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omes for Airborne and
Weather Applications

Major Raw Materials to be Navi Mumbai and awaiting orders
Utilized from IMD.

For Airborne Radome: Weather radomes are installed at
¡¡ Preformed contour glass fabric SHAR-Sriharikota, Bhuj - Gujarat,
Kochi - Kerala, Gopalpur - Orissa,
reinforcement Cherrapunji - Meghalaya
¡¡ High Temp. Epoxy resin system
¡¡ Aluminium for tooling and base Techno-Economics:

ring For Airborne Radomes:
For Weather Radome:
¡¡ Glass fabric reinforcement ¡¡ Unit cost: Rs.11 Lakhs at ToT stage.
¡¡ Epoxy resin system Further cost reduction expected
¡¡ PU foam with HAL taking up production of
¡¡ Stainless steel fasteners 50-60 nos.
¡¡ Tedlar Film
¡¡ RCC materials for base foundation ¡¡ Saving of precious foreign ex-
change of nearly 200% vis-à-vis
Commercialization the imported Israel radome.

¡¡ ToT of Airborne Radomes to HAL, For Weather Radomes:
Bangalore completed in 2013.
¡¡ Unit cost: Rs.116 lakhs approx. at
¡¡ ToT of Weather Radomes to BEL, ToT stage. Further cost reduction
Navi Mumbai completed in 2014. expected with production of 30-40
Nos. by BEL.
Available in Market
¡¡ S aving of foreign exchange of
Airborne Radome: 7 production minimum of 30% vis-à-vis import-
radomes have been manufactured at ed US radomes and also allows
HAL till date. deployment in strategic locations.
Weather Radome: The manufacturing
facility has been established at BEL

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