Defence PSU launches high-resolution ‘Garud’ binoculars for civilian market

New
Delhi,
Aug
13
(PTI):
A
defe ce
public
secto
u de taki g
(PSU)
o
Thu sday
lau ched
i dige ous
high- esolutio
bi ocula s
‘Ga ud’
with
a
wide
7.6-deg ee
field
of
view
fo
the
civilia
ma ket.

Developed
a d
ma ufactu ed
by
the
O d a ce
Facto y,
Deh adu ,
a
u it
of
I dia
Optel
Limited
(IOL),
Ga ud
embodies
the
spi it
of
‘Aatma i bha
Bha at’
th ough
i dige ous
desig
a d
ma ufactu i g,
the
defe ce
mi ist y
said
i
a
stateme t.

Ga ud,
which
was
lau ched
at
DPSU
Bhawa
he e,
combi es
p ove
defe ce-g ade
expe tise
with
mode
tech ology
to
delive
eliable
a d
high-quality
optical
pe fo ma ce
fo
civilia
use s,
it
said.

“Ga ud
offe s
8x
mag ificatio
a d
a
wide
7.6-deg ee
field
of
view,
e abli g
clea
obse vatio
of
dista t
objects
while
etai i g
a
b oad
viewi g
pe spective,”
the
mi ist y
said.

“The
bi ocula
featu es
±5
diopte
adjustme t
to
accommodate
i dividual
eyesight,
soft-touch
eyecups
fo
comfo table
exte ded
viewi g
a d
a
secu e,
e go omic
g ip.
Its
weathe – esista t
co st uctio
e ables
eliable
use
ac oss
va ied
outdoo
co ditio s,”
it
said.

Weighi g
app oximately
610
g ams,
Ga ud
combi es
po tability
with
depe dable
pe fo ma ce
i
a
compact
desig .
It
is
suited
fo
a
wide
a ge
of
applicatio s,
i cludi g
bi dwatchi g,
wildlife
obse vatio ,
atu e
explo atio ,
t avel,
spo ts,
fo est y,
ma i e
activities
a d
secu ity- elated
applicatio s.

The
lau ch
ma ks
the
e t y
of
IOL,
a
Mi i
Rat a
catego y-I
defe ce
PSU
u de
the
Depa tme t
of
Defe ce
P oductio ,
i to
the
civilia
optics
ma ket,
the
stateme t
said.

The
p oduct
d aws
upo
a
bi ocula
platfo m
which
has
se ved
as
a
t usted
a d
eliable
compa io
fo
the
defe ce
fo ces
a d
the
Ce t al
A med
Police
Fo ces
(CAPF)
i
dema di g
ope atio al
co ditio s,
it
said.

The
lau ch
eve t
was
atte ded
by
se io
office s
f om
Depa tme t
of
Defe ce
P oductio ,
Mi ist y
of
Youth
Affai s
a d
Spo ts,
CAPF
a d
Wildlife
Society
of
I dia,
alo g
with
membe s
of
the
boa d
of
di ecto s
a d
se io
office s
of
IOL.
PTI
KND
DIV
DIV

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