US opens defence tech arsenal to India, 7 new offers on table

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how can the ISRO whose job is to look into space be given a contract to make something that DRDO should have come up with. Can you imagene the idea of a Military focused research organization being beaten to something like that by a space research agency?

They have their own applications for MOTR.

ISRO’s future missions will need tracking of multiple objects. For this purpose, a Multi-Object Tracking Radar or MOTR is being realized indigenously, which will contribute to Range safety, Impact point monitoring, recovery and re-entry missions. The MOTR will track different stages of launch vehicles simultaneously during nominal and non-nominal missions. The tracking data will be used for computing the Instantaneous Impact Points (IIPs) of the descending/separated objects of the launch vehicle, more accurately.Further, MOTR will also provide the data related to close approach of space debris to the remote sensing satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and to plan the collision avoidance manoeuvres of these satellites, thus contributing to the safe operation of ISRO’s Space Assets and Space Situational Awareness.

Welcome to Indian Space Research Organization-ISRO - Multi-Object Tracking Radar (MOTR)

Wont be a big deal to US next decade as the technology will be 2 decades old by then and Russia and China will both have 5th generation fighters in service - although the Russian one wont be true fifth generation due to lack of all aspect stealth.