Mahindra Telephonics Integrated Systems has received a contract from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply 11 airport surveillance radars (ASR).
As per the terms of the contract, the ASRs will be delivered with monopulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR).
The company will provide the devices for both the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
The value of the contract is $44.29m (Rs3234.7m) and will be executed under the ‘Buy & Make’ category of the country.
India’s ‘Buy & Make’ category refers to an initial procurement of equipment in Fully Formed (FF) state from a foreign vendor.
MSSR is a technique developed to overcome two common problems with surveillance radars.
Installation of these radars is expected to increase the air domain awareness around airfields, as well as enhance safety and efficiency in flying operations.
The contract is also a major step towards India’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ initiative.
The Atmanirbhar Bharat vision is an initiative introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India self-reliant and increase domestic defence manufacturing in the country.
In a statement, Indian MoD stated that the contract signing ‘would enable absorption of technology, skill development as well as indigenous manufacture’, creating many job opportunities.
In May 2019, Tech Mahindra secured a contract with the Indian Navy to implement a radio frequency identification (RFID) based access control system across all naval bases and ships.
