Bangalore: Domestic defence equipment major Kavveri Defence and Wireless Technologies has successfully designed a fully indigenous dual-polarised, high-grain antenna system for use in highly advanced military drones. Built entirely in-house, the advanced system has been developed to meet the emergency requirements of the Armed Forces, which until now, depended on a North American supplier for the same.
The system is designed to meet the specific requirements of the armed forces, which include a ruggedised, compact design engineered to perform well in harsh field environments. Kavveri Defence has been a long-standing supplier of antenna and related equipment to the military, and has been recognised as one of the homegrown success stories in military and civilian communication equipment.
For the Bangalore-based company, this development comes at a time when the government in actively encouraging indigenous technologies under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
“This milestone is one of many innovation-driven design and development programs underway at Kavveri. We continue to hire the best minds and empower them with world-class tools and environment, enabling breakthrough concepts to become engineered reality. Each product we create strengthens our in-house engineering capabilities and rapidly expands India’s technological backbone in advanced wireless defence systems. We are building on this momentum every single day with every single product.” Mr. Shivakumar Reddy, Managing Director, Kavveri Defence and Wireless Technologies, said in a press release to the NSE.
