 "Tata Power to invest Rs 450 cr in defence manufacturing facility in Karnataka")
The Tata Power Company Limited’s Strategic Engineering Division (Tata Power SED), which supplies defence systems, will spend Rs 450 crore on the greenfield defence production facility at Vemagal, Kolar (Karnataka), the construction work for which began on September 8, 2015.
Over the next one year, the division, which already has a defence manufacturing facility at Electronics City in Bengaluru and a dedicated R&D set up at Mumbai, will make the investment at the 50-acre Vemagal facility to create an integrated digital design-to-manufacturing facility for large systems engineering and integration.
“This is the largest ongoing investment to create a ‘Make in India - Defence’ manufacturing asset in the country. The facility is the largest strategic electronics manufacturing unit approved under the MSIPS program of DeitY, Government of India. Also, the Government of Karnataka (GoK) has been approached for additional land adjacent to the present site at Vemagal under the GoK’s New Industrial policy,” said Tata Power in a press release.
The Vemagal facility will be the largest strategic electronics manufacturing unit incorporating fully automated PCB assembly lines, sub-system/system testing facilities with full qualification for military and aerospace standards. The facility will have ferrous/non-ferrous structure manufacturing, precision engineering and machining capabilities, system/shelter integration bays and specialised manufacturing/test facilities for electronic warfare systems, inertial navigation systems, RF systems etc.
Additionally, the facility will cater to optronics and night vision equipment including tube and detectors manufacturing. This integrated systems engineering facility will be able to deliver artillery and air defence weapon systems; network centric systems such as tactical communication/battlefield management systems; integrated electronic warfare systems and radar/sensor suites catering to the land, naval and airborne warfare requirements of the Indian armed forces.
Rahul Chaudhry, CEO – Tata Power SED, said, “The Vemagal investment is in line with the Company’s commitment towards the ‘Make in India’ initiative and the facility will be dedicated to the national effort of ‘Swavalamban’ in the strategic defence sector.”
Over the next one year, the division, which already has a defence manufacturing facility at Electronics City in Bengaluru and a dedicated R&D set up at Mumbai, will make the investment at the 50-acre Vemagal facility to create an integrated digital design-to-manufacturing facility for large systems engineering and integration.
“This is the largest ongoing investment to create a ‘Make in India - Defence’ manufacturing asset in the country. The facility is the largest strategic electronics manufacturing unit approved under the MSIPS program of DeitY, Government of India. Also, the Government of Karnataka (GoK) has been approached for additional land adjacent to the present site at Vemagal under the GoK’s New Industrial policy,” said Tata Power in a press release.
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Additionally, the facility will cater to optronics and night vision equipment including tube and detectors manufacturing. This integrated systems engineering facility will be able to deliver artillery and air defence weapon systems; network centric systems such as tactical communication/battlefield management systems; integrated electronic warfare systems and radar/sensor suites catering to the land, naval and airborne warfare requirements of the Indian armed forces.
Rahul Chaudhry, CEO – Tata Power SED, said, “The Vemagal investment is in line with the Company’s commitment towards the ‘Make in India’ initiative and the facility will be dedicated to the national effort of ‘Swavalamban’ in the strategic defence sector.”