Netra early warning aircraft to get Final Operational Clearance on June 25

Amidst a push for developing additional Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Systems, the Netra AEW&C developed indigenously by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will be formally awarded the Final Operational Clearance on June 25, about a decade after the first aircraft was inducted into service. “A ceremony for the declaration of Final Operational Clearance (FOC) of Netra Airborne Early Warning and Control System is planned on 25 June 2026 at Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), DRDO, Bengaluru,” DRDO said on Friday. “The FOC is a major milestone achieved for an indigenous system of systems such as the…