According to V. K. Aatre , the then scientific adviser to the Defence Minister : Stressing the need of indigenous development in the field of electronic warfare systems , President Abdul Kalam said : The development of the system was led by Defence Electronics Research Laboratory , Bharat Electronics Limited , Electronics Corporation of India Limited , Corps of Signals of Indian Army and private companies like CMC and Tata Power Company Ltd . Strategic Electronics Division ( TataPowerSED ) . Around 40 companies also contributed by producing various components indigenously . Aatre said that the challenge was to tackle the sanctions imposed by the United States after 1998 nuclear tests conducted by India which banned the import of advanced electronic components . CMC and TataPowerSED jointly developed Command and Control Software having 10 million lines of code even though project was not attractive commercially
1998 nuclear tests
Pokhran-II
Samyukta Electronic Warfare System