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Italy's Finmeccanica and India's Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) have signed an agreement to produce Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) standard secure radio systems for the Indian Army. TETRA is a digital trunked mobile radio standard conceived by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute for use by military, security and emergency services. The standard was designed to enable radio terminals built by one manufacturer to function with infrastructure built by another.
TETRA can broadcast encrypted voice and data that enable group communications and also functions in the event of network congestion.
Finmeccanica's unit, Selex Communications, will transfer technology to BEL for production of the radios in India, with around 100 systems to be built in the next three years under the contract that is expected to reach a total of several hundred systems with a value of 200 million euros ($263 million).
The Indian sale follows on the heels of the Italian government order in which the Italian Interior Ministry signed a 260 million euro contract in December to buy TETRA-standard radios for Italy's police and security forces, in the first installment of an expected 3 billion euro program.
Finmeccanica also signed a memorandum of understanding this month with Indian state-owned engineering company Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.(BHEL) in Mumbai for the development of radar systems. In the past, BHEL has produced naval gun turrets for the Indian Navy and coast guard under license from Finmeccanica unit Oto Melara. Finmeccanica and BEL are also exploring the possibility of licensed production of large caliber gun mounts for warships.
http://rfdesign.com/military_defense_electronics/news/indian_army_radios_0228/
TETRA can broadcast encrypted voice and data that enable group communications and also functions in the event of network congestion.
Finmeccanica's unit, Selex Communications, will transfer technology to BEL for production of the radios in India, with around 100 systems to be built in the next three years under the contract that is expected to reach a total of several hundred systems with a value of 200 million euros ($263 million).
The Indian sale follows on the heels of the Italian government order in which the Italian Interior Ministry signed a 260 million euro contract in December to buy TETRA-standard radios for Italy's police and security forces, in the first installment of an expected 3 billion euro program.
Finmeccanica also signed a memorandum of understanding this month with Indian state-owned engineering company Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.(BHEL) in Mumbai for the development of radar systems. In the past, BHEL has produced naval gun turrets for the Indian Navy and coast guard under license from Finmeccanica unit Oto Melara. Finmeccanica and BEL are also exploring the possibility of licensed production of large caliber gun mounts for warships.
http://rfdesign.com/military_defense_electronics/news/indian_army_radios_0228/
