Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C) - IOC
Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C), is a force multiplier system of systems for detecting & tracking of enemy/hostile aircrafts/ UAVs etc. It also enables operators onboard and on ground to identify, assess the threat and take actions to guide our interceptors to those for neutralizing those threats. The system is fully net centric, with complete command and control functions. Provides the available information to ground and receives information from ground through its multiple data links and integrate and fuse them onboard to provide the operators onboard a composite picture of environment. As a command centre, it enables onboard operators to select, command and guide specific interceptor aircrafts towards enemy threat efficiently and neutralize them.
Initial Operation Clearance (IOC) has been accorded and Aircrafts are handed over to Indian Air Force for operational use.
Indigenous SDR – Flight Clearance issued for Do-228
SDR is a multi-mode, multi-band and multi-functional wireless devices with the capability to reconfigure to enhance and upgrade through software updates that define the radio functionalities. In military terms it is called as “waveforms”. SDR deployed in the battle field vary in size and capability with variety of form factors such as handheld, man pack, airborne, base station, maritime/ ship borne etc. The SDR is a multi-channel radio, instantiated with software-defined waveforms capable of secure & jam- resistant, networked voice, data and video communication for NCW. The SDR is designed to provide communication in multi modes such as Air-to Air, Air-to-Ground and Ground-to-Air configuration. The functionality and expandability is built upon an open architecture framework called the Software Communications Architecture (SCA). Therefore, software radio that is being built should establish compliance to SCA to ensure interoperability of radio across platforms. It has been designed to handle multiple waveforms & radio is configurable in the air.
The SDR developed for Indian Navy has been successfully certified which is compliant to SCA 2.2.2. Based on the satisfactory performance DAC has cleared procurement of 228 radio to Indian navy.
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)Radar for LCA – Flight Clearance issued
AESA RADAR is a muti-mode, X-band, solid-state active phased array radar. Active phased array technology enables the user to achieve a longer detection range, high mission reliability and multi-target tracking capability. This radar is capable of adding new dimension to Air-to-Air (a/A), Air-to-Ground (A/G) and Air-to-Sea (A/S) operational modes of the fighter aircraft as compared to Mechanically Scanned Array (MSA) radar.
Certification of Airborne Electronically Scanned Array Fire Control Radar for the first time with multiple work centres, stakeholders and agencies is carried out. Integration and testing of the radar is a challenging task because of interface related concerns and cooling aspects.