The minister lauded the indigenous development of Softnet Radio for Airborne Communication and Net Centric Warfare and congratulated the company for manufacturing high-end tech-instruments.
"SDR is the future of communication technologies and would largely shape the net-centric warfare in the years ahead of us. The development of the system will reduce our dependency on foreign suppliers," said HAL Chairman R K Tyagi.
HAL-SERDC is a primary design centre of excellence for the development of state-of-the-art, indigenous avionics which are installed on fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft like MiG 21, MiG 27, LCA, Jaguar, SU-30, MiG- 29, Dornier, Cheetah, Chetak, ALH, operated by the Indian Defence Forces.