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MoD inks MoU with BEML Limited, BEL & MIDHANI for Engine

Ministry of Defence has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BEML Limited, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) for indigenous development of Advanced Fuelling and Control System for Engines for heavy duty applications. The MoU was inked with Chairman & Managing Director, BEML Limited Shri Shantanu Roy; CMD, MIDHANI Dr SK Jha; and CMD, BEL Shri Bhanu Prakash Srivastava, in the presence of Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane in New Delhi on March 04, 2024.

GRSE Pays Interim Dividend of Rs 90.73 Cr

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), a premier Warship building Company under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence has paid an interim dividend of Rs 90.73 Crores for FY 2023-24 to its shareholders. The Interim Dividend Cheque amounting to Rs. 67.59 Crore as the government’s share was handed over to  Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, by Cmde P R Hari, IN (Retd), Chairman & Managing Director of GRSE Ltd. Kolkata on March 1 in New Delhi in the presence of Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane.  

New Digital Flight Controller For LCA Tejas Tested

In a significant development towards Tejas Mk1A programme, the Digital Fly by Wire Flight Control Computer (DFCC) was integrated in prototype LSP7 and successfully flown on 19th Feb 2024. DFCC has been indigenously developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru for the Tejas - Mk1A. Digital Fly by Wire Flight Control Computer features Quadraplex Power PC based Processor, high speed autonomous state machine based I/O controller, enhanced computational throughput and complex on-board software complied to DO178C level- A safety requirements.

DRDO carries out successful flight trials ‘ABHYAS’

Four flight trials of High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) - ABHYAS were successfully carried out by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha during January 30 to February 02, 2024. The trials were conducted with four different mission objectives in a revised robust configuration using a single booster designed by Advanced Systems Laboratory, Hyderabad to provide reduced launch acceleration.

Green Propulsion System Developed Through DRDO-TDF

A Green Propulsion System, developed under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of DRDO, has successfully demonstrated in-orbit functionality on a payload launched by PSLV C-58 mission. This project - 1N Class Green Monopropellant thruster for altitude control and orbit keeping of micro satellite - was sanctioned to a Bengaluru-based start-up Bellatrix Aerospace Pvt Ltd (Development Agency).

BEL receives orders worth Rs.1034.31 Crore

Navratna DPSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has received an order from Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd for a value of Rs.695 Crore for supply of spares related to missile systems.

The company has also received additional orders worth Rs 339.31 crore since the last disclosure on 26 December 2023 and these orders relate to Combat Management Systems, Composite Communication Systems, Transmit/Receive Modules, Mobile Autonomous Maintenance Systems and other parts/services.

BEL receives orders worth Rs.678 Cr

Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed a contract for a value of Rs.445 Crore with the Uttar Pradesh Government on December 23, 2023, for next generation UP Dial 112 project. BEL will be providing comprehensive and state-of-the-art hardware, AI based software tools and Cyber Security solutions for the Dial 112 project, which is spread across the entire state of Uttar Pradesh. BEL is happy to be associated with the UP Government for this project, which is one of Asia’s biggest emergency response systems. BEL will be utilizing the ecosystem of domestic suppliers, inc