DAC approves critical equipment for Navy

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Thursday approved the procurement of indigenous Software Defined Radio (SDR Tactical) and Next Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Batteries (Long Range) for the Indian Navy, an official said. The DAC also approved amendments to the Defence Procurement Procedure, 2016, to enable ease of doing business in the defense sector.

The SDR is a complex and state of art communication system, which has been indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation, Bharat Electronics Ltd and Weapons Electronics System Engineering Establishment (WESEE). It would enable information sharing, collaboration, and situational awareness through high-speed data and secure voice communication with anti-jamming capability, the official added.

The Next Generation Maritime Mobile Coastal Batteries (NGMMCB, Long Range) would be fitted with supersonic BrahMos surface-to-surface cruise missiles and would be deployed along the coast. The NGMMCB has been developed and manufactured in India by an Indo-Russia joint venture company-- BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

"Both this indigenously developed equipment are of the latest generation and would give a fillip to the Make in India initiatives of the government," the official added.

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