ATTOCK, May 15: The Avionics and Radar Factory of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, has successfully overhauled the first AN/TPS-43G Radar.

A roll-out ceremony to mark the occasion was held at the Avionics and Radar Factory on Tuesday.

Air Vice Marshal Khalid M. Rajput, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Engineering), was the chief guest on the occasion. He handed over the overhauled radar to the Pakistan Air Force.

Kamra Avionics and Radar Factory started overhauling the entire fleet of AN/TPS-43G radars on a self-help basis. The radars had been inducted in the Pakistan Air Force in 1981.

The overhauling activity involves extensive work where the radar system is completely dismantled and stripped down to its components.

The rebuilding of all critical major high-cost assemblies of the transmitter, receiver, display and antennae were the most challenging tasks, which were undertaken entirely by the KARF technical team without any assistance.

The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex claimed that the accomplishment of the task had not only enhanced the operational efficiency of Air Defence but had also accrued a saving of approximately Rs245 million in the National Exchequer.

It said that the rebuilding of the AN/TPS-43G radar was a significant milestone in the history of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and a step towards self-reliance and indigenisation.—Yaqoob Malik