India won a $40 million defence deal to Armenia

India has won a deal worth USD 40 million to supply four indigenously-built weapon locating radar systems named “Swathi” to Armenia by beating Russian and Polish firms. The deal is for supplying four Swathi weapon locating radars developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to Armenia in Europe.

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The radar can simultaneously handle multiple projectiles fired from different weapons at different locations. The Indian Army is also using the same radars for its operations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir where they trace the source of attack by Pakistani positions. The system was given for trial to Army in 2018.