IAF Dy Chief Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit inaugurates Solar Industries’ Chaff plant in Nagpur
Aug 05, 2024
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], August 4 (ANI): In a boost to Make in India, IAF Dy Chief Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit inaugurated Chaff Plant at Economic Explosives Limited, Nagpur. Economic Explosives Limited (EEL) is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Solar Industries India Limited. Chaff is one of the most widely used and effective expendable electronic countermeasure devices. The Chaff payloads were developed by EEL with Technology Support from Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur. Chaff variants along with impulse cartridges are used in fighters such as Jaguar, MIG29, Mirage. Keeping in view the huge requirement of Chaffs by Armed Forces, EEL is augmenting its manufacturing capacity.