The defence ministry and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed a contract for procurement of Software Defined Radio Tactical (SDR-Tac) worth over Rs 1,000 crore. The SDR-Tac, designed and developed by Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory of DRDO through a consortium of domestic agencies and industry (Comprising Weapons and Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment, Bharat Electronics Limited, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics and Indian Navy).
The company, in a regulatory filing, said, “The delivery will be within three years. BEL is supplying SDR Naval Combat version and SDR-Air is under user evaluation trial. DRDO and BEL will provide the latest SDR to the Indian Navy.”
