Soon, aircraft to detect enemies with precision
21 Sep 2012 11:03 PM GMT
‘The world is watching this programme with bated breath. Its success will put our country into the elite group which can develop and deliver such complex state of the art systems’ said Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, SA to RM, Secretary Defence R&D and DG DRDO. He was speaking at a function organised to commemorate the formal receipt of the AEW&C India aircraft by Centre for Airborne System the DRDO laboratory spear heading the AEW&C programme.
‘The programme involves installation of the systems on the aircraft, integration of these systems and make the system perform to its fullest capability meeting the user aspirations’ said Saraswat. He further stated, ‘The indigenous AEW&C System based on projections by the IAF and built on the EMB-145I has incorporated more operational capabilities than contemporary systems of its class’.
‘The programme involves installation of the systems on the aircraft, integration of these systems and make the system perform to its fullest capability meeting the user aspirations’ said Saraswat. He further stated, ‘The indigenous AEW&C System based on projections by the IAF and built on the EMB-145I has incorporated more operational capabilities than contemporary systems of its class’.
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