New Delhi: Giving further boost to the indigenous manufacturing of defence equipment and stimulate the private sector to actively engage in realising the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) inked a contract with ICOMM Tele Limited, Hyderabad for the procurement of 1,035 numbers of 5/7.5 Ton Radio Relay Communication equipment containers valued at Rs 500 crore under the Buy (Indian) Category.

“The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Thursday inked a contract with ICOMM Tele Limited for the procurement of 1,035 of 5/7.5 ton radio relay communication equipment containers. The delivery of the containers is scheduled to commence from the current Financial Year 2023-24,” infrastructure company MEIL said in a statement on June 15.

ICOMM Tele, a group company of Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) would produce the containers with all equipment and sub-systems sourced from indigenous manufacturers and deliver the containers. The radio relay containers will address a long overdue requirement of mobile communication detachments of the Indian Army.

According to the company, the containers will be utilised to provide a protected environment for communication equipment to function in a failsafe and reliable manner. The containers would be mounted on authorised specialist vehicles and moved as per operational requirements.

“This will give a further boost to the indigenous manufacturing of defence equipment and stimulate the private sector to actively engage in realising the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” said an MoD official. According to the statement from MoD, the development of such state-of-the-art equipment will also help in boosting exports to friendly countries.