Ministry of Defence signed contracts for procurement of improved Akash Weapon System and 12 Weapon Locating Radars, WLR Swathi (Plains) for the Indian Army at an overall cost of over 9100 crore rupees.

• India developed the Weapon Locating Radar (WLR) Swathi, a mobile artillery-locating, phased array radar system.
• The WLR Swathi has been jointly developed by the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
• Its main purpose is to detect and track incoming artillery rounds, mortar, and rockets, and locate their launchers. It achieves this through a phased array antenna system that scans the sky, searching for incoming rounds.