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KELTRON bags defence order worth Rs 6 crore
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (KELTRON), has bagged an order worth Rs six crore from the Kochi based Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), a DRDO lab under the Union Ministry of Defence, for the manufacture and supply of Sonar Simulators used for the training of the operators of submarines and ships of the Indian Navy.
Keltron clinched the deal after winning a competitive bid with companies like Bharat Electronics Limited. Designed by NPOL, this electronic simulator with state-of-the-art features meeting the international standards will be manufactured at the Aroor Unit of Keltron, near Kochi.
NPOL, the Defence Research and Development centre in the field of naval systems has taken India to the selected nations club that possesses advanced technology in naval and oceanographic fields and its applications. They have designed and developed several acoustic and electronic gadgets based on these technologies.
The current order is for Sonar Simulator System which will be used at the various centres of Indian Navy to train their operators of the Sonar systems in the naval ships and submarines.
The simulator will provide a 'real life' atmosphere and conditions and will be using the same commands and operating tools so that an operator trained in these simulators will be at home when he has to operate the actual system at ships.
The 'power supplies and power amplifiers' required for manufacturing Sonar systems is being manufactured by Keltron at its Karakulam Unit in the state capital. The acoustic transducers required to sense the sonar signals are manufactured in the Kuttipuram Unit.
Keltron has been supplying a large number of systems and products like Processor based Ground Mines, EM Logs and Echo Sounders for the Indian Navy since the last three decades.
KELTRON bags defence order worth Rs 6 crore - The Times of India
