Article Posted on : - Jun 28, 2010

Model of DRDO's Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS).

HELSINKI (BNS): Indian Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has awarded a two-digit-million Euro contract to EADS Defence & Security (DS), for developing system architecture of its Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) programme.

According to an EADS news release, DS will provide support in the development of system architecture with particular regard to certification and mission equipment optimisation of AEW&C.

“From our systems responsibility for the overall Military Management System of the A400M transport aircraft we have thorough experience in certification of aircraft according to civil and military rules,” Bernd Wenzler, CEO of Defence Electronics, an integrated Business Unit of DS, said in an official news release.

"This, together with our broad technology base in sensors and data fusion makes us the ideal partner for DRDO," he added.

Since 2006, DRDO and Defence Electronics are maintaining successful cooperation in developing a Missile Approach Warning System for Indian helicopter and wide-body aircraft.