IDAS 2011 commenced with a welcome note by Retd. Air Commodore. J. Varkey, SIATI amidst other eminent industry leaders from NAL, HAL, BEL, DRDO, LRDE and more. The key note session at the event was delivered by celebrated chief guest: Padma Shree Dr. Kota Harinarayana (Raja Ramanna fellow, National Aerospace Laboratories, Former Programme Director & Chief Designer of LCA and Former Vice-Chancellor of Univ. of Hyderabad). Speaking at the event he said, “India is emerging as a technology hub for engineering services and product development for the global defense market. This has emphasized the relevance and importance of public-private partnerships.” He also added “The engineers and scientists should understand the physics of design and focus on modelling and simulation to ensure cost-effective reliable product developments. This can be achieved by leveraging COTS based technology innovations from organizations like NI.”
Mr. Jayaram Pillai, Managing Director for India, Russia & Arabia, National Instruments addressed the gathering of over 400 delegates on the future of test & embedded technologies for the defence & aerospace industries.
The event hosted various technical sessions on next generation test and design. These sessions were attended by defense personnel, engineers and researchers representing various functional groups, government authorities and multi-national companies.
Mr. Jayaram Pillai, Managing Director for India, Russia & Arabia, National Instruments said, “The success of the fourth ‘India Defense & Aerospace Symposium 2011’ is a testimony of the increased focus of engineering and technology advancements in the Indian defense sector. COTS based technology will drive the next generation platforms for the defense and aerospace industry. As the pioneers and the leaders of Virtual Instrumentation technology, NI will continue to play a pivotal role in fostering innovations that can help build modern & reliable automated test and embedded systems for various critical applications in the future.”
The event included specialized tracks focused on Applications and Technology led by NI & various Industry experts. Some of the distinguished session speakers were Mr. C H Srinivas Rao (Scientist F, LRDE), Dr. S. Jayakumar (Chief Technology Officer, Epigon), Vinod Matthews (Managing Director, Captronic Systems) Parul Goyal (IDeA Research and Development Pvt. Ltd) and Cdr K Chandrasekhar (Associate Vice President, Defense Business, Bharat Forge).
The sessions in these tracks enabled participants gain deeper insights into the various application and business benefits that can be achieved through the NI PXI platform. For over 13 years, NI has been the leader in PXI technologies with a product portfolio of over 400 modules, making it the largest single vendor of PXI compliant products. The NI PXI is a high performance and low-cost deployment platform making it the preferred choice for key applications in the military and aerospace domains for thousands of companies worldwide.
Some topics that were discussed during the sessions included Integrated platform for ATEs, Signal Surveillance and Analyses, Digital Receivers, Networked On-board Data Acquisition Systems and others. 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.
The India Defense & Aerospace Symposium 2011 will be hosted across cities in India to showcase key innovations and share technology best practices in various Defense & Aerospace applications across the industry.
For more than 30 years, user-defined systems based on National Instruments technology have been deployed to a wide variety of high performance, flexible 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.