Desi state-of-art radar for Tejas under trials

Bengaluru | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

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“In the imaging mode, the radar, which uses a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), is capable of taking high-resolution images of enemy assets. BENGALURU: As the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas gears up to become meaner and more potent, a DRDO lab in Bengaluru has quietly developed a state-of-the-art Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar (AESAR), which once proven, will replace the Israeli radar currently integrated with the indigenous aircraft.Called Utham, the radar is currently under evaluation trials and is scheduled to be fully integrated with Tejas for testing next month. “Soon, it will be tested on the Tejas.” “Testing is happening at HAL airport,” he said. “It is a current generation system..