From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Sept 5: HAL and L&T consortium has bagged Rs 860 crore contract for end-to-end realisation of five Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV) over a period of four years from the News Space India Limited (NSIL).
The contract was exchanged today between HAL and NSIL during the inaugural session of the 7th Bengaluru Space Expo 2022 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC).
Over the years, ISRO’s PSLV has successfully performed more than 52 successful flights and the vehicle has since attained its operational status.
ISRO has formed a separate entity NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) with primary mandate of enabling Indian industries to scale up high-technology manufacturing and production base for meeting the needs of the Indian space programme.
As part of its mandate, NSIL had invited Expression of Interest (EoI) on August 16, 2019, for realization of five PSLV-XL Launch Vehicles by Indian industry.
Based on competitive bidding HAL led consortium emerged as the successful bidder, says an official press release from HAL.