Address: Rajpur Road, Dehradun 248 001, (Uttaranchal), India
Telephone: Unlisted
Fax: 0135-687265
Telex: 585-233
E-mail: root@drdeal.drdo.com
Director: Dr. A.S. Bains
Subordinate to: Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defense
Primary Function: Research and development of defense-related electronics
Description: DEAL was founded in 1965 in Mussoorie (Uttar Pradesh); it was then known as the Himalayan Radio Propagation Unit. In 1968, the lab was shifted from Mussoorie to Dehradun (Uttar Pradesh)* and in 1976 renamed as the Defense Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL). Since then, DEAL has expanded into a "major system laboratory" of the DRDO.
*Dehradun is now the capital of Uttaranchal, a new province that was carved out of Uttar Pradesh province in November 2000.
Activities:
DEAL has developed:
- "Jam-resistant data links for applications in real-time transmission of battlefield information for effective control of airborne platforms, target tracking and acquisition, and also in reconnaissance and surveillance using remotely piloted vehicles."
- Microwave scanning antenna, which is part of the "terminal guidance system" used in ballistic missiles developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program.
- Command transmitter for the naval version of the Trishul short-range surface-to-air missile system.
Key Sources:
Defence Research & Development Organization, "Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory," <http://www.drdo.org/labs/electronics/deal/index.shtml>; Dr. N.C. Birla and B.S. Murthy, eds., "Seekers, Antennas, Pyrosystems, Devices, and Electronic Subsystems," Indian Defence Technology: Missile Systems (DRDO, Ministry of Defence, December 1998), pp. 173, 178-179.
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