India is making efforts to produce an array of indigenous technology and weapon systems so as to boost self-reliance in the defense sector. A major breakthrough has been achieved in the form of home-grown AESA radar, which is set to be integrated into the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA).
This announcement comes a few months after the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced the development of chaff technology aimed at defending fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The IAF is reportedly set to demonstrate the use of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar developed in-house later this month, making India one of the few countries with an indigenous force multiplier that is used in electronic warfare, long-range missiles, and long-range precision-guided ammunition, reported Hindustan Times.
D. Seshagiri, Head of the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) of the DRDO, corroborated this, claiming that the produced AESA radar is 95 percent indigenous, with only one imported subsystem. It can track 50 targets in the sky at a range of more than 100 kilometers and engage about four of them at the same time.
The 95% indigenous component in the radar system is in consonance with the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. Apart from India, “only the US, the EU, Israel, and China have AESA radar capability”, Seshagiri told Hindustan Times.
This also allows India to create a balance of power in the region with China...
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