Indian Army deploys AI-based system to reduce manual surveillance at borders

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• Aug 6, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

 Digital Desk: The Indian Army has been installing AI-based surveillance
systems on its western and northern borders in order to improve capabilities.

In addition to installing AI-based surveillance systems at borders,
sources in the defense establishment have stated that "They are utilizing it to maintain watch on real-time social media monitoring, pattern
identification, and prediction of opponent courses of action, etc."

"Real-time
monitoring software powered by AI has been used in counter terrorism operations
to gather intelligence. Eight places in the Northern and Southern Theater now
have an AI-based suspicious vehicle recognition system installed "said a
source.

According to
some, artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly increase the asymmetry of
military operations.

The employment of
AI is expected to change current war fighting paradigms. Applications for
artificial intelligence (AI) can be used for surveillance and detection,
real-time social media monitoring, pattern identification, and predicting the
next move of an opponent, among other things.

The Indian Army
has been working closely with Indian academia, Indian business, and the DRDO to
realise challenging AI-based initiatives.

To address this,
the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering has built an AI Lab where
AI projects have undergone thorough internal testing before being delivered to
a production agency for deployment.

On the western
and northern frontiers, the Indian Army has placed several AI-Powered Smart
Surveillance System units. The unit can process heterogeneous inputs from
gadgets like handheld thermal imagers and PTZ cameras.

This has significantly decreased the need for manual monitoring.

There are eight spots in the Northern and Southern Theaters where
an AI-based suspicious vehicle recognition system has been installed.

 Real-time monitoring software powered by AI has been used in
counter terrorism operations to gather intelligence.