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Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE) has released a tender seeking a development partner for upgrade of BMP-2 Sarath ICV's 30mm Gun turret stabilizer system and development of an interfaced Gunner & Commander sighting system.
The vendor would be required to prove the complete system on the Sarath ICV by demonstrating target acquisition, aiming & firing on the halt and on the move at a static or moving ground & aerial target with an accuracy of 1mil or better.
The Development Partner (DP) would be required to:
- Develop twin axis stabilized Gunner’s Main sight
- Develop twin axis stabilized Commander’s Panoramic sight.
- Engineer Modification on the turret to suitably replace existing Gunner sight and Commander Aerial sight with developed Gunner Sight and Commander sighting system & associated sensors in the same envelope of existing sighting system.
- Develop & Fabricate necessary adapters for mounting of sights and sensors.
- Interface sighting system with Stabilizer.
- Engineer modifications to stabilizer to interface with sighting systems.
- Adopt of existing Control Handles & other MMIs for operation of complete FCS.
- Develop FCS, software modifications; incorporate range tables and switch configurations in existing gunner & commander control handles to enable firing of various ammunition from the main gun & co axial weapon from Gunner and Commander sight.
- Evolve various modes of operation such as commander master, gunner master, target designation, Sight master, Gun Stabilizer master.
- Supply Gunner & Commander Stations.
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