Saab offers DRDO underground radar
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Saab has offered its radar, CARABAS, to the Defense Research and Development Organization's (DRDO) Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) for evaluation. The radar can penetrate densely-forested areas and detect mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) buried underground. The DRDO had been shopping around for a radar that could provide the capability for the detection of threats in heavily-forested and remote areas affected by insurgencies and has selected the CARABAS to explore further possibilities. A radar with such capabilities would be useful in detecting threats in areas where security forces have to operate, patrolling roads and tracks under the canopy of dense foliage and surrounding forests, in difficult terrain. CARABAS is a Very High Frequency (VHF) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that is mounted on aircraft to scan a target area for threats. The radar, which weighs 35 kilograms, can be fitted on rotary wing as well as tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
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