Why in News?

Directorate of Indian Defence University (IDU) is organizing a two day workshop on
“Space Warfare and Technology” for senior and middle level officers from the three
Services.

Significance of Workshop:

• This workshop is relevant especially in light of Defence Space Agency being raised and three Services energising their own capabilities.
• It is to be seen as to how the Defence Space Agency will fit in the entire gambit of space domain utilisation in our country and efficiently perform its role for which it is being raised.

Objectives of Workshop:

• Weaponisation and Militarisation of Space

• Preparation for Absorption of High-End Technology for Self-Sustenance in Space Operations

• Space Innovations and Technology Exploitation

• Inertial Navigation Systems and Sensors

• Legal aspects of military use of space

• Building Capacity – Training, Human Resource and Research & Development

• Adversarial Capability in Space Domain & Way Forward for Indian Armed Forces