You dont have javascript enabled! Please enable it!
Archives

SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG

The Instrument Research & Development Establishment (IRDE), a lab under the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), has taken a significant step in advancing India’s defence technology capabilities by issuing an Expression of Interest (EOI). This EOI invites Indian industries to propose the establishment of an Infrared Scene Generation and Projection System-based Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) Test Facility for testing and evaluating advanced Electro-Optical (EO) Sensors.

The IRDE’s initiative aims to pre-qualify Indian industries based on their technical capabilities, with responses evaluated by a Technical Assessment Committee (TAC). Following this, a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued to shortlisted firms through Limited Bidding Mode (LBM), and the final selection will be based on the lowest bid (L1) criteria, subject to fulfilment of all techno-commercial conditions of the RFP.

Advancing Indigenous EO System Capabilities

IRDE is actively engaged in developing several advanced EO systems, such as:

  • Infrared Search and Track (IRST) systems
  • Electro-optical fire control systems
  • Optical Sensor Shield (OSS)
  • Compact Airborne Multi-sensor Optronic Payload (CAMOP)
  • Long-range target detection systems

These systems are vital for automatic target detection and tracking of multiple threats in complex environments. To enhance development, IRDE seeks to test these systems’ responses to various operational scenarios using Infrared Scene Projectors (IRSP) within the HIL test facility.

The proposed HIL test facility will simulate real-time operational environments for EO systems, enabling performance evaluation without requiring expensive and time-consuming flight or field trials. By projecting simulated scenes, the facility will provide critical insights into how EO systems perform under diverse conditions, thereby reducing development time and costs.

The key components of the HIL test facility include:

  • Infrared Scene Simulation System: A real-time, multi-spectral imaging sensor capable of generating high-frame-rate sensor data across the 0.2 – 15.0 micron spectrum.
  • Physics-based, real-time spectral EO/IR sensor scene simulator: To simulate correlated 2D sensor imagery across arbitrary weather conditions, sensor bands, and viewing locations.
  • Flight Motion Simulator (FMS) and Target Motion Simulator (TMS): To replicate operational motion scenarios for comprehensive system testing.

This effort highlights India’s commitment to building self-reliant defence capabilities, and the MoD’s decision to engage only Indian industries in the development of this facility is a reflection of the country’s ongoing push for indigenization in defence technologies.

However, the EOI comes with no financial commitment at this stage. The Ministry of Defence and DRDO reserve the right to withdraw or modify the EOI and disqualify any prospective industry if deemed necessary for national security reasons.

NOTE : Article cannot be reproduced without written permission of idrw.org in any form even for YouTube Videos to avoid Copy right strikes. Websites doing illegal reproductions will get DMCA and Legal Notices.