Keltron bags order worth ₹160 crore from Indian Navy

Kochi: Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (Keltron) Group of companies has got projects worth around ₹160 crore from the Indian Navy.

Speaking on the sidelines of the flag-off of two underwater arrays for Maareech, the Indian Navy’s Advanced Torpedo Decoy System (ATDS), manufactured by Keltron Controls at Aroor, Keltron managing director Sreekumar Nair, the projects are in various stages of execution at the facilities in Thiruvananthapuram, Aroor, and Kuttipuram.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru, has placed an order with Keltron for delivering 11 underwater arrays at an estimated cost of ₹4.50 crore per array. “We have facilities for manufacturing underwater arrays at Keltron Controls at Aroor. We manufacture them based on the design of the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratories [NPOL] and decoys on the design of Naval Science and Technology Lab, Visakhapatnam. We have so far delivered nine arrays. Two more are in the process of manufacturing.”

“Order for another 11 arrays is likely by the end of next month. The entire lot of 22 arrays would be delivered by the end of next year,” said Mr. Nair.

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