Uttar Pradesh
Low-Level Transportable Radar
- 19 Mar 2025
- 3 min read
Why in News?
The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹ 2,906 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), based in for the procurement of the transportable radar 'Ashwini' for the Indian Air Force.
Key Points
- About:
- Low-Level Transportable Radar (LLTR) ‘Ashwini’ is an active electronically scanned phased array radar.
- It is used to monitor slow-moving targets such as high-speed fighter aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and helicopters .
- This radar is based on state of the art solid state technology.
- It has been indigenously designed and developed by Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL):
- It is a Navaratna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) operating under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India .
- It was established in 1954 to meet the defence needs of the nation.
- The organization is engaged in various fields of defence electronics and professional electronics, providing modern technical support to the Indian Defence Forces.
- Production Units:
- BEL has several manufacturing units located in Bengaluru (Head Office), Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) , Panchkula (Haryana) , Kotdwar (Uttarakhand) , Hyderabad and Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) , Navi Mumbai and Pune (Maharashtra) , and Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
- Introduction:
- DRDO is the research and development arm of the Ministry of Defence aimed at empowering India in cutting-edge defence technologies.
- Efforts towards self-reliance and successful indigenous development and production of strategic systems and platforms like Agni and Prithvi missile series , light combat aircraft Tejas , multi-barrel rocket launcher Pinaka , air defence system Akash , a wide range of radars and electronic warfare systems etc.
- Establishment:
- It was established in 1958 by the integration of the Technical Development Establishments (TDEs) and Directorate of Technical Development & Production (DTDP) of the Indian Army and the Defence Science Organisation (DSO) .
- DRDO is a network of more than 50 laboratories intensively engaged in development of defence technologies covering various disciplines such as aeronautics, armament, electronics, combat vehicles, engineering systems etc.
