NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Wednesday approved the Rs 490 crore proposal for the acquisition of 260 indigenous software-defined radio communication sets for naval warships.The defence acquisitions council, chaired by minister Nirmala Sitharaman , approved the acquisition of the radio sets designed and developed by DRDO 's Defence Electronics & Applications Laboratory at Dehradun. "The new sets, which will replace the old ones on board warships, will be produced by defence PSU Bharat Electronics," said an officer

Source: Times of India November 29, 2017 23:20 UTC