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Although a late entrant, Moog is now looking to security and surveillance as focus areas, and the Indian market is on its radar.

Moog, a leading global motion and flow control solutions provider for markets such as satellites, human-rated space vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles, military ground vehicles and naval vessels, is heavily betting on India for its security and surveillance solutions in asset protection and threat intervention.

Although a late entrant, Moog is now looking at security and surveillance as focus areas, and the Indian market is high on its list. Some of its new acquisitions such as Moog Quickset, Pieper and Videolarm have inspired Moog to look at India in a different light.

Moog Quickset is a global leader of precision positioners with a full product line including rugged pan & tilts, tripods, controllers and integrated systems.

Moog Videolarm is a leading designer and manufacturer of high quality and scalable physical security products and systems.

Videolarm offers a full line of IP-ready camera housings, wireless and vandal-resistant camera systems, infrared illuminators and mounting poles.

Moog Pieper is an international systems provider of integrated solutions specializing in process controls, digital image processing, video analytics and network communications for the security and surveillance markets.

With its presence already in the southern city of India, Bangalore, Moog is now ready for a paradigm shift by bringing all these solutions and expertise to the country.

Moog's India story

Founded in 1951 by Bill Moog and with headquarters in East Aurora, New York, the $2.33 billion Moog's focus markets for India will be oil and gas installations, city surveillance, traffic monitoring, border security, airport security and critical infrastructure projects.

Anurag Kashyap, MD - India, Saarc & Middle East, at Moog, said: "If you look at the growth of security and surveillance industry worldwide, one cannot neglect India, moreso with the government focusing heavily on security. China and India are the two major markets where you can expect significant growth.

"If you look at some of the US and European countries, the infrastructure is already in place at a high level. You can bring in new technologies, but the basic infrastructure is already done.

“Whereas in India, there's a gap in what's needed and the current installation base. That gap is what we are seeking to explore with our already local base."

Moog security is part of the $356 million space and defense segment. In the fiscal year 2011, Security and surveillance product sales were up $21 million, helped by the 2010 Pieper acquisition.

Sales to NASA on the Space Launch System and Crew Launch Vehicle development programs were up $10 million to a total of $28 million. Space and Defense fourth quarter sales were up slightly from a year ago at $93 million.

The growth was mainly driven by NASA programs and security and surveillance products.

Moog aims to bring to India sensor system nodes, and pan and tilt systems for precision positioning and pointing of cameras and sensors.

It also has in its kitty high-accuracy closed loop axial pointing, signal processing, video and audio switching and image stabilization along with IP ready camera housings, wireless and vandal-resistant camera systems, infrared illuminators, mounting poles and lowering devices.

The Indian Government has released a three-year report on major tasks accomplished by Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Home Ministry has taken specific initiative for each of the security challenges facing the country. Union Home Secretary R. K. Singh stated this while releasing the three-year report on major tasks accomplished from 1st December 2008 to 30th November 2011

"We have strengthened our capacity in collation, collection and intervention," Singh said. According to Singh, multi agency centre (MAC) has been empowered and S-MACs have been established in all states.

On the anti-terror front, Singh said: "Since 1 Jan 2009, 58 terrorist modules were neutralised. There were three major terror incidents: Pune blast (13 Feb 2010), Mumbai serial blasts (13 Jul 2011) and Delhi High Court blast (7 Sept 2011). The bomb blast at Sheetla Ghat, Varanasi is also classified as a significant terrorist incident."

Regarding the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist who is under detention, the government was able to bring about a successful prosecution and conviction of Ajmal Kasab, while the Mumbai High Court dismissed his appeal.

The government was also able to gain access to interrogate David Coleman Headley and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will file charge sheet against Headley shortly.

The Cabinet Committee on Security has approved setting up of NATGRID and the preparatory activities for establishment of first horizon of NATGRID has commenced.

To date, 350 NIA posts are operational in New Delhi, Guwahati and Hyderabad. Altogether 32 cases have been entrusted to NIA and the agency has filed charge sheets in 20 cases.

The case relating to the Kerala RTC bomb blasts on 3 March 2006 ended in the conviction of two persons.

Singh stated that comprehensive security arrangements made for the Commonwealth Games held in October 2010 at New Delhi and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 held in Feb-Apr 2011 at various venues.

Strengthening of IPS

Significant measures were taken to strengthen the Indian Police Service (IPS). The IPS cadre strength increased from 3889 to 4730. Annual batch size of the regular recruits through the Civil Services Examination rose from 130 to 150. The National Police Academy, Hyderabad is being upgraded at a cost of Rs.240 cr.

The states provided Rs.3612 crore during the four financial years (2008-2012) for modernisation of state police under the Modernisation of Police Force (MPF) scheme.

Significant measures were taken to augment the capacity for training state police forces in the country. The North Eastern Police Academy, Shillong was upgraded at an approved cost of Rs. 82 crore.

Altogether 21 Counter Insurgency and Anti Terrorism (CIAT) schools are being established in the states of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland, at a cost of Rs.52.40 crore. Of these, 17 are operational.

Setting up of Forensic Science Services

Three Hi-Tech Central Forensics Science Laboratories (CFSLs) are being established at Bhopal, Pune and Guwahati. Temporary premises hired and scientific / administrative personnel are being posted.

The land for construction of buildings allotted and construction work is expected to commence shortly. A sum of Rs.100 crore allocated under 11th Five Year Plan has been set aside for six regional forensic science laboratories and 52 district mobile forensic units.

Important international agreements were finalised and signed during the three-year period. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties in Criminal Matters (MLAT) was signed with six countries: Hong Kong SAR, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Indonesia. An agreement on security cooperation was signed with UAE in November this year.

Some notable setbacks

Some of the notable setbacks during the three-year period are:

• Bomb blast in Pune on 7 Feb 2010, Mumbai serial blasts on 13 July 2011 and bomb blast at Delhi High Court on 7 Sept 2011. Charge sheet filed in Pune case, trial commenced, all but one accused absconding. Investigation underway in other two cases. Major terrorist module busted in Nov 2011 and six persons, suspected in terrorist incidents of 2010, arrested.

• Increase in violence and number of casualties in Left Wing Affected districts of Bihar and Maharashtra. Manipur remains affected by violence and blockades.

• Other notable pending matters are setting up of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), revised action plan to deal with emerging challenges from Left Wing Extremists.

Source: info4security

IFSEC India 2011 has already received a strong response from the industry, with over 250 exhibitors already confirmed and visitor pre-registration crossing the 3000 figure.

IFSEC India 2011, the most important exhibition for commercial and homeland security in the country, will be inaugurated by the Minister for Home, P Chidambaram, on December 8. The event runs through December 8-9, 2011.

The event attracts exhibitors and visitors from almost all parts of the country. IFSEC India also hosts many international country pavilions and is visited by the world's top security experts.

IFSEC India is held annually, and attracts key decision makers and security professionals from diverse sector of industries. Along with Homeland Security India, it is the only truly international business-to-business exhibition of its kind in the region, and has made its foothold amongst the most prominent and important exhibitions in the commercial and homeland security sector in the country.

IFSEC India and Homeland Security India are organised by UBM India, a subsidiary of UBM, organiser of IFSEC UK.

War on Terror conference

This year IFSEC India, in partnership with the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), will feature the Homeland Security India conference titled, “War against terror- A challenge to our Homeland Security.”

The Homeland Security India Conference 2011 is a vital event for all homeland and commercial security professionals in both the public and private sector in India.

The Conference will focus on the advice, solutions and systems required for vigilance and security.

Speakers include representatives from both the Central and State Governments. Some of the key speakers include B K Gupta, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Delhi; K Vijay Kumar, Director General, Central Reserve Police Force; Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director General, I-CERT and GC (Cyber Laws Group Formulation & Enforcement Division) and Amarjit Singh Daulat, former Director General, Research and Analysis Wing.

Positive response

“Even with choices available to exhibitors, they still consider IFSEC the safest marketing tool and invest most of their budget with us.”

This event aims to bring together security experts from various industries including financial services, infrastructure, public safety, law enforcement retail, realty and hospitality – all searching for the latest products and services in the security market.

A strong international network and an extensive domestic and international database has enabled IFSEC India to reach out to the global homeland and commercial security industry, which has also helped to bring awareness about the potential of the local security industry as a buyer and a supplier to the world.

AMG Systems Ltd. is set to showcase a wide range of new transmission products at IFSEC India, which takes place 08 - 10 December 2011 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

Among the products to be shown is the new AMG 5100 series for low cost, point-to-point single channel transmission of High Definition SD/HD–SDI video and audio over singlemode fibre.

Sheetal Shanbhag, country manager for AMG Systems in India, said: “AMG Systems have already completed a large number of projects in India and recently we have noted particular interest for our managed and unmanaged Ethernet switches.

“Therefore we are taking the opportunity to launch our latest product range which includes the market's first 30 Watt Power over Ethernet Plus products – enough to power a PTZ camera – to the Indian market at IFSEC India.

“The new products cover a range of single fibre media converter applications catering to projects where the number of fibres available are at a premium. The Ethernet range offers both industrial and commercial strength PoE+ switches and media converters delivering 30 Watts per port.

“We will also be demonstrating the new AMG 5100 series 3G HD/SD-SDI product for video and audio which has been specifically developed for transmission of High Definition Video with associated audio over singlemode fibre.

“It provides low cost, high quality transmission of uncompressed, broadcast quality digital video signals with an option for embedded audio and/or time code.

“The SDI transmission product has been developed to cater to the broadcast industry where the primary goal is the highest possible video and audio quality, and also to deal with demands for transmission of SDI video from a growing number of CCTV cameras coming to market, over far greater distances than can be achieved over the standard coaxial cable interface.”

Also on show will be AMG's Skywave II, for Wireless Video & Ethernet transmission, a new Digital IP wireless system based on 802.11 WLAN technology.

Skywave II is suitable for projects with an existing transmission section without fibre. This could, for example be on a section of a highway where there is no ready access to fibre, which is often the case in urban areas.

Contact Sheetal Shanhbag at sheetal.Shanbhag@amgsystems.com

At IFSEC India AMG systems can be found on Stand C22. For more information and to register for IFSEC India please go to: www.ifsecindia.com

Source: info4security