Foundation stone of EMI and EMC Testing Facility for strategic electronic systems laid in Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai: In a big initiative for promoting indigenous ecosystem for the development and manufacturing of defence, aerospace, automotive products and medical equipment in the country, a Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Test Facility is coming up in Mumbai’s satellite township of Navi Mumbai.

The laboratory is being established by the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), a research institution under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

The facility is designed to cater to the growing demand for testing, qualification, and compliance of indigenously developed defence and strategic electronic systems.

The foundation stone of the new complex was laid by S Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY, in presence of SK Marwaha, Group Coordinator, MeitY and Dr P Hanumantha Rao, Director General, SAMEER, on Monday.

Krishnan said that MeitY is aggressively pursuing electronic manufacturing in India. He further highlighted that to meet the requirements of EMC compliance testing and certification, a dedicated laboratory for strategic electronics systems is being established at SAMEER.

“This facility will cater to the fast-growing Indian market in strategic electronics for defence, civilian and automotive-related electronic equipment,” he said.

Rao stated that the proposed and upcoming military standards EMC certification laboratory at SAMEER Navi Mumbai is being established with an outlay of around Rs 40 crore.

This facility will provide complete EMC testing/research and compliance certification for defence, consumer and medical electronic systems manufacturers in the western zone of India as well as across India.

It aims to enable the indigenous defence and aerospace sectors to meet both military and civilian standards for electromagnetic compatibility before deploying these systems in mission-critical operations.

SAMEER has been actively pursuing R&D to address the mitigation of EMI at the design level so as to improve the system performance.

The Government of India has been promoting an indigenous ecosystem for the development and manufacturing of defence, aerospace, automotive products and medical equipment in the country.

It is mandatory that all these systems should qualify for both the Military Standards (MIL STD) and civilian standards before deployment.

"This project will cater to Military, Navy, Air Force and Indigenous commercial/industrial equipment manufacturers for testing, qualification and EMI/EMC compliance demands of western zone and pan India. SAMEER’s services will be utilised by industry to qualify for MIL-STD, CE and FCC certification for domestic and international markets. In the coming years, it is expected that a large number of defence products will be built and manufactured indigenously and the proposed laboratory will propel the initiative of ‘Make in India’," officials said.