Defence Ministry signs ₹2,906-crore contract with BEL for Ashwini Low-Level Transportable Radars for IAF
The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹2,906 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ghaziabad, on 12 March 2025 for Low-Level Transportable Radars (LLTR) 'Ashwini' for the Indian Air Force.
Summary
The Ministry of Defence signed a capital acquisition contract worth ₹2,906 crore with Bharat Electronics Limited, Ghaziabad, for Low-Level Transportable Radars (Ashwini) in New Delhi on 12 March 2025, in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh. The radar is indigenously designed and developed by DRDO's Electronics & Radar Development Establishment. Ashwini is an active electronically scanned phased-array radar using solid-state technology that can track aerial targets ranging from high-speed fighters to slow-moving drones and helicopters.
Key facts
- Contract
- ₹2,906 crore, 12 March 2025
- Vendor
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ghaziabad
- Radar
- Low-Level Transportable Radar (LLTR) 'Ashwini'
- Developer
- DRDO's Electronics & Radar Development Establishment
- Technology
- Active electronically scanned phased array, solid state
- User
- Indian Air Force
Practice MCQs 3 questions
'Ashwini', for which a ₹2,906 crore contract was signed in March 2025, is a:
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Correct answer: D — Low-level transportable radar
Ashwini is a Low-Level Transportable Radar (LLTR) to be supplied by BEL to the Indian Air Force.
With which company did the Defence Ministry sign the ₹2,906 crore Ashwini radar contract?
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Correct answer: A — Bharat Electronics Limited
The contract was signed with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ghaziabad, on 12 March 2025.
Consider the following statements about the Ashwini LLTR: 1. It is an active electronically scanned phased-array radar developed by DRDO's Electronics & Radar Development Establishment. 2. It is designed to track only high-speed fighter aircraft, not drones or helicopters. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong: the radar can track targets from high-speed fighters to slow-moving UAVs and helicopters.