Indra's Lanza 3D
radar continues to strengthen itself as one of the most advanced surveillance
systems on the market and continues its international expansion. Indra is
currently installing its naval version, Lanza-N 3D, on one of the Indian Navy's
destroyer ship, beginning the delivery of the 23 radars that it will provide to
the Indian Navy over the next decade.
This milestone is
part of the contract signed by the company in 2020 with the Indian company Tata
Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), within the framework of a technology transfer
programme. This provides for the delivery by Indra of a total of three complete
radars, plus the core elements of its system for another 20 radars, destined
for ships, which TASL will complete and integrate locally. To them is added an
additional reference radar to support this technology transfer during the
additional maintenance period of 12 and a half years.
After designing and
producing the first radar at Indra's facilities in Madrid, the system passed
the factory acceptance tests (FAT) at CEAR, the Radioelectric Analysis Center
of the Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) in November, to be subsequently
shipped to India, where installation has begun once the ship has become
available.
The following two radars
are already in production and are expected to pass FAT tests this year.
The Lanza-N radar
that is being implemented is based on the one fitted to the ship Juan Carlos I
of the Spanish Navy, although the system has been adapted to the regulatory requirements
of India, for example, in the environmental field to guarantee its optimum
performance even in conditions of high humidity and extreme heat. In addition,
it incorporates the latest technological and operational updates incorporated
by Indra to its family of Lanza radars, as well as some improvements, such as
greater power for the use of long-range mode or remote monitoring of the
pressurisation system.
This project
confirms the export potential of the Lanza-N radar, a high-tech Spanish
solution for surface ships, designed as a long-range, modular, solid-state
pulsed tactical radar, with all the equipment associated with the Lanza-N fully
integrated for a naval operation. The primary function of radar is the
detection of aircraft within the instrumented coverage volume, even in adverse
conditions. It also includes the integration of a Secondary Surveillance Radar
(IFF/SSR).
Indra's Lanza 3D
family radars have not stopped evolving and improving to become one of the most
advanced on the market on a global scale. Thus, Indra has also become one of
the main manufacturers of radars in the world, applied not only to the defence
sector, but also in the field of mobility and air traffic. The company has one
of the largest radar factories in Europe in the Community of Madrid, with more
than 7,000 square meters and 200 specialised professionals.
It has also
developed one of the most powerful radars in Europe and the world, intended for
space surveillance, capable of detecting objects in orbit more than 2,000
kilometers from Earth and which is responsible for protecting launches,
satellites and the international space station.
In this area, Indra
has signed a collaboration agreement with the Indian company, Centum
Electronics, to present a joint proposal to the Indian Space Agency (ISRO) to
manufacture a radar for observing and tracking objects in space with which to
protect the country's space assets. The agreement is aligned with the
"Make India" strategy of the country's government, which supports the
formation of this type of strategic alliances between local companies and
leading companies.
