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Title:

Radomes for Air Borne and Weather Applications
Value Proposition:

The airborne nose cone radome has been developed using a novel Resin Injection Technology (RIT) that includes development of contoured fabric pre-forms and closed mould pressure assisted high temperature resin injection. The ground based weather radome is a spherical radome of diameter 12.88m. It has 66 polygonal panels fabricated using PolyUrethane (PU) foam core glass epoxy sandwich composite.
Summary Application:

Airborne Nose Radome for fire control radar of Jaguar Maritime Fighter Aircraft fleet (IAF).Ground Based Radomes for protection of Doppler Weather Radars of IMD which includes the Indian coastline & hilly regions of the North-East.
Advantages:
  • Cost-effective wet layup and Room Temp. vacuum bag moulding process has been adopted.
  • The Radome is designed to withstand 250 km/h wind speed with gusts upto 300 km/h.
Commercialization Status: Already Commercialised
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories[CSIR-NAL]
:  director[at]nal[dot]res[dot]in
:91-80-25086000
:https://www.nal.res.in
Industrial Applications: Aeronautics [Aerospace] Composites [Materials] Mechanical Processes [Mechanical]
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