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omes for Airborne and
Weather Applications
Year of Development : PolyUrethane (PU) Foam core glass
epoxy sandwich composite. A cost-
2014– Airborne Nose Radome effective wet lay-up and Room
2013–Ground Based Weather Radome Temperature vacuum bag mould-
ing process has been adopted. The
Applications Radome is designed to withstand
250 km/h wind speed with gusts
¡¡ Airborne Nose Radome for fire upto 300 km/h.
control radar of Jaguar Maritime
Fighter Aircraft fleet (IAF). Level/Scale of Development : TRL - 9
¡¡ Ground Based Radomes for pro- ¡¡ Technology tested in real/ field tri-
tection of Doppler Weather Radars als at full scale.
of IMD which includes the Indian
coastline and hilly regions of the ¡¡ C EMILAC airworthiness certifica-
North-East. tion obtained & radomes are in
service of IAF since 2008.
Salient Technical Features
Intellectural Property Rights (IPR):
¡¡ The Airborne nose cone radome Patent NA
has been developed using a novel
Resin Injection Technology (RIT) Major Plant Equipment and Machin-
that includes development of con- ery Required
toured fabric pre-forms and closed
mould pressure assisted high Engineering Fabrication Facility
temperature resin injection. The
radome has successfully met the Market potential
stringent airworthiness qualifica-
tion standards of CEMILAC, DRDO For strategic applications like fighter
and has been flight tested. aircraft for airborne early warning
and control (AEW&C) and for weather
¡¡ T he Ground Based Weather Ra- proof enclosure that protects a radar
dome is a spherical radome of antenna.
diameter 12.88m. It has 66 po-
lygonal panels fabricated using
SS 15
Weather Applications
Year of Development : PolyUrethane (PU) Foam core glass
epoxy sandwich composite. A cost-
2014– Airborne Nose Radome effective wet lay-up and Room
2013–Ground Based Weather Radome Temperature vacuum bag mould-
ing process has been adopted. The
Applications Radome is designed to withstand
250 km/h wind speed with gusts
¡¡ Airborne Nose Radome for fire upto 300 km/h.
control radar of Jaguar Maritime
Fighter Aircraft fleet (IAF). Level/Scale of Development : TRL - 9
¡¡ Ground Based Radomes for pro- ¡¡ Technology tested in real/ field tri-
tection of Doppler Weather Radars als at full scale.
of IMD which includes the Indian
coastline and hilly regions of the ¡¡ C EMILAC airworthiness certifica-
North-East. tion obtained & radomes are in
service of IAF since 2008.
Salient Technical Features
Intellectural Property Rights (IPR):
¡¡ The Airborne nose cone radome Patent NA
has been developed using a novel
Resin Injection Technology (RIT) Major Plant Equipment and Machin-
that includes development of con- ery Required
toured fabric pre-forms and closed
mould pressure assisted high Engineering Fabrication Facility
temperature resin injection. The
radome has successfully met the Market potential
stringent airworthiness qualifica-
tion standards of CEMILAC, DRDO For strategic applications like fighter
and has been flight tested. aircraft for airborne early warning
and control (AEW&C) and for weather
¡¡ T he Ground Based Weather Ra- proof enclosure that protects a radar
dome is a spherical radome of antenna.
diameter 12.88m. It has 66 po-
lygonal panels fabricated using
SS 15
