BEL Signs Teaming Agreement with Reliasat Inc. to Make Forays into Space Domain

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed a Teaming Agreement with Reliasat Inc. Canada to collaborate in the area of space products on September 19. The teaming agreement aims at leveraging BEL and Reliasat’s capabilities in the domain of space. This is a significant step that will enable BEL to expand into the space segment and strengthen its existing portfolio.

The teaming agreement was signed at BEL’s corporate office in Bengaluru by director (marketing) K.V. Suresh Kumar and CEO, Reliasat Inc. Gurvinder Chohan. Senior BEL officers like GM (SCCS) & Unit Head, BEL-Ghaziabad Rashmi Kathuria, GM (SP) Niti Pandit, AGM (Marketing) Puneet Jain, AGM (D&E) A.K. Singh, AGM (TP) Prakash SP, AGM (SP) Abhinav Paharia and sales director, Reliasat India K.R. Amarnath were present at the ceremony.

BEL has been continuously striving to expand its offerings in the non-defence domain. Some of the recent notable business initiatives of BEL include homeland security, smart / safe cities, cyber security, software, rail & metro solutions, civil aviation, space electronics, medical electronics, jammers, anti-drone systems, unmanned systems, e-vehicles etc.  BEL is also a CMMi Level 5, ISO 27001-2013 (ISMS) certified and CERT-In empanelled agency.

Reliasat is building the next generation telecom satellites and addressing the future needs of small, low-cost satellites. Reliasat develops space-based smart satellites with AI/ML and deep space solutions, enabling internet from space with high capacity connectivity.