Atul Chandra

Bharat Electronics Limited is working to complete the 2nd phase of its Coastal Surveillance System (CSS) by 2023. Work is considerably advanced and the first part of Phase 2 of the programme is slated for completion next year, officials of the state-owned Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) told FORCE in May.

Executive vice president & chief commercial officer, Terma, Steen
Lynenskjold with CMD, BEL M.V. Gowtama

The ministry of defence had concluded a Rs 1,814.32 crore contract with BEL in January 2020 for the ‘Chain of Static Sensors Project Phase-II’. The original contract completion date was November 2021, but this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to an MoD release, ‘post implementation of Phase