Benefits of equipping Frontline Warships with Shakti EW System
The Shakti EW system has been designed and developed by the Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) in Hyderabad, functioning under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), to provide essential capabilities for the detection, interception, identification, classification and jamming of both conventional and modern radar systems.
Offering a crucial layer of defence against modern radars and anti-ship missiles, the Shakti Shakti EW system marks a significant development in electronic warfare capabilities. This advanced system has been prepared with the aim of replacing the earlier-generation EW Systems of the Indian Navy.
A protection from missile attack
To defend Indian Navy Ships against missile attacks, the Shakti EW system has been integrated with the wideband Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Counter Measure (ECM). The Electronic Support Measures help the ships with the accurate direction and interception of modern radars. Additionally, the system has a built-in radar fingerprinting and data recording replay feature that helps soldiers with post-mission analysis.
Shakti is an Integrated Radar EW System for Capital ships with Electronic Support (ES) System and integrated Radar Finger Printing System (RFPS) covering B to K frequency band and Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) System covering H to K frequency band.
Salient features and Technologies Involved:
1. Wide Open Reception capability in D to K frequency band.
2. Narrow Band Receiver for LPI reception capability with narrow and broad instantaneous bandwidths.
3. Base Line Interferometer (BLI) DF measurement technique and Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) DF measurement technique to achieve high DF accuracy.
4. Microwave Power Module (MPM) based muti-beam transmitter using Rotman lens.
5. DRFM based Technique Generator with wide instantaneous bandwidth for various jamming techniques.
