Bengaluru, November 18, 2022: Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed an MoU with Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL/AVANI), a Defence PSU, to jointly address the requirements of Indian Defence and Export markets.
The MoU aims at leveraging the complementary strengths and capabilities of BEL and AVNL (AVANI) to address domestic and export opportunities in the areas of Combat Vehicles, Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) and related systems.
Mr Dinesh Kumar Batra, then CMD, BEL, and Mr A N Srivastava, CMD, AVNL/AVANI, exchanged the MoU signed between BEL and AVANI at Defexpo 2022, in the presence of Mr Bhanu Prakash Srivastava, Director (Other Units), BEL, Mr Sanjay Dwivedi, Director (Operations), AVNL, Mr Manoj Jain, Director (R&D), BEL, Mr Manoj Kumar, Executive Director, BEL, and other senior officers of BEL and AVANI.
About AVNL/AVANI
AVNL is a Public Sector Undertaking under the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, Government of India (carved out of the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board), and possesses modern infrastructure and capability of designing and building sophisticated Armoured Fighting Vehicles such as Tanks, Infantry Combat Vehicle, Mine Protected Vehicles (MPV), Logistics Vehicles, etc. AVNL has the complete wherewithal for manufacturing of T-72 and T-90 Tanks, MBT Arjun, Bridge Layer Tank, Trawl, BMP- II & its variants, MPV 4×4, MPV 6×6, Stallion 5/7.5 T, LPTA 2.5 T, Close Range Naval Gun (CRN-91), Naval Decoy Launcher Kavach, High Power Engines and Transmission Assemblies for all these vehicles.
About BEL
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) is a Navratna DPSU under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, established in 1954 at Bengaluru, to cater to the strategic needs of the Indian Defence services. Over the years, BEL has grown into a multi- product, multi-technology, multi-unit company engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, supply and support of a wide range of Defence electronics products, systems, strategic components, services and select non-defence products, servicing the needs of customers in India and abroad.
BEL has a strong presence in Radar and Fire Control Systems, Weapon Systems, Communication, Network Centric Systems (C4I), Electronic Warfare Systems, Avionics, Anti-Submarine Warfare Systems & Sonars, Electro-Optics, Tank Electronics, Homeland Security, Gun Upgrades, Strategic Components, etc. BEL has been continuously striving to expand its solutions for the Non-Defence domain like EVMs, Renewable Energy, Energy Storage products, Smart Cities, Jammers, Software, etc. Further, BEL has diversified into Arms & Ammunitions, Seekers & Missiles, Unmanned Systems, Network & Cyber security, Medical Electronics, Space Electronics, EV, Railway/Metro and Civil Aviation to address emerging opportunities.
Photo caption: Mr Dinesh Kumar Batra, then CMD, BEL, and Mr A N Srivastava, CMD, AVNL/AVANI, exchanged the MoU signed between BEL and AVANI at Defexpo 2022, in the presence of Mr Bhanu Prakash Srivastava, Director (Other Units), BEL, Mr Sanjay Dwivedi, Director (Operations), AVNL, Mr Manoj Jain, Director (R&D), BEL, Mr Manoj Kumar, Executive Director, BEL, and other senior officers of BEL and AVANI.