India-Australia pact on undersea surveillance comes into effect
The agreement outlines a three-year joint research project between the Defence Science and Technology Group's (DSTG) Information Sciences Division, and its Indian counterpart agency, the Defence Research and Development Organisation's Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory.
The leading-edge research will explore using Towed Array Target Motion Analysis to improve the reliability, efficiency and interoperability of current surveillance capabilities.
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