The Hindu : 515 Army Base Workshop tests spares for UAVs

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Sunday, Oct 13, 2002

Southern States

Southern States - Karnataka-Bangalore

515 Army Base Workshop tests spares for UAVs

BANGALORE OCT. 12. Entering the highly demanding field of aviation grade spares this year, the Bangalore-based 515 Army Base Workshop attached to the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) has built and successfully completed flight trials of spares for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Searcher, and the indigenously developed UAV Nishant.

Besides, the workshop manufactures spares of various kinds of equipment and weapon systems used by the Army such as missiles, tanks (T-55 and T-72), Infantry Combat Vehicles (BMP I and II), artillery guns (130 mm. Fd. and 155 mm. Bofors guns).

The Managing Director of the workshop, Brig. K.S. Venugopal, said the spare parts manufactured by the workshop were of critical importance and were extensively used during "Operation Parakram".

The EME is celebrating its 59th Corps Day on Tuesday. The 515 Army Base Workshop is one of the eight Army workshops located across the country. Their headquarters, Base Workshop Group, is in Meerut. These workshops come under the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers.

The workshop is producing the small range training simulator, "Drona", and has installed it at various naval establishments, units of the Indian Air Force, and Assam Rifles. It is a hitech electronic and software-based equipment designed to sharpen the firing skills of soldiers. The workshop is also manufacturing hand grenades and small arms range training simulators for the Army.

The workshop is undertaking indigenisation of spares required for mine-resistant vehicle, "Casspir", being used in counter insurgency operations for transportation of troops. Besides, the EME has a Station Workshop, which provides repair and maintenance support to various Defence establishments located in Bangalore and four Maintainability Advisory Groups (MAGs) with public sector undertakings. The MAGs act as a link between the Army and industries engaged in Defence production. They are BEL, ITI, HAL, and LRDE.

The MAGs look into aspects related to maintainability during design development and in-service phase of equipment being introduced or in use in the Army.

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