Infrastructure Facilities

Infrastructure / Test Facilities

In sync with modern Project Management practices, LRDE has developed matching and modern design, manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test & evaluation infrastructure to offer reliable equipment and systems to the Armed Forces. LRDE has developed wide range of test facilities and test ranges spread over a large geographical area to meet the growing requirement of radars in the country.

The following are the Infrastructure/Test Facilities available at LRDE :

Antenna Test Facilities
- Active Array Antenna Measurement Diagnostic Test Center (A3MDTC)
- Spherical Near Field Measurement (SNFM)
- Automated Planar Near field Measurement (APNFM)
- Receiving Stations for Passive Radars like PCLR & MSR at geographically distributed locations around Bangalore
- Near Field Test Range (NFTR)
Climatic Test Facilities
Dynamic Test Facilities
Calibration & Measurement Centre (CAMEC)
EMI/EMC and EMP Test Facilities
Automated Test Equipment
Mechanical Engineering Design & Fabrication Facilities
Printed Circuit Board Design & Fabrication facilities
Radar Assembly & Integration facilities
Radar Test Platform
Radar Operational & Testing Sites
Clean room facility for Space borne Antennas development & Assembly

Flying Test Bed

Theaerial platform namely the “DRDO – Flying Test Bed” is required to test/evaluate the airborne radars and other Sensors being developed by LRDE and ECS Cluster Labs. A Dornier aircraft, manufactured by HAL, has been realised with modifications to suit the testing requirements of radars / other airborne systems developed by DRDO.