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ECIL set to go in for field trial of airborne radar
The Electronics Corporation of India Ltd, which is currently focusing on critical technology solutions in the areas of national importance, especially defence is set to go in for field trial of airborne radar which can navigate the missile till it hits the target.
Hyderabad: The Electronics Corporation of India Ltd, which is currently focusing on critical technology solutions in the areas of national importance, especially defence is set to go in for field trial of airborne radar which can navigate the missile till it hits the target.
Talking to The Hans India on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of ECIL, Chairman and Managing Director P Sudhakar said very few countries have this kind of radar technology. The tests conducted so far have been very successful and the ECIL would mount it on a military aircraft sometime next month before it was finally attached to a missile, he said.
The ECIL had signed a MoU in November 2015 with the Space Application Centre in Ahmedabad for development of multi-band composite feed systems required for earth stations. As a techonology collaborator of the Department of Space from its inception,
ECIL has been building several earth station antenna systems for communication, tracking telemetry, command and montoring for both low earth orbit (LEO) satellites and geo-stationary satellites. “ECIL has been a preferred supplier of antenna products and SATCOM systems. We are in the process of synergising various systems and develop a precision antenna system which will be of great help in space techonology.
The manufacturing of the first few such antennas has begun in Hyderabad,” Sudhakar said. Replying to a question, Sudhakar said that ECIL is poised for a landmark achievement of having manufactured one million electric fuses without failure or rejection. These fuses are used for artillery and navy guns.
ECIL also supplies a wide range of precision elctro-mechanical components and systems for the defence forces, including gyros, synchros, gyro-stabilised horizontal rollbar system - a landing aid for helicopter mounted on ships. “ECIL is also the designated agency for productionising the autonomous underwater vehicle,” he said.
Sudhakar said that the unit to manufacture “upcoming” products, including voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) would become operational at Charlapally by July end. “Once this unit becomes operational, the ECIL would be ready to supply VVPAT units for all Lok Sabha constituencies during the next elections in order to bringing transparency in electoral process and prevent malpractices which has been one of the formidable challenges that India has been trying to tackle for years,” he said.
Asked about exports, he said ECIL-manufactured EVMs have been supplied to Bangladesh and Nepal. According to him, the company has received a lot of interest from African countries. “ECIL is in the process of addressing that market,” he said.
Sudhakar further said that the company has been pursuing the state-of-the-art technologies to establish itself as a Centre of Excellence in strategic and allied sectors, even while continuing to take up projects involving integration of complex and one-of-a-kind systems. A conscious effort also has been made to develop new products in association with other R&D and DAE institutes.
By: V Ramu Sarma
