21-704: The National Technical Research Organisation ( NTRO ) is a technical intelligence agency of India. It was set up in 2004. The agency reports to the National Security Advisor and to the Prime Minister's Office . NTRO also comprises the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre and the National Institute of Cryptology Research and Development . NTRO has the same "norms of conduct" as
42-481: A "spy satellite". This is also supported by the fact that its Israeli sensor is clearly pronounced a military grade sensor by its manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). ISRO scientists spent tense hours on 19 April 2009 prior to launch as one of the umbilical cords holding the PSLV-CA launch vehicle to the launch pad fell off, damaging nearly six connectors. The ANUSAT student microsatellite (40 kg)
63-645: A Pakistani fishing boat in Arabian Sea near Indo-Pakistan maritime boundary, approximately 365 km from Porbander . After few hours of chase and standoff, coast guard fired at the boat thus killing all the 4 occupants. Coast Guard officials stated that the occupants were terrorists and were on their way to undertake a 26/11 -type attack. During the 2016 Line of Control strike , NTRO played an important role by providing Satellite intelligence to operational advisors and planners. Cartosat-2C , Cartosat-1 , Resourcesat-2 satellites operated by NTRO, were used to provide
84-580: A report prepared by its operations division, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT), listing all instances when NTRO reportedly hacked into NIC infrastructure and extracted data connected to various ministries. However, the NTRO denied the allegation. Earlier, NTRO had asked NIC to give access to their logs for penetration testing , which NIC refused. Technical intelligence Too Many Requests If you report this error to
105-694: A technical intelligence repository also failed as both the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and R&AW refused to share their data, as per media reports at that time. In February 2010, the NTRO became the first Indian intelligence agency to be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), which audited their purchases and expenditure. In April 2013, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) accused NTRO of hacking into their National Informatics Center (NIC) network. DeitY cited
126-662: Is first of its kind in Asia . NTRO operates from Technology Experiment Satellite (TES), Cartosat-2A , EMISAT and Cartosat-2B besides two Radar Imaging Satellites namely RISAT-1 & RISAT-2 . RISAT-2 was acquired from Israel at a cost $ 110 million and placed into orbit using a PSLV launcher in 2009. NTRO, along with IAF operates a number of Very Long Range Tracking Radar (VLRTR) systems. VLRTR are used for Missile Monitoring and detection of spaceborne threats in aid of Ballistic Missile Defence. These VLRTR sites are located at Udaipur , Bhopal and Balasore . NTRO has been one of
147-401: The 2008 Mumbai attacks , due to delay with the indigenously developed C-band for RISAT-1 . It is India's first dedicated radar reconnaissance satellite. RISAT-2 was procured at the cost of USD 200 million from Israel. In terms of configuration and capability it is identical to TecSAR-1 launched in 2008 by ISRO's PSLV which marked the beginning of India-Israel space cooperation. RISAT-2
168-609: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), according to the Intelligence Organisations (Restriction of Rights) Act, 1985, which restricts the freedom of its employees. The National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), originally known as the National Technical Facilities Organisation (NTFO), is a highly specialised technical intelligence gathering agency. While
189-647: The National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States, which would be the repository of the country's technical intelligence (TECHINT) assets—spy satellites, UAVs and spy planes. The agency specialises in multiple disciplines, which include remote sensing, SIGINT , data gathering and processing, cyber security, geospatial information gathering , cryptology, strategic hardware and software development and strategic monitoring. The National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre , an agency under
210-478: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 494185854 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:39:20 GMT RISAT-2 RISAT-2 , or Radar Imaging Satellite-2 was an Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellite that was part of India's RISAT programme. It
231-583: The agency does not affect the working of technical wings of various intelligence agencies, including those of the Indian Armed Forces , it acts as a super-feeder agency for providing technical intelligence to other agencies on internal and external security. The Group of Ministers (GOM) headed by then Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani had recommended the constitution of the NTFO as a state-of-the-art technical wing of intelligence gathering. Due to security concerns,
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#1732869560104252-434: The control of National Technical Research Organisation, has been created to monitor, intercept and assess threats to crucial infrastructure and other vital installations from intelligence gathered using sensors and platforms which include satellites, underwater buoys, drones, VSAT-terminal locators and fiber-optic cable nodal tap points. It also includes National Institute of Cryptology Research and Development (NICRD), which
273-506: The globe to become fully functional. The officials have identified countries from where such gadgets could be procured but refused to reveal them due to 'security and other implications'. The Government had been working in this direction after the Kargil war in 1999 when the Subrahmanyam committee report pointed out weaknesses in intelligence gathering in the national security set up. Sources said
294-472: The government received airborne intelligence from R&AW and satellite imagery from NTRO, undermining the purpose of having a single agency for technical intelligence. Efforts to procure aircraft with advanced technology compared to ARC's capabilities was stalled by the government, allegedly due to R&AW's interference. Furthermore, NTRO lacked sanction for computer hacking and monitoring, and it could collect data but lacked authorisation to analyse it. NTRO as
315-546: The imagery of terrorist training camps in Pakistan-administered Kashmir . During 2019 Balakot airstrike , NTRO also played an important role. NTRO surveillance confirmed 300 targets via active mobile connections in Markaz Syed Ahmad Shaheed training camp, just few days before IAF airstrike. It also operates India's ocean surveillance ship named INS Dhruv , with Indian Navy. In 2007, it
336-475: The most proactive members of US NSA -led 10-member counter-terrorism platform called SIGINT Seniors Pacific (SSPAC) for the last 10 years, a recent tranche of classified documents recently released by whistleblower Edward Snowden to a website suggests. In September 2013, Madhya Pradesh government allotted 180 hectares of land to set up the NTRO at Borda village near Bhopal. In December 2014, based on comint provided by NTRO, Indian Coast Guard intercepted
357-467: The recommendation along with such other matters were not made public when the GOM report was published. The organisation does hi-tech surveillance jobs, including satellite monitoring, terrestrial monitoring, internet monitoring , considered vital for the national security apparatus. The NTRO would require over ₹ 700 crore (US$ 84 million) to procure different hi-tech equipment from specialised agencies around
378-728: The road-map for constitution of the National Technical Facilities Organisation was prepared by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam in October 2001 when he was the Principal Scientific Adviser. It was subsequently mentioned in the Group of Ministers report on internal security. In October 2004, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved setting up of NTRO, a spy organisation for technical intelligence, modelled on
399-480: Was India's first satellite with a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR). It possess day-night as well as all-weather monitoring capability. Potential applications include tracking hostile ships at sea that are deemed a military threat to India. Though ISRO sought to underplay the satellite's defence applications in its announcements, a substantial number of articles concerning RISAT-2 in the Indian media continue to refer to it as
420-545: Was procured from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and successfully launched aboard a PSLV-CA launch vehicle at 01:15:00 UTC on 20 April 2009 from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre . It is designed to monitor India's borders and as part of anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist operations. The satellite has a mass of 300 kg (660 lb). RISAT-2 was procured following
441-574: Was reported that key cabinet approvals by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), even after three years, had not been implemented. This delay was attributed to an alleged "turf war" between NTRO and the Aviation Research Centre (ARC)—the technical and airborne division of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). NTRO was meant to utilise spy satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and surveillance aircraft . However, NTRO possessed only satellites, while ARC had aircraft. Consequently,
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