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The Hindu : News / National : BEL to set up futuristic tech lab in electronic warfare
Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) would set up a Central research laboratory to undertake research on futuristic technologies in the area of electronic warfare (EW), a top company official said here on Wednesday.
Chairman and Managing Director of BEL Ashwani Kumar Datt said the centre would initially house 20 scientists. The subject of research will be electro-optics, he added.
“The lab will address both electronic warfare and electro-optics,” Mr. Datt told reporters after addressing the inaugural function of an international conference on electronic warfare.
Currently, BEL has an EW business of around Rs 700 crore to Rs 800 crore annually, a figure expected to double in two years. “We are preparing the organisation and partner organisations both in the private and public sectors to support this type of growth in volumes,” Mr. Datt said, adding, “800 people (in BEL) are working on electronic warfare projects.”
BEL aspires to be a big player in offering nuclear power instrumentation solutions as it was already doing “something similar” and “it’s an area where we have a lot of competence”, he said.
BEL is already in discussions with Nuclear Power Corporation India Ltd to offer electronic instrumentation for power stations. “We are (also) trying to have discussions with all foreign companies who are going to be in nuclear power business in India,” Mr. Datt said.
Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) would set up a Central research laboratory to undertake research on futuristic technologies in the area of electronic warfare (EW), a top company official said here on Wednesday.
Chairman and Managing Director of BEL Ashwani Kumar Datt said the centre would initially house 20 scientists. The subject of research will be electro-optics, he added.
“The lab will address both electronic warfare and electro-optics,” Mr. Datt told reporters after addressing the inaugural function of an international conference on electronic warfare.
Currently, BEL has an EW business of around Rs 700 crore to Rs 800 crore annually, a figure expected to double in two years. “We are preparing the organisation and partner organisations both in the private and public sectors to support this type of growth in volumes,” Mr. Datt said, adding, “800 people (in BEL) are working on electronic warfare projects.”
BEL aspires to be a big player in offering nuclear power instrumentation solutions as it was already doing “something similar” and “it’s an area where we have a lot of competence”, he said.
BEL is already in discussions with Nuclear Power Corporation India Ltd to offer electronic instrumentation for power stations. “We are (also) trying to have discussions with all foreign companies who are going to be in nuclear power business in India,” Mr. Datt said.