BEL’s Advanced Night Vision Products Factory at Andhra Pradesh
Q. Advanced Night Vision Products Factory of BEL is being constructed at - Published on 20 Sep 16a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Telangana
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Karnataka
ANSWER: Andhra Pradesh
- State-of-the-art Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Advanced Night Vision Products Factory is being setup in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district to cater to the country’s futuristic requirements for night vision products.
- BEL, a Navratna defence public sector undertaking, is setting up the plant at Nimmaluru village, near Machilipatnam.
- The new facility is coming up about 16 km from an existing unit of BEL at Machilipatnam.
- 87 per cent products to be manufactured at the plant will be supplied to the defence forces. BEL has been engaged in design, development and manufacturing of Electro Optics equipment and Night Vision Products for defence and paramilitary forces.
- New products like IR seekers & missile warning systems, tank sights, weapons sights, thermal imager based multi-function sights, EO system for radar and AD guns, Border surveillances system un-cooled TI weapon sights, night sights for CQB carbine, compact multi-purpose stabilized systems for advanced light helicopters shall be designed and manufactured in this factory.
