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Under the agreement, Wipro will manufacture,
deliver and market Saab's entire suite of land
electronic defence systems in India.
"The land electronic defence system (LEDS)
provides active protection to light and medium
combat vehicles as well as to main battle tanks
against engagement by weapons like the rocket
propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles, mortars
and artillery shells.
"In this association, Saab brings in the
technological knowhow and Wipro supports in aligning
this to the Indian requirements," a press
release issued in New Delhi and Londo said Sep
15.
The agreement announcement was made by Saab's
senior vice president and head of electronic defence
systems business Micael Johansson and Wipro Infrastructure
engineering president Pratik Kumar at the Defence
and Security Equipment International (DSEi) 2011
being held in London.
"Wipro and Saab will jointly pursue opportunities
for LEDS in India with Indian defence establishments
and original equipment manufactures. Wipro will
be involved in the development, adaptation and
integration of the LEDS equipment and software
for Indian customers.
"The components will be developed, manufactured
and systems integrated by Wipro to address the
Indian market for land based APS systems. There
is also the possibility of Saab leveraging the
India advantage to market these systems manufactured
by Wipro internationally as well," the release
said.
The partnership will include sourcing of components
from India, transfer of technology to Wipro and
the manufacture and integration of APS by Wipro
in India.
The agreement is a continuation of an earlier
memorandum of understanding signed in 2008 and
2010, and a consulting agreement earlier in 2011
between the two companies to address the Indian
survivability technology market and Saab's usage
of Wipro competences in the LEDS development.
(IANS)
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