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Indian Navy To Get 11 Shakti EWS As Defence Ministry Inks Rs 2,270 Crore Deal With BEL: Here's All You Need To Know
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The Indian Navy is set to get 11 indigenously designed, developed and manufactured Shakti electronic warfare systems from Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL).
The Defence Ministry on Tuesday (13 February) signed a contract with Hyderabad-based BEL in New Delhi, for procurement of 11 Shakti Electronic Warfare Systems along with associated equipment and accessories for Indian Navy under Buy (Indian- IDDM) category at a total cost of Rs 2269.54 crore.
The project will generate employment of two and half lakh man-days over a period of four years with participation of more than 155 industry partners including MSMEs, thus furthering the vision of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) System ‘Shakti’ has been designed and developed by Hyderabad-based Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation.
The system has been designed for the Capital Warships of Indian Navy for the interception, detection, classification, identification and jamming of conventional and modern Radars.
The Shakti EW System is capable of accurately intercepting electronic emissions and implement counter measures in dense electromagnetic environment.
The Shakti EW system will provide an electronic layer of defence against modern radars and anti-ship missiles to ensure electronic dominance and survivability in the maritime battlefield.
This system will replace the earlier generation EW Systems of the Indian Navy.
The system has been integrated with the wideband Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) for the defence of Indian Navy Ships against missile attacks.
The ESM of the system helps in finding accurate direction and interception of modern radars.
The system has a built-in radar fingerprinting and data recording replay feature for post-mission analysis.
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