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BEL inks pact with ISRO to boost indigenisation of defence and space production

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- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed an MoU with the Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO to collaborate on manufacturing space-grade Travelling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) in India. - The collaboration aims to boost indigenisation of defence and space production in India and save foreign exchange for the country. - The MoU was signed at SAC Ahmedabad and will involve the development and indigenisation of infrastructure for manufacturing TWTAs. - TWTAs are complex multi-disciplinary technologies used in satellite communication, navigation payloads, microwave remote sensing radar payloads, scientific missions, and inter-spacecraft communications links. - BEL has established a state-of-the-art fabrication and manufacturing facility for TWTAs.