CSIR-NAL and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake Mission Computer as a collaborative effort between the two organizations towards furthering the "Make in India" National Mission of the Government of India.

The Integrated Global bus Avionics Processing System (IGAPS) popularly called Mission Computer is a Core Aircraft Computing Platform with features like ARINC 664 global bus, ARINC 818 fibre channel video bus and ARINC 653 compliance.

This sophisticated state of the art onboard computing system has been successfully designed, developed and integrated for the first time in India by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), Bengaluru for Civil Avionics requirements in line with "Make in India" initiative.

The Mission Computer, a key electronic system on Air and Defence platforms for subsystem integration and control, and its variants will be manufactured in India and cater to the Indian and Global markets. Further, the Mission Computer will be used for wide ranging applications across various Aerospace and Defence platforms.

The collaborative partnership with CSIR-NAL reinforces TASL's continued efforts to develop, integrate and maintain critical pieces of technology for large Aerospace and Defence systems within India as part of the "Make-in-India" initiative, and strive to become a preferred partner to the Indian and Global Aerospace & Defence industry.

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