Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed a Licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology (LATOT) with Combat Aircraft Systems Development and Integration Centre (CASDIC), DRDO, for the transfer of technology of Digital Radar Warning Receiver to the Indian Armed Forces. 

Combat Aircraft Systems Development and Integration Centre specializes in the area of systems and solutions for fighter aircraft.

In a statement released on 18 November, BEL said that the Digital Radar Warning Receiver is a this is state-of-the-art, airborne Electronic Warfare system that would provide versatile Situational Awareness to a fighter platform in a dense signal scenario, offering excellent sensitivity, good parameter measurement accuracy and high Probability of Intercept against dense signal.

The LATOT will enable BEL to manufacture and supply Digital Radar Warning Receivers to the Indian Armed Forces. Through this, CASDIC will transfer complete details of the technical know-how, testing and maintenance method for quality assurance to BEL with requisite data on the functioning of the product.

The statement said that through the pact, CASDIC will transfer complete details of the technical know-how, testing and maintenance method for quality assurance to BEL with requisite data on the functioning of the product.

Bharat Electronics (BEL) has also signed a license agreement for the transfer of technology (LAToT) with the Research and Development Establishment (Engineers), Pune, a DRDO lab, for the manufacturing and integration of Unexploded Ordnance Handling Robot.

Remotely operated vehicle UXOR has been designed for handling and diffusing unexploded ordnances (UXOs). It is capable of handling and diffusing unexploded air-dropped bombs. UXOR can be utilised to remotely approach the UXO and defuse it. It is based on heavy duty-compact terrain platform, equipped with a Robotic Arm, an Abrasive Water Jet Cutting Machine, etc. It can also be controlled remotely.

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