Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Centum Electronics to jointly research and develop advanced naval navigation systems. The partnership aims to leverage manufacturing infrastructure for system components and provide modernization services. The MoU was signed on October 8, 2025, at GRSE Bhavan, Kolkata, marking a step towards indigenous defense technology.
Strategic Collaboration for Naval Technology
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Centum Electronics, a Bengaluru-based company, to collaborate on the development of advanced naval navigation systems. The MoU was officially signed on October 8, 2025, at GRSE Bhavan, Kolkata. This initiative underscores GRSE’s commitment to supporting indigenous manufacturing in the defense sector.
Key Objectives and Scope
The primary goal of this partnership is to establish a collaborative framework for joint research and development (R&D) in the field of advanced naval navigation systems. The collaboration will focus on leveraging and enhancing manufacturing infrastructure for components and sub-assemblies, encompassing onboard installation, integration, setting to work, and trials. It will also extend to providing modernization and upgrade services for existing systems.
Leadership Statements
The MoU was signed by Cdr Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd), Director (Shipbuilding), GRSE, and Shri Nikhil Mallavarapu, Joint Managing Director, Centum Electronics Limited, in the presence of Cmde PR Hari, IN (Retd), Chairman & Managing Director, GRSE; & Shri Apparao V Mallavarapu, Chairman & Managing Director, Centum Electronics Limited.
GRSE’s Commitment
This collaboration signifies an important step in GRSE’s ongoing efforts to advance its technological capabilities and support the Government of India’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative by promoting indigenous R&D and manufacturing in advanced defense systems.
Source: BSE
