Army develops arms training simulator

BANGALORE, OCT 14: 515 Army base workshop, a premier space manufacturing unit for defence units here has developed Drona, a small arms training simulator for the Navy, according to the workshop8217;s commandant and managing director Brig R K Gupta.

Gupta was briefing the press here on Thursday on the activities of the workshop, one among the eight workshops coming under the EME electrical and mechanical engineer, on the eve of EME celebrating its 56th Corps Day.

He said the unit was working on further improvement of the simulator, a hi-tech and software based equipment designed to sharpen the firing skills of Naval soldiers.

He said the 515 Army base workshop here was now undertaking overhauling of sub-assemblies for the helicopter units of the Army.