Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) today, received an export order from Toshiba Corporation, Japan worth $ 300,000 for supply of 8.5m S Band Antenna and 4.2m C Band Antenna.

The Antenna Systems form part of Weather Monitoring Radars and will be integrated with Transmitter, Receiver and Radar Processor provided by Toshiba, Japan. They will enable accurate prediction of weather and are the state-of-art technology products meeting international standards. The purchase order was handed over by Group Manager, Toshihide Banba of Toshiba Corporation to P Sudhakar, Chairman & Managing Director, ECIL .

ECIL and Toshiba have also signed an agreement to address the domestic and international market for Doppler Weather Radars providing a technically superior, highly reliable solution with greatly reduced operating costs and eco-friendly system.

Earlier, ECIL along with Toshiba had bagged an order from Indian Meteorological Department for supply of Solid State Doppler Weather Radar. This Radar at Srinagar will be operationalised by Jan, 2015 enabling the accurate prediction of weather and help the civilian authorities in taking preventive measures while addressing natural calamities.