The Italian “Shinari Economi” website highlighted the United States’s approval to sell an advanced marine monitoring system for India in a deal described as an indication of a “new climate” in relations between the two countries.
The site said in a report prepared by the writer Fabio Logano, that the US State Department agreed to the sale of the “Vision” program for marine monitoring to India with an estimated value of $ 131 million.
He added that New Delhi requested the purchase of the program, including the required software improvements, in addition to technical support to train employees in the field, support for the program and analyzes, the right to see the official documents of the program, and other elements related to logistics and support.
The writer pointed out that the American Defense Security Cooperation Agency said that this sale will enhance India’s ability to face current and future threats by strengthening its awareness in the maritime field, its analytical capabilities, and its strategic location.
The writer stated that the company “Hawk I360”, based in Virginia, is the main contractor in the potential sale.
What is the “Vision” program?
The report emphasized that the “Chen Vision” program is its American marine developer and is used in more than 30 countries, and it is a web network that allows users to display and share a wide range of marine information related to the movement of ships and navigators, and to manage this information, and provides analyzes that depend on rules determined by the user, evaluate juveniles or marine activities and alert the user about them.
This technology used to monitor and track tens of thousands of ships in the world, and obtain detailed information for each ship separately. In practice, the program is a global obstacle for maritime navigation movement, with a unique feature that every user can choose what he wants to follow and analyze himself.
The writer also pointed out that the program collects data from multiple sources, such as satellites, coastal radars, automated identification systems, and electrical-visual sensors.
The program is expected to allow the Indian Navy to allow the vast extension of the Indian Ocean in search of Chinese warships and other potential threats.
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New balance
The writer explained that approval to sell this program is an indication of the improvement of relations between the United States and India, despite the problem of customs duties that India actually began to overcome by reducing the very high definitions of imports.
The writer concluded that the United States’ willingness to hand over this technology to India is an indication of the formation of what he described as a new international balance.
