India’s Indigenous Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Processing well : Report

[LOGICAL BOSSS]

Published August 14, 2016
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK

India’s Indigenous Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) developed by DRDO’s Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) for Unmanned Aerial vehicle (UAVs) is reportedly progressing well and may be flight tested by end of 2016 or early 2017 from a modified Dornier Do-228 which will act as flying test bed (FTB) for the program said a well-informed sources close to idrw.org .

LRDE’s SAR will be integrated with India’s Rustom-2 which is Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAVs at later stages of its development but at present LRDE will be using it on modified Dornier Do-228 dedicated flying test bed in the initial stage of developmental testing and trials .

LRDE’s SAR will be lightweight and feature a modular and open architecture system, which can be configured for a broad range of installations for applications onboard unmanned aircraft. The radar will be able to perform Wide Area Search with very high resolutions for stationary and as well as for moving targets . LRDE is also planning to develop a derivate of this radar for operations from manned reconnaissance aircraft .

LRDE is also reportedly working on Maritime Patrol Airborne Radar for UAVs which also will be used on Maritime variant of Rustom-2 for Indian Navy and will also have Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging feature in them to perform multimode all-weather airborne maritime surveillance and provide a cost-effective force multiplier solution for operational missions in the maritime theatre .

 

[PARIKRAMA]

What i have in DRDO publication is this

GMTI - Ground Moving Target Indication
TWS - Track While Scan

 

[GuardianRED]

What i have in DRDO publication is this

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GMTI - Ground Moving Target Indication
TWS - Track While Scan

Will the Application of this only on UAVs or a larger platform is being decided?

 

[PARIKRAMA]

Will the Application of this only on UAVs or a larger platform is being decided?

As per DRDO publication as of now its for Rustom 2 and another light version of the same with reduced capabilities for a mini UAV.

As of now there is no bigger version. Might be a project after success of this SAR deployment.

 

[#hydra#]

Published August 14, 2016
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK

India’s Indigenous Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) developed by DRDO’s Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) for Unmanned Aerial vehicle (UAVs) is reportedly progressing well and may be flight tested by end of 2016 or early 2017 from a modified Dornier Do-228 which will act as flying test bed (FTB) for the program said a well-informed sources close to idrw.org .

LRDE’s SAR will be integrated with India’s Rustom-2 which is Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAVs at later stages of its development but at present LRDE will be using it on modified Dornier Do-228 dedicated flying test bed in the initial stage of developmental testing and trials .

LRDE’s SAR will be lightweight and feature a modular and open architecture system, which can be configured for a broad range of installations for applications onboard unmanned aircraft. The radar will be able to perform Wide Area Search with very high resolutions for stationary and as well as for moving targets . LRDE is also planning to develop a derivate of this radar for operations from manned reconnaissance aircraft .

LRDE is also reportedly working on Maritime Patrol Airborne Radar for UAVs which also will be used on Maritime variant of Rustom-2 for Indian Navy and will also have Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging feature in them to perform multimode all-weather airborne maritime surveillance and provide a cost-effective force multiplier solution for operational missions in the maritime theatre .

So in future bwe can have something like J-STAR aircraft.

 

[Abingdonboy]

So in future bwe can have something like J-STAR aircraft.

Crawl, walk, run

These are baby steps but down the road the options are limitless if India invests the time and resource.

Maritime variant of Rustom-2 for Indian Navy

Good to know that such a variant is in the works, the first time I am hearing about this.

There is certainly great things coming for India now proper investment is being made in these cirtical feilds.

 

[#hydra#]

Crawl, walk, run

These are baby steps but down the road the options are limitless if India invests the time and resource.


Good to know that such a variant is in the works, the first time I am hearing about this.

There is certainly great things coming for India now proper investment is being made in these cirtical feilds.

That's may be the reason why IN is not showing much inntereset in triton.

 

[R!CK]

That's may be the reason why IN is not showing much inntereset in triton.

Cant compare the Triton. They are a league apart. Only reason why they are not being procured is cause of the costs, however it is just a temporary excuse. Only a matter of time.

But a descent alternative to Heron/Searcher and Guardian UAV albeit with slightly less performance.

Good Day all!

 

[#hydra#]

Cant compare the Triton. They are a league apart. Only reason why they are not being procured is cause of the costs, however it is just a temporary excuse. Only a matter of time.

But a descent alternative to Heron and Guardian UAV albeit with slightly less performance.

Good Day all!

Based on the previous track record of navy,there is a high probability for a desi Triton flying over IOR(may not be now,but surely in future once we master jet engineer).

 

[R!CK]

Based on the previous track record of navy,there is a high probability for a desi Triton flying over IOR(may not be now,but surely in future once we master jet engineer).

Possible. But more like distant future, our country is still at its infancy in this field. However the future looks bright. More important than something as sophisticated as Triton, we must master the basic versions like Rustom I/II.

P.S: Still patiently waiting for its first flight.

Good Day!

 

[Han Patriot]

Wait, I thought India had SAR tech 10 years back with the RISAT? Normally countries advanced by building aircraft based platforms before going to satellites. Any info on this?

 

[John Reese]

Wait, I thought India had SAR tech 10 years back with the RISAT? Normally countries advanced by building aircraft based platforms before going to satellites. Any info on this?

This Different Its About Fighter Sized MMR Radars Which Will have GMTI - Ground Moving Target Indication
TWS - Track While Scan For A-To-G Role

Only Few countries are Able to develop there Own Radars in Asia only china and Japan has this capibiity

 

[Han Patriot]

This Different Its About Fighter Sized MMR Radars Which Will have GMTI - Ground Moving Target Indication
TWS - Track While Scan For A-To-G Role

Only Few countries are Able to develop there Own Radars in Asia only china and Japan has this capibiity

So basically it's the AESA radar?

 

[zebra7]

Wait, I thought India had SAR tech 10 years back with the RISAT? Normally countries advanced by building aircraft based platforms before going to satellites. Any info on this?

I think that Payload of the sensor to SAR map the ground was provided by Israel.