Skip to main content

Kineco flags-off India’s first commercial Sonar Dome for Indian Navy

Goa-based Kineco Limited, a leading composite technology provider for defence, aerospace, railway and industrial sectors, flagged off India’s first-ever commercial Sonar Dome, at the hands of Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant on Tuesday.

Image

The Sonar Dome is a critical component of a warship as it houses the Sonar (Sonar Navigation and Ranging) Array - which is  used for detection, navigation, and ranging. The Sonar Dome, manufactured by Kineco was flagged off to its esteemed customer Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Mumbai (MDL), where it will be mounted on the Indian Navy’s P15 Alpha Warship.

The ceremony was attended virtually by Scientific Advisor to Chief of Naval Staff, Bhaskar Burman, Director Ship building of MDL, RAdm A K Saxena, (IN Retd), GM and project superintendent  (P17A Frigate) of MDL, Biju George, scientist and Director General - Armament and Combat Engineering Systems (ACE), Pravin K Mehta, scientist- Director of Research & Development Establishment (Engrs), a premier systems engineering laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) V V Parlikar and CMDE Adhikesh Vasudevan – (Warship Production Superintendent) and CMDE Sanjay Chhabra (Additional Warship Production Superintendent) of the Indian Navy. The event was also graced by Aditya Reddy, Joint MD and Subramanyam M from Indo National Limited, a publicly listed company and its majority shareholder.


Chief Minister Sawant said, “It is a proud moment for me being the CM of the state of Goa to flag off of the country’s first indigenous Sonar Dome, which is in line with the PM’s ‘Make In India’ vision in the defence sector and the Atmanirbhar initiatives. It is also a proud moment for all Goans that a Goan company has been nominated for the supply of the country’s first Sonar Dome, which is a very important component of the Indian warships for the Indian Navy.

Kineco’s founder and MD, Shekhar Sardessai said, “It has been a privilege for Kineco to be a part of and significantly contribute towards the success of India’s first indigenous Sonar Dome Project. We are truly grateful to R&DE Engineers (DRDO), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited and Indian Navy, without whose support this extraordinary success would not have been possible. It is a gratifying moment for the entire Team Kineco to see all our efforts translate into a milestone success for the Nation. Kineco shall always endeavor to make many such noteworthy contributions to India’s journey towards self-reliance in defence.”

He added, “Today, my entire team and I would like to remember and pay a tribute to a departed son of the soil, our former Defence Minister of India and our ex-Chief Minister, late Manohar Parrikar, who has been an ardent source of inspiration and guidance to many industrial establishments in Goa, such as ours. He was also a great supporter of Make in India in defence vision which he articulated in Defence Procurement Policy 2016 during his tenure as Defence Minister of India.  Today, Kineco commits to abide by his high principles of putting Nation above everything.”

Source :





Labels:
Location: Cavalier Tower #56-04, 1st floor, Gubbi Cross, Opp Decathlon, DR Bendre Layout, Kothanur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560077, India

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Navy Chief to be the Reviewing Officer for passing out parade of 140th NDA batch

This will be the third occasion when the prestigious Passing Out Parade is being held under the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh will be the Reviewing Officer for the ceremonial Passing Out Parade of the 140th batch of the National Defence Academy (NDA) , which will be held on Saturday when over 300 cadets will pass out of the academy after three years of rigorous training. Every year, two batches of cadets pass out from India’s premier tri-services military academy which based at Khadakwasla in Pune to continue with the one more year of pre-commissioning training at the academies of their respective forces –– Indian Military Academy in Dehradun for Army, Air Force Academy in Dundigal and and Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala. This will be the third occasion when the prestigious Passing Out Parade is being held under the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony will be held with strict COVID appropriate norms in place. Officials confirmed that Ad
Post a Comment
Read more

Ramsar Sites in India

Ramsar Sites are the wetlands that have international importance. The term was coined when the International Treaty for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wetlands was signed at a city of Iran called Ramsar in 1971 . Ramsar Sites in India Ramsar Sites in India – Latest Addition The following sites have been added as the recognized Ramsar Sites in India: Maharashtra – Lonar Lake Agra (Uttar Pradesh) – Sur Sarovar also called, Keetham Lake Uttarakhand – Asan Barrage Bihar – Kanwar Lake or Kabal Taal Facts about Ramsar Sites & Indian Wetlands: Other Interesting Facts about the Ramsar sites: Ramsar sites are one of the major protected areas in the world. There are currently over 2400 Ramsar sites in the world covering an area of 2.5 million sq. kilometres. World’s First Ramsar site was identified in 1974, which was the Cobourg Peninsula in Australia. The United Kingdom has the world’s largest number of Ramsar sites i.e 175. February 2 is celebrated as International Wetlands Day
Post a Comment
Read more

India’s Missile Systems - Ballistic Missile vs. Cruise Missile

Ballistic Missile vs. Cruise Missile The terms ‘ballistic missile’ and ‘cruise missile’ appear in news articles wherever there is a missile test. It is  essential for us to understand these terms to understand various Indian missile defence systems  (Representative image) Ballistic Missile A ballistic missile follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver one or more warheads on a predetermined target. A ballistic trajectory is the path of an object that is launched but has no active propulsion during its actual flight   (these weapons are guided only during relatively brief periods of flight). Consequently, the trajectory is fully determined by a given initial velocity, effects of gravity, air resistance, and  motion of the earth (Coriolis Force). Shorter range ballistic missiles stay within the Earth’s atmosphere. Image Credits: Wikipedia Longer-ranged intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), are launched on a sub-orbital flight trajectory and spend  most of their flight out of the a
Post a Comment
Read more