SANJAY Surveillance System

SANJAY Surveillance System Latest News

Recently, the Minister of Defence flagged-off ‘SANJAY - The Battlefield Surveillance System (BSS)’ from South Block, New Delhi.

About SANJAY Surveillance System

• It is a battlefield automated surveillance system which integrates the inputs from all ground and aerial battlefield sensors, processing them to confirm their veracity, preventing duplication and fusing them to produce a Common Surveillance Picture of the battlefield over secured Army Data Network & Satellite Communication Network. 

SANJAY Surveillance System Features

• It is equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and cutting-edge analytics.
• It will monitor the vast land borders, prevent intrusions, assess situations with unparalleled accuracy and prove to be a force multiplier in Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance.
• This would enable commanders to operate in both conventional & sub-conventional operations in a Network Centric Environment.
• These systems will be inducted to all operational Brigades, Divisions & Corps of the Indian Army in three phases w.e.f. March to October of 2025, which has been declared as ‘Year of Reforms’ in the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
• Developed by: It is indigenously & jointly developed by the Indian Army and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

SANJAY Surveillance System Significance

• Its induction will be an extraordinary leap towards data and network centricity in the Indian Army.
• It will enhance battlefield transparency and transform the future battlefield through a Centralised Web Application which will provide inputs to Command & Army Headquarters, and the Indian Army Decision Support System.

SANJAY Surveillance System FAQs

Q1: What is a radar surveillance system?

Ans Radar is a method whereby radio waves are transmitted into the air and are then received when they have been reflected by an object in the path of the beam.

Q2: What is a sensor?

Ans: A sensor is a device that detects the change in the environment and responds to some output on the other system

Q3: Who developed the SANJAY Battlefield Surveillance System?

Ans: Indian army and BEL

Q4: What is the purpose of the SANJAY Battlefield Surveillance System?

Ans: It will monitor the vast land borders.

Q5: What is Bharat Electronics Limited?

Ans: It is Indian Public Sector Unit and aerospace and defence electronics company,

Source: PIB