Aatmanirbhar Bharat: The Aatmanirbhar Bharat project continues to push India towards self-reliance in defence manufacturing. In a significant breakthrough, Aartech Solonics Ltd – a system solution oriented research and development enterprise – has announced that it has developed the Adaptive Alternate Power Module (AAPM).
The AAPM is an indigenously developed innovation for Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) and artillery guns, including the domestically developed K9 Vajra. The AAPM provides regulated DC power to tanks and artillery guns according to the required load, thus eliminating the requirement to switch on the main engine.
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Aartech Solonics has developed the AAPM in collaboration with Manmeet Singh Soni, an officer deployed in the Sudarshan Chakra Corps (EME) of the Indian Army and IIT Mumbai.
According to a company statement, this breakthrough technology extends engine life, reduces fuel consumption, and enhances operational efficiency in extreme conditions.
The AAPM has the ability to supply power to the artillery gun without turning on the main engine, ultimately leading to the preservation of up to 20 per cent of engine life typically consumed during gun-firing operations. It has the capacity to operate in a wide range of temperatures from 60 degrees Centigrade to -30 degrees Centigrade, which makes it ideal for carrying out operatuons in the desert heat as well as extreme cold in the frozen heights of the Himalayan ranges.
