- Netra is the first indigenously built Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) developed by DRDO.
- It is light-weight autonomous UAV for long range surveillance and reconnaissance operations.
- This radar system is mounted on Embraer aircraft which gives 240-degree coverage of airspace.
- It helps to detect and track aircraft, missiles, ships and vehicles.
- The other countries which have developed AEW&C are United States, Russia and Israel.
- For the first time, an IL-78 refueller aircraft has recently carried out air-to-air refuelling of the Embraer aircraft.
- Air-to-air refuelling allows the aircraft to stay airborne much beyond their limits, allowing better exploitation of capabilities.
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