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25/03/23 09:04 AM IST

Defence Ministry signs Rs 3000 crore contract with BEL

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  • The Defence Ministry recently signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited BEL Hyderabad for the procurement of two Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems ‘Project Himshakti’ at an overall cost of approximately three thousand crore rupees.
Project Himshakti
  • The project is under the Buy Indian – IDMM (Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured) category comprising contemporary and niche technologies.
  • Project Himshakti will encourage the participation of Indian Electronics and associated industries, including MSMEs, which are sub-vendors of BEL.
  • It will generate employment of approximately three lakh man-days over a period of two years.
  • The project is a significant leap forward in developing indigenous capabilities making the country ‘Aatmanirbhar’, in consonance with the Make-in-India initiative of the Government.
Electronic Warfare
  • Warfare that involves the use of the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EM Spectrum) or Directed Energy in order to control the spectrum, attack the enemy or impede the enemy assaults can be defined as Electronic Warfare.
  • The usage of directed/focused energy is to confuse or disable the enemy’s electronics. This generally includes the use of Radio Waves or Laser Light beams.
  • Applications of EW are vast and can be implemented from Land, Sea, Air and even Space by either manned or unmanned systems.
  • EW allows the user to target not only communication radar but also other military and civilian assets.
  • One such application is collecting information from the enemy’s radio signal or detecting an incoming missile from radar. 
Source- PIB

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