Areas of R&D Activity
Business Segments
R&D engineers and scientists are engaged in the development and upgradation of Systems, Products, Cutting Edge Technology Modules, Subsystems, Processes & Components in the following major areas:
- Radar & Fire Control Systems
- Weapon Systems
- Communication Systems
- Electronic Warfare & Avionics
- Network Centric Systems
- Antennas
- Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
- Electro-Optics
- Tank Electronics & Gun Upgrades
- Home Land Security & Smart Cities
- Non-Defence Products
Areas of Diversification
- Arms & Ammunitions
- Seekers & Missiles
- Unmanned Systems
- Space Electronics & Systems
- Railway / Metro Solutions
- Civil Aviation
- Software Solutions/ Services
- Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technology
- Network & Cyber Security
- Energy Storage Products
- Composites
- Medical Electronics & Healthcare Solutions
R&D Partnerships
BEL has entered into several partnerships with various agencies in the Artificial Intelligence domain and the major ones include MoUs with Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and Academia.
- To initiate development activities in the Digital Agriculture domain, MoUs have been signed with GKVK (Gandhi Krishi Vigyana Kendra), Bengaluru and ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru.
- For AI related development activities, MoUs have been signed with several academic institutions like IISc Bangalore, IIT-Delhi, IIIT-Bangalore and IIIT-Hyderabad to name a few.
- An incubation centre named Indian Navy Incubation Centre for AI (INICAI) has been established in BEL Bangalore jointly with Indian Navy to develop relevant AI use cases for Indian Navy.
- To focus on enhancing collaboration with premier Educational Institutions, BEL has set up R&D Innovation cells at Kochi (for Sonars and ASW) and IIT Madras Research Park (for Wireless Communication, Quantum Key Distribution and Signal Processing etc.)
- BEL has opened a new Software Development Centre (SDC) at Visakhapatnam in February 2023 to offer Software as a Service for various applications in Defence and Non-Defence domains.