Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Indian eye in the sky

EMB-145 aircraftA model on a table of a Brazilian Embraer aircraft with an “antenna” mounted on its fuselage caught the eye as we entered a hall in the System Test and Integration Rig (STIR) unit at the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) in Bangalore.

Inside, women software specialists were busy in front of computer screens.

A few feet away, a life-size model of the fuselage of the Embraer EMB-145 aircraft had been modified into five operator work stations (OWS) where Indian Air Force (IAF) officers were simulating combat situations on computer screens.

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