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Accord Software builds global profile in satellite navigation services

With the DRDO emphasising the developing of micro satellites and nano satellites for tactical surveillance and communications, Accord is set to provide GNSS for these

In 1991, Accord Software began working with the DRDO on the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
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In 1991, Accord Software began working with the DRDO on the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft

Ajai Shukla Bengaluru
In 1991, when the US waged its first televised war on Saddam Hussein, with CNN showing grainy black and white images of precision missiles like the Tomahawk flying down the streets of Baghdad and entering their target building through open doors or windows, the stage was set for a new generation of weapons technologists to harness America’s Global Positioning System (GPS) to guide missiles, aircraft, warships and land systems more accurately than ever before.
 
That year, five Indians, including three technologists who quit their jobs in Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), came together to form a software engineering firm called