New BEL facility to help expand missile system business
The foundation stone will be laid by Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday, the statement said.
The facility will have state-of-the-art
infrastructure such as assembly hangars and hard stands for radars and weapon
integration, RF radiation sources for target simulation, automatic test
equipment, clean rooms for electronic assembly, non-explosive and explosive
integration buildings, missile storage buildings, environmental test chambers
and others.
It will be the largest such facility in the
country, the statement said.
Chairman and managing director S.K. Sharma
meanwhile said BEL is also strengthening its infrastructure in areas like night
vision technologies and elements of multifunction radars.
"Various new surface-to-air missile (SAM)
programmes are proposed to be taken up by BEL, namely quick reaction SAM, long
range SAM, medium range SAM, etc. in addition to Network Centric Communication
and Electronic Warfare systems," Sharma said.
The statement added that BEL also has plans to
expand this facility for the creation of a Military Industrial Complex to set
up the necessary ecosystem for manufacture of electronic components and
equipment for various upcoming defence projects in collaboration with SMEs as
part of the government's 'Make in India' initiative.
"The proposed complex will be a world-class
facility with automated guided vehicles and industrial robots for material
movement and handling. The facility will be built in stages as the various
projects mature and the estimated investment will be about Rs.500 crore over a
period of 3 to 4 years," the statement added.
source:- www.eenaduindia.com
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