Current Activities BEL is being credited for the design and manufacture of Electronic Baton for the common wealth games to be held at Delhi. The concept design of Baton for CWG 2010 Delhi is created by M/s Foley Design and supported by M/s TITAN Industries. The role of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is to design, develop and manufacture all the electronic hardware and develop the related firmware & application software for the Baton System.
These alliances are for addressing vari-
BEL-Hyderabad has demonstrated its
ous emerging markets. BEL has also
prowess as a production agency for mas-
proactively taken initiatives to dialogue
sive programmes such as the indig-
with reputed foreign / Indian players for
enously developed Ground Mobile Inte-
exploring joint ventures in the areas of
grated EW Samyukta System for the Army
RF & Microwave subsystems, Missile
and ship-borne Ellora systems for the
electronics, civilian Radars, Solar PV
Navy, which is being installed on all major
Cells, identified among others. Another
warships. The Unit has also manufac-
means adopted by BEL for diversification
tured a range of Surveillance, Radio Di-
is by marketing available products or new
rection-Finding and Electronic Counter
products developed into non-defence and
Measure Systems for the paramilitary
newer areas of defence.
forces. During 2007-08, the Unit crossed
The technology architecture of the Ba-
BEL and the Indian Institute of Sci-
Rs.600 crore turnover and contributed
ton is conceptualized at Central Research
ence (IISc), Bangalore, have signed a
to 15 per cent of the Company’s annual
Laboratory (CRL)- BEL, Bangalore and
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
turnover.
the entire design and development of the
for instituting a Chair Professorship for
BEL has developed VHF Radios STARS
system is done in house at CRL-BEL
Radar Studies at IISc. BEL has contrib-
V Mk II (5 Watt & 25 Watt) for the Indian
Bangalore.
uted Rs.1 crore as corpus fund for set-
Army. These radios innovatively combine
ting up the Chair.
transmission security (TRANSEC) through
BEL is accelerating its efforts to enter into new business areas, either through
Apart from internal efforts, the Com-
anti-jamming features of frequency hop-
Organic growth in existing / new areas
pany has appointed a global consulting
ping and high grade communication se-
or Inorganic growth through Joint Ven-
firm to help identify future market oppor-
curity (COMSEC). They are designed to
tures and few other methods. BEL has
tunities for enhanced growth. The new
consume less power and are packaged
entered into strategic alliances with In-
areas identified for further exploration are
to be light-weight. These features enable
dian and foreign players for IFF for air-
Homeland Security, Infrastructure – Rail-
STARS V Mk II radios to benchmark with
borne Radars, V / UHF receivers for scan
way, e-Governance, Energy Efficiency
other world-class radios. As these radios
DF systems (EW application), airborne
Solutions and Nuclear Power Instrumen-
are designed in-house, the security al-
ESM / ELINT systems, modeling simula-
tation. BEL has initiated dialogue with
gorithms can be managed / modified as
tion analysis & experimentation lab (for
prospective partners for possible coopera-
required by the customer. They are de-
systems on aircraft) etc. to ensure busi-
tion to address the business opportuni-
signed to inter-operate with existing legacy
ness in a competitive market scenario.
ties in these areas.
radio sets available with the Army.
Financials As on September 31st quarter ended 2009, the gross sales of BEL rose to Rs.13078.66 lakhs with a total income of Rs.130824.29 lakhs for the period. The Net profit was set at Rs.23735.11 lakhs with a paid up equity share capital of Rs. 8000 lakhs for the period. BEL had achieved a record turnover of Rs.46,240.9 million during the year 2008-09 as against Rs.41,025.4 million in 2007-08, registering a growth of 12.71% over the previous year. Value of Production during 2008-09 was Rs.52, 736.8 million as against Rs. 41,113.7 million in 2007-08, higher by 28.27%
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