BEL establishes Integrated Test Bed
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has established an Integrated Test Bed facility at its Bengaluru Complex for Missile and Weapon Systems Integration. The facility was inaugurated by Manmohan Handa, Director (Bangalore Complex), at a ceremony held on 21 August 2015. The Integrated Test Bed Facility is first of its kind in India for testing and integration of missile and weapon systems. Spread over an area of 14 acres, consisting of nine concrete hard stands, strategically positioned to verify various interfaces between the combat elements of missile systems under complex threat conditions, including ECCM scenarios, all elements are interfaced either in ‘Line mode’ or ‘Radio mode.’ The test bed will be utilised for calibration of navigational equipment fitted in Radars and Launchers, Radar calibration and compensation of bias between target and missile channels.
BEL wins PSU award
Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has been chosen as the top Indian company in the Electrical & Electronic Equipment sector in the Dun & Bradstreet ‘India’s Top PSUs Awards 2015.’ SK Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, BEL, received the award for BEL along with Anandi Ramalingam, GM (National Marketing), BEL, from RM Malla, Chairman, Smera Ratings Limited, at the awards ceremony held at New Delhi on 23 July 2015.
The Dun & Bradstreet ‘India’s Top PSUs Awards are an acknowledgement of the critical role that the PSUs play in the development of the Indian economy.
CAS inaugurates BEL test range
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha inaugurated the Electro-Magnetic Interference ( EMI) – Electro- Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) test facility and Near Field Test Range (NFTR) at Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ghaziabad on 21 September. The Air Chief was given a brief presentation on BEL which was followed by an address by Mr. SK Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited.
Setting up of these state-of-the-art testing facilities is a part of the transformation process of BEL into a major R&D and manufacturing centre of excellence in the critical field of electronic systems in the country for the armed forces. “This will give fillip in developing and manufacturing products of superior performance and reliability with capability to operate in dense electro magnetic environment in the battlefield”.
GSLV launch puts GSAT-6 into orbit
In its ninth flight (GSLV-D6) conducted on 27 August 2015, ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, equipped with the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), successfully launched GSAT-6, the country’s most recent communication satellite, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The launch took place from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, “the spaceport of India.” This was the fifth developmental flight of GSLV and the third to carry the indigenous CUS, GSLV-D6 being intended to further test and qualify the CUS developed by ISRO. The GSAT-6 satellite is now