Aerospace Diary

By  Neelam Mathews  -  November 26, 2014, 6:00 AM Indian defense ground radar requirements have driven the creation of a new Franco-Indian joint venture between Thales and Bharat Electronics ( BEL ), after a two-year delay.  BEL -Thales Systems will enable the French company to meet Indian offset and technology transfer commitments associated with an Indian Air Force ( IAF ) order for 19 radars. Thales holds 26 percent of the new company, and state-owned Bharat Electronics the other 74 percent. It has been created to design, develop, market, supply and support ground-based civilian and military radars. While Thales’s main strengths are in systems engineering, integration and testing,  BEL  has manufactured radars for the military. Thales will supply six of the 19 Ground Smarter ( GS 100) low level transportable radars ( LLTR ) that the  IAF  has ordered from France, with the other 13 to be assembled in  BEL 's facility nea...