The Indian Air Force (IAF) has commissioned hyper spectral imagery programme, a first for the country to locate and identify suspicious movements and is expected to be operational in the next two years.
About:
Objective:
This aerial surveillance system is being developed primarily for monitoring suspicious movements in areas with dense tree cover along the border.
The technology can also be deployed in agriculture for monitoring drought, disease and nutrient stress or identifying soil moisture.
Working:
It will track unwanted human presence, their numbers and locations with optical and infrared sensors. It can detect human presence from air even if there a cloud cover, dense fog or snow cover.
The data will be analysed with deep learning algorithms and immediately relayed to security forces.
Who is building it? IAF has roped in former NASA scientist Kumar Krishen as the chief technologist.
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