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Development of Inflatable Modular Sun Shelter

1.During operations, combat units are required to undertake operations from Off base sites, which involve usage of sensitive equipment in harsh weather conditions. Adequate environmental protection to the equipment will ensure optimum performance of the equipment as well as Crew operating these systems in time constrained environment. All weather Inflatable Shelters can be utilised to provide adequate protection to the equipment and Crew. 2. Since the problem discussed above warrants its usage in harsh weather conditions and battle/ conflict ridden areas, certain design features like rapidity in deployment redeployment, extreme weather sustenance, ease of transportability in hilly/jungle/ desert terrain, compact storage capability with additional design features of integrated power and network sockets is vital. 3. Denial of SAR update to enemy SAR satellites is another essential feature to deny any intelligence gathering from enemy / satellites/ aircraft RPA. This is quintessential to provide requisite protection to own P equipment manpower from long range vectors of enemy. The overall objective of the proposed solution would be to safeguard costly and sensitive equipment as well as manpower from harsh weather conditions and enemy satellites/ aircraft/ RPA. 4. It should be temporary and modular structure which can be assembled and dismantled by local resources. Shape of shelter should preferably be curved, similar to a blast pen. The material of shelter should be water proof and fire retardant with recognized fire certification. It should provide sufficient thermal insulation. The shelter should have Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC). It should be able to withstand high wind speeds. It should be possible to power on the ac within the shelter and the ac should be able to taxy in/out of the shelter It should be able to work efficiently u to an elevation of 4.5 km AMSL.