Science and Technology
Context: Recently, Defense Minister of India has inaugurated e-MMS and SAMAR portal.
About SAMAR and e-MMS:
- SAMAR serves as the standard by which defense manufacturing companies are evaluated for their competence.
- It is an outcome of the collaboration between DRDO and Quality Council of India (QCI).
- e-MMS was launched by Indian Air Force (IAF).
- It is one of the largest Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) IT implementation in the world.
- It has been designed and developed by the Indian IT giant Wipro.
- It seeks to seamlessly connect squadrons, wings, commands, and Air headquarters after its implementation.
- It will transform IAF’s paper-based legacy maintenance system to an online system as it will be implemented in IAF’s hierarchy and functioning.
- It will help to monitor the operational availability of all fleets and systems in real time at various hierarchical levels.
Source: NewsOnAir
