Indian army's MINT systems procurement augments to Atmanirbhar India
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New Delhi, Mar 15: The Indian army is all prepared to procure the Made in India 'Mobile Integrated Network Terminal (MINT)' systems providing a huge boost to the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan of the Indian govt. The MINT system will enhance operational communication capability of the Indian Army in accordance with the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan.
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The Ministry of Defence has underlined the fact that the Indian Army is in the process of procuring the MINT systems under the Make II Category of Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020. The system is a portable, lightweight, state of art integrated communication solution comprising of satellite backhaul and wireless access system to provide support voice, video and data.
According to the evaluation of response submitted by the Indian Industry, total of eleven firms were issued the Project Sanction Order on Mar, 12 2021. The firms will not develop the prototype, and it will be followed with a contract, that will be placed with one of the firms after they successfully develop the prototype in accordance with the provisions of Buy (Indian-IDDM) of DAP 2020.
The Buy Indian-DDM refers to the acquisition of products of the Indian vendor who have indigenously designed, developed and manufactured the product with a minimum of 50 per cent Indigenous Content. The indigenous content is used on the cost basis of base contract price which is the total contract price minus the taxes and duties.
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The ‘Make-II’ category projects which comprise of the prototype development of system, equipment, platform or their upgrades. Such projects are ‘Industry Funded’ and could also comprise of the sub-systems or sub-assembly or assemblies or components of the developing systems. The 'Make-II' category of the project provides for a focus on the import substitution and innovative solutions. In case of, prototype development purposes under this category, no govt funding is provided.