HIGH dependency · C-130JIndicative
Northrop Grumman AN/APN-241 weather / terrain-following radar
AN/APN-241 is single-sourced from Northrop Grumman. ITAR-controlled. Indian substitution would require BEL-led development of a transport-category weather / terrain-following radar — long cycle, but feasible.
Criticality
HIGH
Supply concentration
Single source
Substitution difficulty
high
Geopolitical sensitivity
high
Foreign country
USA
Foreign supplier
Northrop Grumman
Indian capability
None for manufacture of this specific radar. BEL has built indigenous surveillance radars (Revathi) for naval applications.
Localization potential
L4 (Indian-designed transport-category radar) — long cycle; BEL has adjacent capability
Component: Surveillance radar · System: Avionics
Affected platform: Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
Supplier profile: Northrop Grumman
Sources · 2
- AN/APN-241 weather and terrain-following radarindicativeunresolved · indicativesrc-northrop-apn241
- C-130J Super Herculesofficialsrc-lockheed-spec-c130j