Indian Navy ISRO MoU for Satellite based Naval Applications

• On August 5, 2022, Indian Navy inked a MoU with ISRO’s Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad for data sharing and cooperation on Satellite based Naval Applications in Meteorology and Oceanology.

• Both the organisations will get a common platform of mutual cooperation, where scientific advancements by Space Applications Centre would be synergised into Indian Naval efforts.

• This move will help to keep India’s defence in line with rapid development in Satellite Data retrieval and applications and will strengthen the collaboration.

• It will also further the meaningful interactions and professional exchanges between both the organisations in future.

• MoU is the extension of last MoU signed in 2017.