Centre for Airborne Systems
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| Field of Research | Airborne electronic systems |
| Director | Dr. S. Christopher |
| Location | Bangalore |
| Operating Agency | DRDO |
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The Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) is a laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) of India. Located in Bangalore, its primary function is development and evaluation of airborne electronic systems for military applications.
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[edit] History
CABS was set up in 1991 to lead the Airborne Surveillance Platform (Airawat) project. Its task was to develop airborne electronic systems on a flying platform for early warning, command and control functions.[1] The program was carried on until 1999 when the flying platform HS 748 crashed in Tamil nadu killing all the eight people onboard.[2]
[edit] Present Areas of work
The Airawat AEW Project codenamed was revived in 2005 and the new system will be based on Embraer EMB-145 with an active phased array radar, satellite communications, IFF, SIGNIT and COMINT Sensors.[2]
The center is also responsible for testing HAL Tejas avionics on an HS 748 testbed.
