Hyderabad, Aug 13 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday launched two products ---- Konkurs Missile Test Equipment and Konkurs Launcher Test Equipment ---which have been indigenously designed and developed by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).
Earlier, these products were being imported from Russia, a Defence statement here said.
The two indigenized products were virtually launched by Defence Minister from New Delhi in the presence of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Secretary (Defence) Dr. Ajay Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production) Raj Kumar, senior officials from the Ministry of Defence and CMD, BDL Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), Directors, CVO and senior officials from Hyderabad.
The two products have been launched as a part of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” week being celebrated from August 7 to 14. The Konkurs Missile Test Equipment (KMTE) is designed for checking the service ability of Konkurs - M Anti-Tank Guided Missiles.
Konkurs Launcher Test Equipment (KLTE) is designed and developed for checking the serviceability of Konkurs – M Missile Launchers.
The realization of these indigenous equipment will take forward the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” abhiyan initiated by the Government of India and will lead to substantial foreign exchange saving for the country in the future.
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