Context: Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited for the procurement of 13 Lynx-U2 fire control systems for the Navy at a cost of over Rs 1,700 crore, under the Buy Indian – IDMM (Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured) category.
Lynx-U2 fire control system:
- The Lynx-U2 system is a naval gun fire control system capable of accurately tracking and engaging targets amid sea as well as air or surface targets.
- The fourth generation, completely indigenous systems, will be installed on New Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels to be built indigenously at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers and Goa Shipyard Limited.