Context: Recently, Indian Army has launched Indian Army launches in-house messaging application named, ASIGMA (Army Secure IndiGenous Messaging Application).

Key Points

• It is a new generation web-based application.
• It is a replacement of Army Wide Area Network (AWAN) messaging application which has been in service for past 15 years.
• It is developed by team of officers of the Corps of Signals of the Army.

Features

• It will meet real time data transfer and messaging requirements of the Army in the backdrop of current geo political security environment.
• It has multi-level security, message prioritisation and tracking, dynamic global address book.