Navy sign MOU with CODISSIA
Rear Admiral Deepak Bansal, VSM, Admiral Superintendent NSRY (Kochi) and V Sundaram, Director CDIIC during the MOU signing.
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ndian Navy, Naval Ship Repair Yard (NSRY), Kochi and CODISSIA (Coimbatore District Small Scale Industries Association) Defence Innovation and Incubation Centre (CDIIC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Coimbatore . Rear Admiral Deepak Bansal, VSM, Admiral Superintendent NSRY (Kochi) and V Sundaram, Director CDIIC signed the MoU on behalf of Indian Navy (NSRY, Kochi) and CDIIC
respectively. The MoU will foster cohesive involvement of both parties and help in solving problems projected by NSRY harnessing Government of India initiative of Atal Innovation Mission, which has been conceived to encourage innovation and technology development by engaging Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Startups and Research and Development Institutions and academia. The MoU allows NSRY to use world
class facilities of MSMEs based in Coimbatore for hardware development, material testing and analysis and obsolescence mitigation programmes in respect of legacy equipment. In addition to this, the Yard would be exposed to new manufacturing techniques, Industrial Safety and Quality Assurance which are being pursued by modern MSMEs. These would be vital for the yard especially as it is poised for major expansion in the wake of an enhanced charter. CODISSIA is a body comprising more than 2000 MSMEs, with an objective to promote and protect Small Scale Industries in Coimbatore. The Naval Ship Repair Yard, began as an Electrical and Engineering Workshop in 1945 to support a small flotilla of Royal Indian Naval Ships based at Kochi. After the nation’s Independence, it was renamed as Base Repair Organisation (BRO) in 1948. With the induction of new ships and enhanced tasking, the BRO was later rechristened as ‘Naval Ship Repair Yard (NSRY)’ in 1988.
BrahMos Cruise Missile Successfully Test Fired from Navy’s Stealth Destroyer, INS Chennai
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rahMos, the supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS
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Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea. The missile hit the target successfully with pin-point accuracy after performing high-level and
extremely complex manoeuvres. BrahMos as ‘prime strike weapon’ will ensure the warship’s invincibility by engaging naval surface targets at long ranges, thus making the destroyer another lethal platform of Indian Navy. The highly versatile BrahMos has been jointly designed, developed and produced by India and Russia. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, BrahMos and Indian Navy for the successful launch. Secretary DDR&D & Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy, congratulated the scientists and all personnel of DRDO, BrahMos, Indian Navy and industry for the successful feat. He stated that BrahMos missiles will add to the capabilities of Indian Armed Forces in many ways.
