Defence Minister inaugurates BEL Product Support Centre at Kochi

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has opened a Product Support Centre in Kochi, Kerala. The Product Support Centre was inaugurated by Indian Defence Minister, Mr A K Antony, at a function held on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. The BEL Product Support Centre at Kochi has been set up to provide waterfront support for the Southern Naval Command and to support outsourcing of Naval System Projects to Units of KELTRON. It is also envisaged to co-ordinate equipment supply and support to the Air Defence Ship Project at Cochin Shipyard Limited and to support Sonar Development Projects at the National Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, which is a DRDO lab. BEL is already providing waterfront support to the Indian Navy at Mumbai, Kolkata and Visakhapatnam. The Product Support Centre at Kochi will further strengthen BEL’s ability to support Naval products and systems.