Government clears IAF Integrated Air Command & Control System

• The union government has cleared a proposal for a nearly Rs 8,000-crore project for IAF's Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS).
• The project aims at integrating all ground and air sensors. 
• Once the system is in place, the air headquarters will get a composite air situation picture since it will be integrating Air Force, Army, Naval and civilian radars.
• The IAF currently has five sector headquarters (nodes) of communication and the plan is to have four more, besides establishment of 10 sub-nodes and up-gradation of the entire system.
• As part of this, the new command and control system will be set up and integrated with the existing ground and air sensors. 

Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS)

IACCS is an automated Air Defense command and control center for controlling and monitoring of Air Operations by Air Force. In network centric warfare era, RASP information is required to be made available at the appropriate level for taking tactical decision. These levels are strategic level (Air head Quarter),Operational level (Command Head quarter) and tactical level (Divisional level). The information sharing involves sharing of the information among navy, army and civil radar network also.

By: Vishal