TROOP Comforts Ltd (TCL), a defence PSU, has received a request for proposal (RFP) for a number of its indigenously developed military gear while several of its products are also being tried out by the Eastern Command of the Indian Army. Among products being developed by the company are mountaineering boots and crampons, ice pitons, hammer pitons, high altitude sleeping bags and multi-purpose bags, besides clothing items. The RFPs have been received from the Northern Command of the Indian Army, while field trials are being conducted by the Eastern Command for a number of high-end products, officials said.

 

TCL was carved out of the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board and commenced functioning as a separate entity in October 2021. “We are working on indigenously developing specialised gear needed for our personnel posted in difficult terrain, from mountainous regions to extremely cold conditions,” an official of the PSU told PTI. “We had been importing most of these gear entirely or at least major components of them. Now, we are working on developing the products with our own technology,” he said. The Kanpur-headquartered TCL was here to participate in the recently-concluded ‘East Tech 2023’, a defence expo in which nearly 200 manufacturers had put up their stalls displaying cutting-edge technology to top-end gear.