New Delhi: The Defence Ministry signed a Rs 2,269-crore deal with state-run Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on Tuesday for the procurement of 11 Shakti Electronic Warfare Systems, alongside with related gear for the Indian Navy. According to the Ministry of Defence, the Shakti EW System might be put in on-board capital warships of the Indian Navy.
“The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Hyderabad on February 13 for procurement of 11 Shakti Electronic Warfare Systems along with associated equipment/accessories for Indian Navy under Buy (Indian-IDDM) category at a total cost of Rs 2,269.54,” the ministry stated in a press release.
“The project will generate employment of two-and-a-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 ministry stated.
Shakti EW System
The Shakti EW System is indigenously designed, developed and manufactured. The Shakti EW System is able to precisely intercepting digital emissions and implement counter measures in dense electromagnetic surroundings.
EW System has been designed and developed for Capital Warships of the Indian Navy for the interception, detection, classification, identification and jamming of typical and fashionable Radars. The Shakti EW system supplies an digital layer of defence towards fashionable radars and anti-ship missiles to guarantee digital dominance and survivability within the maritime battlefield. This system changed the sooner era EW Systems of the Indian Navy.
The system has been built-in with the wideband Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) for the defence of Indian Navy Ships towards missile assaults. The ESM of the system helps find correct path and interception of contemporary radars. The system has a built-in radar fingerprinting and information recording replay characteristic for post-mission evaluation.
