Romeos done, Navy to install indigenous software-defined radio in all its aerial assets
New Delhi: The Navy has decided to install the indigenously-developed software defined radio (SDR) in all its aerial assets, ThePrint has learnt.
Its MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, also known as Romeos, have become the first naval aerial platform to be fitted with the indigenous system that allows encrypted communication.
The SDR, which has been developed by the Navy along with Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), is already fitted in its surface ships. The aerial platform doesn’t differ much from its surface counterpart in terms of functioning; it’s just much smaller, almost a miniaturised version.
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The device helps in carrying out signal processing using radio frequency (RF) communication systems. Before it was developed, the Navy used conventional ra...