Bengaluru Feb 28 PTI The Ministry of Defence has signed a Rs 1075 core contract with Bharat Electronics Limited for the retro-modification of Commander Sight of Battle Tanks-T90 for the Indian Army The retro-modification will be carried out in 957 tanks The total value of the contract is Rs 1075 Crs including all taxes and duties an official statement said on Monday The successful indigenous development of Thermal Imager-based Commander Sight jointly by IRDE DRDO and BEL with improved performance than its predecessor provides a further boost to the Make in India initiative of the Government of India it said This will provide a fillip to indigenous defence manufacturing and open avenues for export of such advanced technology the statement added PTI RS ROH ROH

New Delhi Feb 24 PTI The Ministry of Defence on Thursday signed a Rs 1075 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited BEL for retro-modification of commander sight in 957 T-90 battle tanks so that they can detect targets at longer ranges an official statement said Commander sight is an optical observation device on a tank Commander sight of T-90 Indias premier battle tank is presently fitted with image converter IC tube-based sight for night viewing the ministrys statement noted Based on the requirement projected by the Indian Army the Defence Research Development Organisation DRDO and BEL have jointly designed and developed an advanced mid wave thermal image MWIR-based sight as a replacement for the existing IC-based sight it noted The new retro-modified commander sight employs a thermal imager capable of detecting the targets at 8 km during day and night and a laser ranger finder LRF to find the ranges accurately up to 5 km thereby enhancing its capability to engage target at longer ranges it mentioned With the corrections from ballistic software and LRF the commander of T-90 can detect engage and neutralize the targets with phenomenal accuracy it noted The indigenously developed sight completed extensive evaluations under field conditions successfully it mentioned PTI DSP SMN SMN

New Delhi Feb 24 PTI The Ministry of Defence has signed a memorandum of understanding with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited to provide online pension services at over four lakh common service centres across the country an official statement said on Thursday The MoU will provide last mile connectivity to pensioners especially those who reside in remote areas of the country and those who do not have the means or technical wherewithal to log on to System for Pension Administration-Raksha SPARSH the ministrys statement noted For these pensioners the service centres will become an interface for SPARSH and provide an effective medium for pensioners to perform profile update requests register grievances and seek redressal digital annual identification pensioner data verification or simply fetch detailed information regarding their monthly pension it mentioned SPARSH has been designed keeping defence pensioners at the centre who will be given a completely transparent view of their pension account through an online portal it stated It captures and maintains a complete history of events and entitlements of the pensioner right from the date of commencement of pension to the date of cessation of pension due to the last eligible beneficiary it noted PTI DSP SMN