New Delhi, June 11 -- The Ministry of Defence has signed a Rs 449 crore contract with Bengaluru-based Accord Software and Systems Private Limited (ASSPL) for the procurement of 20 Enhanced Capability Global Navigation Satellite System (ECGNSS) Jammers for the Indian Navy.

The contract was signed under the Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) category and mandates a minimum indigenous content of 75 per cent. The agreement was formalised in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh in New Delhi.

The ECGNSS Jammers are designed to counter adversary satellite navigation systems by degrading signal acquisition and tracking capabilities.

The systems also support signal spoofing and deceptive jamming funct...