Indian defence technology start-up Constelli is bolstering the nation’s home-grown defence electronics ecosystem through its dedicated hardware and software for testing, developing, and validating high-performance radar and electronic-warfare (EW) systems. Headquartered in Hyderabad, Constelli’s technologies are deployed within organisations such as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in India and are licensed to defence firms in overseas markets.
The company also produces high-speed radar processing chips and sub-systems to provide situational awareness and detection of airborne and sea-borne targets or threats. Modern defence platforms require the ability to quickly classify and identify counter signals. These capabilities will become more relevant if they cannot be recognised in real-time. The development also signals the growing use of RF signal processing, FPGA-based computing embedded systems, digital signal processing, and software-defined architecture for defence purposes, within India’s electronics industry.
As Radar and EW technology grows increasingly advanced, robust test and simulation infrastructure will be indispensable in cutting the development cycle and increasing the robustness of such systems. India’s rising interest in private sector tech firms such as Constelli is directly indicative of a wider trend and increasing investment from India’s indigenous private tech firms in developing India’s future defence electronics.
Constelli’s range of technologies spans radar signal processors (RSPs), ELINT systems, ESM equipment, RTA simulators, RIA simulators, and EW test solutions. ELINT systems, ESM equipment, RTA simulators. RIA simulators, and EW test solutions. Engineers can create synthetic battle signals and determine how radar and EW equipment will behave in a particular operating mode.
