Ministry of Defence
26-August, 2017 16:22 IST
Defence Minister Inaugurates BEL Academy for Excellence, Advanced Testing Facilities at BEL
The Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, inaugurated today an Academy for Excellence and two state-of-the-art testing facilities — EMC Test facility and Near Field Antenna Test Range at the Bengaluru Unit of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta Chairman & Managing Director, BEL Shri Gowtama MV and other senior officers of BEL were present.
The BEL Academy for Excellence with sprawling complex spread over six acres is built at a cost of Rs. 47 crore. This Academy of Excellence is envisaged to address the training needs of not only BEL employees, but also its customers and vendors/partners, especially MSMEs/SMEs. This institution, which will be affiliated to national/international universities, will also cater to the skill development initiatives of the Central Government. The training programmes have been structured around three core areas: Quality, Technology, and Leadership, with various programs designed with the help of experts from major institutes like IITs, IIMs, IISC, IETE, ISI, ASQ etc.
The NABL accredited EMC test facility is set up at BEL-Bengaluru at a cost of Rs. 60 crore.
This EMC facility is the first of its kind in India having Anechoic Chamber of size 11m x 21m x 30m and can conduct testing of Systems/Platforms weighing up to 70 Tonnes. It can be used to conduct system level Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) tests for strategic Defence systems like Battle Tanks, Communication vehicles, Radar systems and Airborne systems including Nuclear Electro Magnetic Pulse (NEMP) and High Altitude Electro Magnetic Pulse (HEMP) testing. It can be used to carry out system level EMC testing for many projects of national importance like AKASH, IACCS, LRSAM, Weapon Locating Radar and Battlefield Management System. The facility will also be open for use to other Indian Defence companies, including MSMEs.
Near Field Antenna Test Range (NFTR) is a critical infrastructure for calibration and testing of Radars and communication antennas. The NFTR facility at Bengaluru is the third such in BEL and the only one in the Defence industry in India. This facility, set up at a cost of Rs. 30 crore will help to calibrate and
test next generation Radars with AESA (Active Electronically Steerable Array) based Antenna arrays as well as Antennas for major projects such as QRSAM, MRSAM and LRSAM.
Weapon Locating Radar (WLR)
The advent of long range weapon systems and mechanization of land forces have extended the area of operations much beyond the visual range. Deployment of electronic surveillance devices in the battlefield will serve as a force multiplier to enhance the combat potential of our forces and optimize the effectiveness of our weapon systems.
Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) has been primarily designed to locate hostile guns, mortars and rockets causing interference to the progress of our operation. WLR, in its secondary role, can track and observe the fall of shot from own weapons to provide corrections to own fire. A large quantum or artillery deployed on a wide front, coupled with movement of aerial objects, weather and ground clutter, presents a high density returned conflicting signals on the radar screen. These conflicting signals have to be processed in the real time and extract required information for gunners to complete their mission successfully.
Detection, location and tracking of the requisite targets is handled by the advanced algorithms and state-of-the-art hardware. The ability to locate enemy weapons from its round and transmit the data of the required target to the counter fire elements for retaliatory strike before the target is redeployed is the key feature of the radar.
The Radar uses passive phased array with excellent side lobe levels. Radar system mounted on the TATRA vehicle is built to operate in all terrain and weather conditions.
WLR, a joint development project undertaken by radar house LRDE (DRDO) and Bharat Electronics, is developed to fulfill the long felt need of the Indian Army.
Low-level Air Defence Weapon Control system
The all weather low-level Air Defence Weapon Control system is a combination of Radar, Computer and Display that deals with the threat of hostile ECM protected air missions at tree top level. It is a highly mobile land based autonomous search cum track radar which meets the ever increasing threat from low flying high-speed aircrafts. It has all weather capability with timely detection, very accurate and unambiguous tracking, fast prediction of lead angles and built in counter-counter measures.
FEATURES
- Early detection and fast acquisition.
- Air Search in ‘I’ band and acquisition in ‘I’ & ‘Ka’ bands.
- Dual Band ‘I’ and ‘Ka’ - tracking.
- Computer assisted parallax calculation and ballistic data generation.
- Track While Scan upto 3 targets.
- Colour Raster Scan Display with PPI and TV picture.
- Tactical map presentation through Data Input Unit.
- Communication between system operator and gun.
- Built in ECCM.
ATCR-33S SRE is a S band Air Traffic Control Radar
The ATCR-33S SRE is a S band Air Traffic Control Radar suited for Terminal Control applications. It is a fully coherent high-end class primary radar, which uses a fully solid state, fail-soft transmitter.
The radar is interfaced with integrated PSR/SSR G- 33I antenna, providing two beams (main and auxiliary) in S-Band and two beams (sum and difference) in L- Band for the monopulse secondary surveillance radar.
FEATURES
- Maximum range: up to 70 NM
- Fully solid state and fail-soft, modular transmitter
- Non linear frequency modulated (NLFM) transmitted waveform for high average power and good range resolution
- Sector blanking: up to 8 azimuthal sector can be selected, where no RF radiation is performed
- Antenna beam switching between main and auxiliary, for improved ground clutter suppression
- Linear/circular switchable polarization
- Adaptive STC for enhanced target detectability in clutter
- Digital pulse compression
- Fully coherent adaptive moving target detection (A-MTD)
- Extensive Built-in test (BIT) from the antenna to the extractor
- Full monitoring and control capability, both locally or remotely, via a PC in a graphic, windowed environment
- Designed for un-manned operation
3D Surveillance Radar
The 3D Surveillance Radar is state-of-art radar designed to effectively play the role of medium range surveillance radar mounted on a mobile platform. The radar operates in S-band and is capable of Track-While- Scan [TWS] of airborne targets up to 150 Kms.
FEATURES
- 3D State of the art medium Range Surveillance Radar.
- TWS of airborne Targets upto 150 Kms.
- ECCM features - side-lobe blanking, frequency agility and jammer analysis.
- Integrated IFF Mk XI with extractor & co-mounted antenna.
- Configured as three mobile units mounted on three vehicles.
- Fully automated and controlled from Radar Console with user friendly GUI.
- Dedicated on-line BITE facility.
- Data remoting of Tracks and plots over LAN to remote stations.
- Data remoting of Digital data Link to remote data center.
Low Level Light-Weight Radar (LLLR)
Low Level Light-Weight Radar (LLLR), is a S-Band, 3D, light weight, battery powered and compact sensor which provides 3D surveillance. This radar is with multiple beams and electronic scanning capability in elevation and can be rapidly deployed in various terrains like mountain tops, deserts and even high rise buildings in urban areas to help carryout aerial surveillance at low and medium altitudes. The radar would provide for detection and tracking of all kinds of hostile aerial targets like fighter aircrafts, UAVs and helicopters.
FEATURES
- S-Band 3D Surveillance of aerial targets flying at low and medium altitudes.
- Automatic detection and tracking of:
-Fixed wing aircrafts
-Helicopter
-UAVs
- Detection of hovering Helicopters.
- Low power consumption and mechanical ruggedness to operate in extreme climatic conditions.
- Based on semi active array antenna using the state of art Transmit/ Receive Module (TRM) technology.
- Integrated IFF.
- Easily transportable by men, animal transport, etc.
- Highly modular for quick setup.
- Robust EMI/EMC design and good testability/ maintainability features
- Separation of CDU from sensor head: 750 m.
Low Level Light-Weight Radar (LLLR)
Low Level Light-Weight Radar (LLLR), is a L-Band,2D, light weight, battery powered and compact sensor which provides 2D surveillance solution to alert Army Air Defence Weapon Systems mainly in mountainous terrain against hostile aerial targets like UAVs, RPVs,hovering helicopters and fixed wing aircraft flying at low and medium altitudes.
FEATURES
- L-Band 2D Surveillance of aerial targets flying at low and medium altitudes.
- Automatic detection and tracking of:
-Fixed wing aircrafts
-Helicopter
-UAVs
- Detection of hovering Helicopters.
- Target designation and distribution to Weapon Sites and Command Centre.
- Integrated IFF.
- Easily transportable by men, animal transport, etc.
- Highly modular for quick setup.
- Remote operation and radar display through the Commander's Display Unit (CDU).
- Separation of CDU from sensor head: 750 m.
3D Tactical Control Radar
The 3D Tactical Control Radar is state-of-art medium range Surveillance & Tracking radar designed to effectively play the role of medium range surveillance radar mounted on a mobile platform. The radar operates in S-band and is capable of Track-While-Scan [TWS] of airborne targets up to 90 kms.
FEATURES
- 3D State of the art medium Range Surveillance and Tracking Radar.
- TWS of airborne Targets up to 90 Kms.
- ECCM features - Side-lobe blanking, Frequency agility and Jammer analysis.
- Integrated IFF Mk XI with extractor & co-mounted antenna.
- Configured in two TATRA vehicles one for radar and second for power source.
- Fully automated and controlled from Radar Console with user friendly GUI.
- Dedicated and exhaustive on-line BITE facility.
- Facility for training controllers, operators & technical crew.
- Facility for automatic transmission of data to Target Data Receiver (co-located with weapon system) up to a distance of 20 Km from radar using optical line,wire line and secure VHF radio set.
- Data remoting of Tracks and plots over LAN to external networks - up to 500 m.
- Facility for Remote control and diagnostic testing of the system from a distance of 100 meters.
Tactical Control Radar (Reporter)
This is an early warning, alerting and cueing system,including weapon control functions. It is specially designed to be highly mobile and easily transportable,by air as well as on the ground. This radar minimises mutual interference of tasks of both air defenders and friendly air space users. The command and control capabilities of the RADAR in combination with an effective ground based air Defence provide maximum operational effectiveness with a safe, efficient and flexible use of the airspace.
FEATURES
- All weather day and night capability
- 40 km range, giving a large coverage
- Multiple target handling and engagement capability
- Local threat evaluation and engagement calculations assist the commander's decision making process, and give effective local fire distribution.
- Easy to operate, and hence low manning requirements and stress reduction under severe conditions
- Highly mobile system, to be used in all kinds of terrain, with short into and out of action times (deployment/redeployment)
- Clutter suppression
- High resolution, which gives excellent target discrimination and allows accurate tracking
INDRA II
INDRA II is L Band low-flying detection radar that caters to the vital gap filling role in an air defence environment. It is a transportable and self-contained system with easy mobility and deployment features. The system consists mainly of an Antenna, Transmitter cabin and Display cabin mounted on three separate vehicles.
FEATURES
- Fully coherent system
- Frequency agility
- Pulse compression
- Advanced signal processing using MTD and CFAR Techniques
- Track while scan for 2-D tracking
- Capability to handle 200 tracks
- Association of primary and secondary targets
- Full tracking capabilities for manoeuvring targets
- Multicolour PPI Raster Scan Display, presenting both MTI and Synthetic Video
- Automatic target data transmission to a digital modem/networking of radars
- Integral IFF
- Ease of transportation and fast deployment
- Deployment time of about 60 minutes
Battle Field Surveillance Radar - Short Range
BFSR-SR is a man portable, battery powered surveillance and acquisition radar, capable of detecting and displaying a diversity of moving targets such as pedestrians, vehicles, tanks, etc.
APPLICATIONS
- Border surveillance
- Battlefield surveillance
- Intelligence gathering
- Protection of Sensitive sites
- Protection of Industrial facilities, power plants, etc
- Prevention of infiltration and illegal immigration
FEATURES
- Light Weight, Man portable and fast deployment.
- Operates 24 hours a day and under all weather conditions
- J-band pulse Doppler radar with Built in Test Equipment (BITE).
- Low probability of intercept with low peak power.
- High resolution, coloured, north oriented radar picture on portable colour PC display with easy to use and menu driven user interface based on windows XP.
- Track while scan of 99 targets.
- Classification of targets based on Audio Doppler signature.
- Provision to overlay geographical maps.
- Inbuilt Global Positioning System for self-location of the radar.
- Built in Digital Magnetic compass for North alignment.
- Carried in three man packs for deployment to any location.
- Provision to Network various radars to Command Post for wider area coverage.
- Thermal Imager Camera Integration.
- Built in training Simulator.
Battlefield Surveillance Radar Medium Range (BFSR- MR)
Battlefield Surveillance Radar Medium Range (BFSR- MR) is a state of the art ground surveillance and Acquisition Radar capable of automatically detecting and displaying a diversity of moving targets such as pedestrians, vehicles, tanks, low flying Helicopters, etc. The radar supports Artillery units by location of shell bursts and providing fire correction data.
APPLICATIONS
- Border surveillance
- Battlefield surveillance
- Intelligence gathering
- Protection of Airfields
- Artillery fire corrections
FEATURES
- Detection and acquisition of moving targets up to 40Km in range and 360° in Azimuth
- Operates 24 hours a day and under all weather conditions
- Easy to transport and deploy
- Pulse Doppler radar with Built In Test Equipment (BITE)
- Target classification based on the Doppler tone
- Low probability of intercept with low peak power
- User-friendly menu driven interface based on Windows2000
- Track while scan of up to 60 targets
- Overlay of digital maps
- Provision to integrate with command and control systems
- Built in training simulator
