By A Correspondent

New Delhi: India has signed a INR 499-crore contract with a domestic private firm to buy 20 satellite signal jammers to block signal acquistion by its enemies, based spoofing and deceptive jamming incidents reported in recent times.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed the deal with Bengaluru-based Accord Software and Systems Private Limited (ASSPL) in New Delhi on June 10, 2026, in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.

The contract was signed under the 2020 Defence Acquisition Procedure’s Buy (Indian – Indigenously Designed, Developed, and Manufactured) category.

The satellite jammer systems would enable safe naval warships operations in a multi-threat environment, a defence ministry statement said. “The system’s capabilities include degrading the satellite signal acquisition and tracking performance of the adversary GNSS receiver and signal spoofing and deceptive jamming,” it added.

ASSPL’s Enhanced Capability Global Navigation Satellite System (ECGNSS) jammers for the Indian Navy would come with a minimum of 75% indigenous content.

“The contract reinforces the government’s commitment to Aatmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) and Make-in-India while bolstering the maritime security architecture of the country,” the MoD statement said. “It marks a critical milestone in the ongoing efforts to bolster defence capabilities and indigenise advanced military technology,” it added.

Signal Spoofing Incidents in India

The contract comes at a time when India’s aviation and cyber security agencies are investigating a sharp spike in incidents of sophisticated Global Positioning System spoofing, said to be from across the Indian borders with its archrivals Pakistan and China, that interfered with commercial flights.

Indian agencies carried out a technical assessment following recent signal spoofing incidents targeting civil aviation operations. These investigations had identified GPS spoofing infrastructure operating from at least three neighbouring nations.

The probe pointed to expert electronic warfare and cyber disruption operations involving groups with supposedly facilitation and support from state agencies in those neighbouring nations, News18 reported, quoting unnamed sources. The spoofing incidents had raised the alarm among Indian security agencies about cyber threats, flight safety, navigation system’s reliability, and vulnerability of critical infrastructure.

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