Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 11 -- Sri Lanka Air Force issued the following news release:
The INDRA Mk II Ground-Based Air Surveillance Radar Systems play a vital strategic role in strengthening the surveillance capability of the National Air Defence System. They provide essential air situation awareness and support the timely detection and monitoring of aerial threats. Maintaining these systems at a high level of operational readiness is therefore essential to the continuous availability of the national air surveillance capability.
Over recent years, however, the maintenance and operational sustainability of the INDRA Mk II Radar Systems have been adversely affected by shortages of essential Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), modules and associ...