{"id":32276,"date":"2024-11-18T18:49:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T13:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=32276"},"modified":"2024-11-18T18:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T13:19:23","slug":"india-japan-sign-agreement-for-unicorn-masts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/18-11-2024\/india-japan-sign-agreement-for-unicorn-masts","title":{"rendered":"India-Japan Sign Agreement for UNICORN Masts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ International Relations,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Implementation (MoI) for the \u201cco-development\u201d of <strong>UNICORN (Unified Complex Radio Antenna) mast<\/strong> for the Indian Navy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Japan-India has signed an agreement on defense equipment and technology transfer in <strong>2015.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When implemented, this would be the first case of co-development \/ co-production of Defence Equipment between India and Japan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is the UNICORN mast?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The UNICORN mast<\/strong> is a conical structure that houses antennas atop warships which will help improve the stealth characteristics of Naval platforms.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The system has numerous <strong>antennas for tactical data links.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation System) and communications<\/strong> are integrated within the mast design, reducing signature and ship-building time and saving below-deck space.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Indian Navy is pursuing the induction of these advanced systems which will be co-developed by <strong>Bharat Electronics Limited in India<\/strong> with Japanese collaboration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits of UNICORN mast<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unicorn\u2019s pathbreaking design brings improvements by way of\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reduction of the antennas\u2019 mutual interference,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reducing the ship\u2019s overall Radar Cross Section (RCS),\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhancing maintainability and lightning resistance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At present, the Indian Navy uses the BEL-supplied <strong>Advanced Composite Communication System (ACCS),<\/strong> a fourth-generation voice and data integrated system for the ship\u2019s external communication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Defence Cooperation between India and Japan<\/strong><br>&#8211; The year 2024 saw the first air visit by Japanese fighters to India and their participation at Tarang Shakti, the first multilateral exercise hosted by the Indian Air Force.<br>&#8211; \u00a0<strong>\u2018Veer Guardian 2023\u2019, <\/strong>the bilateral exercise, was conducted between the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) and the Indian Air Force (IAF).<br>&#8211; In 2024, Japanese fighter aircraft made their first air visit to India and participated in &#8216;<strong>Tarang Shakti<\/strong>,&#8217; the first multilateral air exercise hosted by the Indian Air Force.<br>&#8211; <strong>Andaman and Nicobar Islands development Projects: <\/strong>Japan has provided aid of <strong>4.02 billion yen <\/strong>for the development of these islands.<br>1. Aimed at enhancing maritime security and infrastructure.<br>2. Strengthens India\u2019s surveillance and logistical capabilities in the region.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Concluding remarks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India-Japan defense cooperation reflects a robust partnership based on mutual interests and strategic needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The agreement with Japan will pave the way for future collaboration between the two countries on new and critical technologies, including semiconductors, artificial intelligence, renewables, electric mobility, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-japan-sign-agreement-for-unicorn-masts-for-indian-naval-warships\/article68876564.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Implementation (MoI) for the \u201cco-development\u201d of UNICORN (Unified Complex Radio Antenna) mast for the Indian Navy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32277,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32276\/revisions\/32277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}