Gurgaon. US Military systems giant Lockheed Martin and India’s leading IT company Wipro have joined hands to set up a Network Centric Operations Centre in India to develop new network enabled capabilities for the world market.
Designated Ambar Jyoti (Sky Light), the laboratory, located on the outskirts of New Delhi in the upcoming IT Centre of Gurgaon, “the lab will develop, demonstrate and experiment with emerging network-enabled capabilities and applications,” a Lockheed Martin statement said.
Indian Minister of State for Defence (Production) Rao Inderjit Singh, who inaugurated the Centre on Aug 11, said that he expected the facility “to give excellent results because it has brought together two leading giants like Lockheed Martin, world leader in defence production and Wipro, a giant in the IT industry, whose excellence is recognized world over.”
“We are honoured and pleased to be able to provide this capability in India,” said Rick Kirkland, President South Asia LMGI. “Through this lab, together we will explore the ‘art of the possible’ and prepare for network-centric operations of the future.”
He also said that the lab will be networked with Lockheed Martin’s other such facilities around the world so that an increased number of more complex, real-time, real-world demonstrations can take place in this Indian facility.
Ambar Jyoti provides an opportunity for indigenous development and experimentation to identify future capabilities and requirements in network-centric operations for potential civil and military application, the statement said adding that Wipro and Lockheed Martin were committed to building this modeling and simulation experimental lab in India.
“This experimentation and demonstration centre is the first of its kind in India and we are proud to be a part of this initiative. We are certain that as a result of this project, the Indian market gets easier access to such advanced network centric based architectures and concepts,” said Dr A L Rao, Chief Operating Officer of Wipro Technologies.
The Centre is designed to leverage Wipro’s embedded, telecom and enterprise expertise in creating data centric solutions for the future. Lockheed Martin and Wipro Technologies will utilize cutting-edge technologies and real environment emulation to develop net-enabled capabilities and solutions to employ against current, real-world problems.
Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, Information Systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development and maintenance services to corporations globally.
