Date:12/02/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/02/12/stories/2005021202850300.htm

Back BEL signs $1.6-m deal with Suriname

Our Bureau

Bangalore , Feb. 11

BHARAT Electronics Ltd on Friday signed a contract with the Government of Suriname for the supply of defence communication equipment and night vision devices worth $1.6 million (approx. Rs 7 crore).

Three months ago, BEL had signed a contract with Suriname for the supply of solar-powered traffic junctions worth $1.3 million. The two have also identified Suriname's next phase of requirements, BEL said.

It recently sold two of its battlefield surveillance radars to Indonesia and had got order for 10 more, according to its Chairman, Mr Y. Gopala Rao.

The company is looking at exports of $15 million for 2004-05 out of a total turnover of Rs 3,200 crore.

BEL has displayed products in the areas of defence communication, battlefield surveillance, artillery combat command and control, night vision and hand-held UHF radios have been identified for field trials and further testing in some of these countries.