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Saturday, March 09, 2013

DRDO gets nod to develop ‘eye in sky’

Il-76 Phalcon |The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has got the nod of the government’s highest decision-making body to soon develop an indigenous ‘eye-in-the-sky’, a critical force multiplier that can keep tab on enemy military activity from a safe distance.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its nod to the proposal from the DRDO for indigenous development of the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWAC) on February 12 this year, Defence Minister A K Antony has informed Parliament.

The project will be called AWACS (India) and is envisaged to complete the work in 84 months from the date for formal sanction of the programme, he said.

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