IAI/ TAMAM Has Been Awarded a $2.5 Million (USD) Contract from NOVA Integrated Systems for the Establishment of a New Electro Optical Facility in India
Jul 19, 2010
Israel Aerospace Industries' TAMAM Division (IAI/TAMAM) and NOVA Integrated Systems, a TATA Enterprise (NOVA), have signed a $2.5 million (USD) contract wherein TAMAM will establish a new electro-optics facility at NOVA's plant in Hyderabad, India.
The new facility will enable maintenance, assembly, integration and production of electro-optical systems of TAMAM's well known Plug-in Optronic Payload (POP) family for the Indian defense and security market.
A first contract for the integration of new POP systems for the Indian market is in an advanced stage of negotiation.
Shaul Shahar, IAI/TAMAM's General Manager, noted: "We are very proud of this new program. TAMAM will transfer advanced technology in stages to NOVA to enable local production and to shorten turnaround time in terms of maintenance."
NOVA believes that this is an important milestone in IAI and NOVA's cooperation and that the new facility underlines a mutual commitment to bringing the most advanced technologies to India to support the Indian Security Forces.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is a leader in the aerospace and defense business and is Israel’s largest industrial exporter. IAI’s TAMAM Division is a proven supplier of advanced EO payloads for various air platforms, maritime vessels and ground vehicles. These include the 90 Kg LOROS (Long Range Observation System), the 14" MOSP (Multi-mission Optronic Stabilized Payload) family, the 10" POP family, the 8" MiniPOP family and the 4" 1Kg MicroPOP. TAMAM products are designed, built and tested in accordance with high quality international standards. TAMAM is fully certified to ISO 9001, AS9100 and CMMI level III. Thousands of TAMAM electro-optical systems have been successfully deployed worldwide to date.
Nova Integrated Systems Limited, which has been created as a 100% subsidiary of TATA Advanced Systems Ltd. to undertake development, manufacture, integration and management of advanced defense technology systems for delivery to the Indian Armed and Paramilitary forces. An important objective of NOVA is to create a private sector entity which would assist in making the country self-reliant in critical defense technologies. NOVA's Product Profile include Missiles systems, Radars, Un-Manned Aerial Systems (UAS), Electro Optical Payloads, Homeland Security Systems (HLS) and Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems
For further information, please contact:
Doron Suslik
Deputy Corporate VP for Communications
Tel: 972 (3) 935-8509
Fax: 972 (3) 935-8512
e-mail: hpaz@iai.co.il
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