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V. Rishi Kumar

Hyderabad , July 3

AGILENT Technologies is eyeing the Defence and aerospace segments with its innovative range of synthetic instruments, which are reconfigurable as blocks.

Synthetic instruments have emerged as new testing and support equipment for Defence applications following a US Government decision.

The industry support to adopt such technology and instruments is also growing, according to Mr Richard Yang, Market Segment Head, Aerospace, Defence and Test Measurement, Agilent.

These instruments bring flexibility to agencies or organisations engaged in Defence and space-related research.

These instruments do not have any keypad or display panels but are more versatile than the existing test and measurement systems.

The ability to reconfigure them means that they bring in flexibility to users in terms of allowing them to upgrade and also change software and specifications according to requirements.

Since these instruments are available as simpler blocks, they can be configured to suit the requirement. Being light, they enable easier filed applications, Mr Yang said.

Being a combination of hardware and software modules, these systems help protect from obsolescence and lowers the cost of ownership.

Within the aerospace and Defence segments, there is yet another trend towards adopting mixed signal processing, combining the best of digital and radio signals. This calls for newer approaches and new technologies to handle them.

Mr Yang said: "Today's Defence organisations demand a reduction in the overall cost of ownership as well as long-term support costs. The objective is to reduce the time and help repair or upgrade the automated test system to suit a country's strategic Defence needs. The ability to reconfigure helps in both scalability and morphing systems, across the whole test chain."

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