful sensor and radar, it would take pictures of even small boats and send images with exact location, the officials said.
Extracted from,
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=453630&sid=NAT
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