Service Category: Organizational Excellence & Compliance Framework Development
Sub-Service: Technology Redevelopment Support • Testing & Certification Facilitation • Make-in-India Enablement
Project Background
The customer’s imported Conventional Airfield Direction Finder (CADF) system suffered frequent failures. With foreign vendors withdrawing support, an indigenous replacement was required under the Make in India initiative.
Key Challenge
Recreating a mission-critical RF system using fully indigenous resources—while achieving parity with imported equipment—required deep engineering capability, subsystem redesign, and rigorous validation.
Solution & Execution
ASA constituted a cross-disciplinary development team including RF engineers, local manufacturers, and academic partners.
Subsystems such as antennas, power units, and signal processors were redesigned and prototyped.
Multiple iterations were field-tested until operational parameters met client acceptance levels.
Outcome
- Complete indigenous CADF system developed
- Import dependency reduced
- System approved for procurement under Make in India
- Operational continuity assured for airfield navigation