MoD and BEL sign contract for SDRs worth Rs 1,000 crore

Ministry of Defence and Bharat Electronics Limited signed a contract for procurement of Software Defined Radio Tactical (SDR-Tac) worth over Rs 1,000 crore.

The SDR-Tac, jointly designed and developed by Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL) of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) through a consortium of domestic agencies and industry comprising Weapons and Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment (WESEE), BEL, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR) and the Indian Navy will bring strategic depth to the Armed Forces,” delivery to take place within three years. The BEL is already supplying SDR-Naval Combat (NC) and SDR-Air is under user evaluation trial. DRDO and BEL are planning to provide latest SDR with security grading to the Armed Forces.