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30 March 2012

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Exelis and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) have formed a strategic alliance to support Gen3 night vision requirements in India. Under an MoU, the companys will partner to supply manufacturing capabilities in India, maintenance and life-cycle support for Gen3 night vision products.
To start with, Exelis will provide TASL with the latest Gen3 night vision image intensifier tubes, kits and other materials required to build night vision devices in India, to expedite the delivery of the systems to customers in India. This will be followed by manufacture of high precision components and sub-assemblies of the devices by Tata Advanced Systems.
This is an important alliance for Exelis and Tata Advanced Systems. It allows us to increase our international footprint and provides our allies with the superior products they need to be successful during night missions,” said Nick Bobay, VP and GM of the night vision business area at Exelis. “We look forward to a strong and healthy partnership with Tata Advanced Systems to meet the growing needs of Indian customers.
The alliance with Exelis is an important step in Tata Advanced Systems strategy to enhance the capabilities of the Indian Armed Forces by bringing to India cutting edge technology and undertaking their manufacturing in India. We are tremendously excited by the potential of the partnership with Exelis” said Vijay Malik, GM (Defence and Security) at TASL. “TASL has set up world class production facilities in collaboration with some of the largest global technology companies to build capability in India, and we aim to replicate the same with Exelis to provide cutting edge night vision solutions to our Defence, Paramilitary and Police forces in the coming years.”

The signing ceremony took place on Thursday, at DEFEXPO 2012 in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India


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Data Patterns Group and SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, have signed a Head of Terms agreement with a view towards forming a Joint Venture (JV) later this year. The JV will be located in Chennai, India and will focus on a broad range of defence electronic products and state-of-the-art technology developments. The two companies will leverage their strong development and manufacturing capabilities and their advanced product ranges.
This joint venture will bring a technology value to India’s growing defence programmes” said S  Rangarajan, CEO of Data Patterns Group, adding: “SELEX Galileo is a leading global player and we are happy and proud to form a joint venture with them. This synergy will strengthen our capabilities to address our defence requirements with today’s technology solutions.”
Fabrizio Giulianini, CEO of SELEX Galileo agreed, saying “This JV will establish a centre of excellence for key technologies in the defence electronics sector.  It is a truly value adding JV on both sides and will create an effective partnership that will foster and sustain the long term prospects of both companies.




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Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed an MoU with Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL), Dehradun, a DRDO lab, today at the BEL Stall in the presence of Dr V K Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, Anil Kumar, Chairman & MD, BEL, and H N Ramakrishna, Director (Marketing), BEL.

The MoU was signed by I V Sarma, Director (R&D), BEL, and R C Agarwal, Director, DEAL.
The MoU is for development of Indian Automatic Identification System (IAIS) for coastal security. This is one of the Satellite Data Terminals which will be jointly developed by DEAL and BEL. IAIS will be used for Satellite-based data communication in secure mode.
N Suresh, GM, BEL-Panchkula, said that the Panchkula Unit of BEL will manufacture the Satellite Data Terminals for INSAT3C and future satellites like GSAT6, GSAT7 and HUB baseband services.
Dr Saraswat, SA to RM, appreciated the proactive work being done by BEL and DRDO. R C Agarwal, Director, DEAL, said that the work for this has already been started by BEL-Panchkula and DEAL.



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