BANGALORE: The Indian Army is all set to receive a indigenous target training system that will enable soldiers to perfect their marksmanship. The system named DHVANI (Detection and Hit Visualisation using Acoustic N-wave Identification), will be officially handed over to the Army brass in Hyderabad on Thursday. Developed by NAL, a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research wing, DHVANI will soon get on to a mass production mode at one of the ordnance factories.
NAL Director Shyam Chetty told Express that multiple agencies other than the Army are likely to use it in the future. “DHVANI provides many options for the shooter and it will reduce our dependency on imported outdated systems. NAL will continue to supply the critical embedded chip inside the system,” Chetty said.
He said the Indian Army would have to spend 30-40 per cent less for DHVANI when compared to similar systems from abroad. “DHVANI incorporates many features and will tell the shooter the performance parameters within split seconds. The impact area of the bullet is assessed with the use of sensors and the data is sent to a display unit fixed next to the shooter through wireless transmission,” he said.
Currently a marksman firing at a designated target needs to do a manual assessment of every shot, which is a time-consuming process.
“The new system will immensely improve the skills of a sharpshooter and will aid him to fire at faster rate and with greater accuracy. We see a huge export potential for the system among the hobby sports teams,” he said.
An Army officer attached to one of the elite wings of Indian Army situated near Hebbal said DHVANI will certainly speed up the training schedules.