Sterlite Tech bags Rs 35-bn contract to build Indian Navy's digital network

The project includes design, execution, operations and maintenance of the Navy's digital network

Mumbai-based Sterlite Technologies on Tuesday said it had been awarded a long-term contract to build and manage Indian Navy's next-gen digital network. 

The Rs 35-billion project includes design, execution, operations and maintenance of the Navy’s digital network.

In a note released on Tuesday, the company informed stock exchanges about having bagged the project, the advanced purchase order for which it had received in February this year. 

“This network will give the Indian Navy digital defence supremacy at par with the best naval forces in the world. The project includes the creation of an independent high-capacity end-to-end communications network, linking multiple Indian naval sites