The Indian Navy and BEML Ltd. have joined forces to promote the indigenisation of naval equipment and systems.

In a massive attempt to indigenise crucial marine engineering equipment for the Indian Navy. BEML Ltd., a ‘Schedule A’ business under the Ministry of Defence and one of India’s premier defence and heavy engineering manufacturers, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Navy.

The MoU was signed at the Naval Headquarters in New Delhi by Rear Admiral K Srinivas, ACOM(D&R), Indian Navy, and Shri Ajit Kumar Srivastav, Director of Defence, BEML. This program is a vital step towards strengthening bilateral cooperation for indigenous design, development, manufacturing, testing, and product support of critical marine engineering equipment and systems.

The cooperation, which is aligned with the Government of India’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat policy, intends to increase self-sufficiency in defence manufacture while decreasing reliance on foreign OEMs.