Post Pathankot incident, the Government has approved an integrated smart power fencing called Integrated Perimeter Security System (IPSS) for 23 Air Bases. BEL has signed a contract with Indian Air Force for establishing Integrated Perimeter Security Systems for 23 Air Bases across 8 states, Pan India. The pilot site was commissioned in February 2021.

          BEL has given sub-contract to many Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and System Integrators to do the said project. The details are as follows:

          i)        Radar: OEM M/s ELTA.

ii)       Underground Vibration Detection System/DIDS: OEM M/S Future Fiber Technology vide their SI M/s Athena.

          iii)      CCTV: OEM M/s FLIR, USA.

iv)      ESPF: OEM M/s Gallagher vide their SI M/s Ved Techno for pilot site and OEM M/s Crown Solar for 22 sites.

v)       Containerised Data Centre: OEM M/s Rittal vide their SI M/s Presto

vi)      Network: OEM Cisco vide their SI Baydatacom.

vii)     IT infrastructure: M/s HPE vide their System Integrated (SI) AAE.

                    BEL follows purchase procedures for procurement of goods and services which ensures transparent and fair tendering process including the check of credentials of OEMs and its partners. BEL has systems and procedures in place to monitor the performance of the OEMs/SIs, to complete the project as per the scope assigned to them vide a PO. The total cost of the project is approximately Rs 1045 Crores.

            BEL has qualified the project during TEC at Hindon Airbase in November 2018 with the OEM M/s Gallagher. However, at Pilot site, the ESPF solution of M/s Gallagher failed to provide the following features of IPSS:

• High availability of Control centre Software application of ESPF.
• Differential alarm sound for intrusion event and battery low event.
• Indication of change in resistance owing to vegetation.
• Tampering Alarm Energiser.         

          All other OEM and SI partners have fulfilled all site specific scope of work by their technical solution.

          This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Sanganna Amarappa and others in Lok Sabha today.

 

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