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Monday, July 13, 2009

Commercial suppliers on DRDO cost-cutting radar

EMB 145 AEW&CFor the first time, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to use components sourced from commercial suppliers in large, critical projects with a view to cut costs and long gestation periods.

Among those which uses components from commercial suppliers is Rustom, the unmanned aerial vehicle that DRDO is developing indigenously. The commercial suppliers are providing its flight control systems and avionics, sources said.

The radars of the airborne early warning and controls system (AWACS) will be the first large defence system to be built mainly using commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) components and microprocessors, said an official with the Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (Cemilac) which is the certifying authority for all military aircraft and its systems.

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