iComm bags Rs 500 crcontract from MoD

Hyderabad: In what comes as a decisive push to boost the indigenous manufacturing of defence equipment and incentivize the private sector to engage in realizing the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Thursday inked a contract with ICOMM Tele Limited for the procurement of 1,035 of 5/7.5 tonne Radio Relay Communication equipment containers.

ICOMMS, a group company of Hyderabad-based engineering giant Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL), would produce the containers with all equipment and sub-systems sourced from indigenous manufacturers.

The value of the contract under Buy (Indian) Category is around Rs 500 crore. The delivery of the containers is scheduled to commence from the current financial year itself. The Radio Relay Containers will address a long overdue requirement of mobile communication detachments of the Indian Army. The containers will be utilized to provide a protected environment for communication equipment to function in a failsafe and reliable manner. The containers would be mounted on authorized specialist vehicles and moved as per operational requirements.

This will give further boost to the indigenous manufacturing of defence equipment and stimulate the private sector to actively engage in realizing the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Aatmnirbhar Bharat. The development of such state-of-the-art equipment will also help in boosting exports to friendly countries, the company said.