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After a delay of four years, state-owned Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has delivered the homegrown “SHAKTI” Artillery Combat Command and Control System (ACCCS) which is a network of military grade tactical computers that automate and facilitate decision support for all the operational aspects of Artillery functions from the corps down to a battery level to the Indian Army.
The “SHAKTI” ACCCS has been jointly developed by BEL, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and Project Management Organisation (PMO) ACCCS of Directorate General of Information Systems (DGIS).
The SHAKTI equipment was received by Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor and Lieutenant General KR Rao, Director General of Artillery in Bangalore last week.
General Kapoor said that since future wars will be network-centric and technology driven, the Army will need to take speedy decisions facilitated by situational awareness and decision support tools in a networked Combat Command Control and Information (C 31) environment. Project SHAKTI has empowered the Artillery with that cutting edge through automation of all Artillery functions at all levels of commands, he added.
SHAKTI ACCCS will make its prestigious debut with the Indian Army as it will the first among the various C3 I systems to be inducted in the Army. The digitized, integrated and networked system is also designed to seamlessly integrate with overall C31 grid. Hence, the SHAKTI ACCCS will become the hub of the firepower resource component of the corps’ combat potential.
The major functions that the SHAKTI ACCCS can perform include technical fire control for accurate delivery of firepower and tactical fire control for optimum utilization of available resources. In terms of fire planning, there will be deployment management to ensure timely and speedy deployment for achieving maximum fire densities at critical area. In the area of operational logistics management, SHAKTI ACCCS will give the capability to concentrate the Artillery fire power at tactical level with the added punch of concentrated fire power in critical areas.
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