New Delhi, Indian Army on Thursday launched a contemporary messaging application named ASIGMA (Army Secure IndiGeneous Messaging Application), a new generation, state of the art, web based application developed entirely in-house by team of officers of the Signals Corps of the Army.
The application is being deployed on the Army’s internal network as a replacement of Army Wide Area Network (AWAN) messaging application which has been in service for the past 15 years.
"This future ready messaging application will meet real time data transfer and messaging requirements of the Army, especially in the backdrop of current geo political security environment and is in line with the Government of India’s, Make in India initiative," the Indian Army said.
The application has been fielded on Army owned hardware and lends itself to lifetime support with future upgrades. The messaging application meets all futuristic user requirements and boasts of an enhanced user experience, said the Army.
The contemporary features include multi-level security, message prioritisation and tracking, dynamic global address book and various options to meet the Army’s requirements.