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In a large measurement nether the Make-in-India programme, India Optel Limited (IOL), a Mini Navratna defence nationalist assemblage undertaking (DPSU), signed a collaboration statement with Safran Electronics & Defence, a French company, connected Monday (December 22, 2025) for the accumulation of 2 high-precision, combat-proven defence systems successful India.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the systems covered nether the statement are SIGMA 30N Digital Ring Laser Gyro Inertial Navigation System and the CM3-MR Direct Firing Sight. SIGMA 30N is wide utilized crossed artillery guns, aerial defence systems, missiles and radars, portion CM3-MR is designed for artillery guns and anti-drone applications, importantly enhancing accuracy and operational effectiveness connected the battlefield.
The statement was signed successful New Delhi by Tushar Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director of India Optel Limited, and Alexandre Ziegler, Head of the Defence Global Business Unit astatine Safran Electronics & Defense. The signing took spot successful the beingness of Sanjeev Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production), Government of India.
The Ministry added that this collaboration builds upon a memorandum of knowing signed betwixt the 2 companies successful January 2024 and reaffirms their committedness to jointly manufacture and enactment precocious defence systems successful India. Under the partnership, IOL volition undertake manufacturing, last assembly, testing, prime power and implicit life-cycle enactment of the systems, ensuring they conscionable the operational requirements of the Indian Army.
Enhances accuracy
The concern volition besides lend to enhancing the operational readiness, accuracy and show of the Army’s land-based limb systems.
The statement marks an important measurement towards reducing dependency connected imports, promoting exertion transportation and achieving self-reliance successful captious defence technologies, successful enactment with the government’s imaginativeness of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the Ministry added.
