ICOMM partners with CARACAL at DefExpo

Hyderabad: ICOMM, a group company of Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL), signed a partnership agreement, following a previous Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with CARACAL, a leading small arms manufacturer and entity within EDGE Group, UAE. The agreement was signed during the ongoing DEFEXPO 2022, the Land, Naval and Homeland Security Systems Exhibition, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

ICOMM is a one of the large companies in manufacturing missile and sub-systems, communications and EW systems, electro-optics, shelters, composites, as well as other systems technology such as drone and counter drones. In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' initiative, ICOMM and CARACAL will develop a complete portfolio of locally manufactured small arms for the Defence forces.

At the signing, ICOMM Chief Sumanth P said: "India's Defence industry is constantly evolving, in-line with India's Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives. ICOMM's MoU with Caracal (EDGE Group, UAE) is a step towards making the Defence sector in India self-sufficient and self-reliant in light of the geopolitical shifts taking place throughout the world."

Under the ICOMM-Caracal cooperation, the complete line of small arms will be produced in ICOMM's world-class design, development and manufacturing centre in Hyderabad.

Hamad Alameri, CEO of CARACAL, said: "Building partnerships and seeking valuable opportunities for collaboration in the Indian market is one of CARACAL's key objectives, and we look forward to exploring these opportunities further.