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The College of Military Engineering and Technology Sri Lanka (CMETSL) hosted its inaugural Military Engineering and Technology Conference on 16 February 2024, at the Wave N' Lake Navy Banquet Hall in Welisara. General Kamal Guneratne (Retd) WWV RWP RSP USP ndc psc MPhil, the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, graced the occasion as the chief gue

Location: At Nandimithra Auditorium, Ministry of Defence
In a ceremony marked by honor and distinction, the College of Military Engineering and Technology Sri Lanka bestowed Membership Certificates and Identity Cards upon its esteemed members, recognizing their invaluable contributions and commitment to advancing military engineering and techn

Naval Dockyard achieved another milestone by conducting the first ever Naval Dockyard Technical Conference with the theme of Shaping the Future through Technology, Trends and Insights at Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda Auditorium, Trincomalee on 23rd September 2023 with the participation of more than 80 technical officers and over 400 technical sailor

The awards ceremony of BestWeb.lk 2023 was held at the Monarch Imperial, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte on 09th August 2023. At the ceremony, the Sri Lanka Navy received the gold and bronze awards won by the official website of Sri Lanka Navy in the Government Category and Overall Category respectively. The respective awards were presented to the Comman

In the pursuit of providing a holistic educational experience, a modern and unique washroom complex was declared opened at Dharmaraja College Kandy. With a vision to revolutionize the traditional washroom concept, this ambitious endeavor has been aimed to create a space that fosters innovation, sustainability, and inclusivity. The construction of t

CMETSL Water Forum successfully conducted Webinar on Addressing Water Security: Implementing Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants to Combat Chronic Kidney Disease. The main aim of webinar is to address the critical issues of the water security in the country. The webinar brought experts, scholars, and stakeholders to discuss sustainable solu

The inaugural Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course of the Advanced Technology Sectional Committee (Advanced Technologies in Biomedical, Nano, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering) of College of Military Engineering and Technology Sri Lanka was successfully conducted on the topic of

The first CPD on High-Rise Building Design Concepts has successfully conducted by Civil Engineering Sectional Committee on 14th and 15th June 2023 at the Head Office of Civil and Structural Engineering Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. As per the brainchild of the Chairman CESC, Air Vice Marshal Udula Wijesinghe, the team CESC has organized this event partici

The latest edition (2023 April) of Naval Electrical and Electronic Engineering & Technology (NEET) e-Magazine was ceremonially launched on 23 May 2023 by the Director General Electrical & Electronic Engineering, with the aim to showcase the research related activities in the Directorate of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and also to improve

The first-ever Island Green of all golf courses in Sri Lanka was declared opened by Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana on 20 May 2023 at the lagoon of Eagles Golf Link, China Bay. The Eagles Golf Link, China Bay is known to be one of the hardest courses in the region, this Island Green will challenge even the most proficie

The Directorate of Naval Design (DND) of Sri Lanka Navy conducted an industry awareness programme successfully for the potential boat builders in Sri Lanka on 3rd April 2023 at the DND office complex, Welisara to promote the capabilities of the SLN design office and to support industry in their boat design works for the growth of the industry. The

First of all, I am very glad to be here as the chief guest of this very important event. As engineers, we have a great responsibility to develop our country. You are from the tri-forces as well as engineers. So engineering is a very prestigious and very important profession in Sri Lanka as well as whole world. So, you all are members of that fam

The College of Military Engineering and Technology, Sri Lanka (CMETSL) successfully conducted First ever Technical Seminar on the topic of "Network Centric Approach Towards Future Land, Sea and Air Operations" on 04th April 2023 at the Admiral Somathilaka Dissanayake Auditorium, Navy Headquarters, Colombo. Eng. Tilak De Silva, Chairman of Engineeri

The first batch of women de-miners of the Army who have completed the internationally-acclaimed Humanitarian De-mining Course of high standards had the privilege of getting their insignia pinned from the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage after they were invited to the Army HQ on Wednesday 22 March 2023. Expressing happiness a

Electrical New Design Center (ENDC) of SLN has successfully completed the version 2.0 of Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROUV) for underwater surveillance operations as a cost-effective and reliable solution developed using commercial off-the-shelf components. The ROUV 2.0 has been equipped with 02 Nos of pressure sensors, a video camera and

Electrical New Design Center (ENDC) of SLN has successfully designed and introduced a Programmable Logic Control (PLC) Training Workstation for training purposes and R&D experimental works. This workstation will provide detailed training on industrial PLCs and HMIs. Specially designed input and output modules are provided with necessary safety arra

Sri Lanka’s first 3D radar of Chinese origin came into operation in 2007. YLC-18 radar is a two-vehicle convoy, high mobility, medium-range, low-altitude 3D radar. The electronic circuitry of the radar has a number of components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors which allow conductive paths to a flow of current. The R

General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), is graduate research Defence University situated in Sri Lanka committed to achieve millennium sustainable goals and conduct collaboration research work with Sri Lanka Navy, especially in field of Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis application to eliminate Chronic Kidney Diseases unknown etiology in

An Indian Navy delegation comprised with 05 officers who are in the field of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), headed by Cmde Kari Muralidar, Director (Indian Navy Ship Maintenance Authority) visited Machinery Testing and Trials Unit (MTTU) facilities at Welisary from 13-18 Feb 23 to evaluate the progress of MTTU and to deliver guidelines as a pee

The Sri Lanka Signal Corps (SLSC)-initiated the first symposium of the series of scheduled 'Technological Seminars', themed 'Precise Human - Technology Symmetry for Better Organizational Efficacy' was inaugurated on 22 Feb 2023 at the Multifunctional Hall at the Army Headquarters, headed by Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Army a

Toyota Lanka (Pvt) Limited, the sole authorized distributor for Toyota vehicles in Sri Lanka, has facilitated a special training program of two days for 25 EME officers at their training premises in Wattala from February 15 to 16, 2023. Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturer in the world and Sri Lanka Army has been one of the leading

The Directorate of Information Technology, Sri Lanka Army has introduced a concept to create multiple user accesses using a single CPU, called the Single PC with Multiple Hosts Concept without any extra hardware such as the need for an extra switch or network (LAN). To set up the multi-user system with a single CPU no need for resource allocations

The awarding of ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Management System certificate to the Naval Dockyard in Eastern Naval Command was held under the patronage of Commander Eastern Naval Area and Commandant Volunteer Naval Force Rear Admiral Dammika Kumara, and with the attendance of the chief guest, Director General and Chief Executiv

The Aircraft Repair and Salvage Section (AR&SS) of the Aircraft Engineering Wing (AEW), SLAF Base, Katunayake, recently concluded their first ever refresher training on the Bell212/412 Jig Fixture for its qualified Structural Repair Technicians. The refresher training involved the installation and alignment of a Bell 212 Fuselage in the jig fixtur

A novel software solution named Fuel Management System (FMS) is on the verge of introducing to the Sri Lanka Army by the Directorate of Information Technology. Taking another step of the digitization process for fuel distribution, an initial training session was successfully conducted for the staff of the Directorate of Supply and Transport

As per the instructions received from Ministry of Defence Sri Lanka Air Force commenced the restoration of Neelagiri Maha Seya which is located in Lahugala. According to the Archaeological experts in the Archaeological Department, this is considered as the biggest stupa in the Eastern Province which was built in the 3rd Century and the recent renov

Sri Lanka Navy has undertaken an essential upgrade to ship to shore and ship to ship communication network based on Ultra High Frequency (UHF) secure technology with Motorola Radios and servers giving the much needed Automatic Vessel Locating System (AVLS) server and dispatcher controller upgrade with state of the art features, hardware

Offering a realistic and safe training experience to the Transport Assistants of the Sri Lanka Navy, a new driving simulator was established at the Naval Driver Training School in Welisara. Meanwhile, the new facility was declared open by the Director General Engineering, Rear Admiral Ravi Ranasinghe on 27th January 2023. Going by the policy – fru

Rear Admiral Ravi Ranasinghe USP psc received his Letter of Appointment as the Director- National Authority for Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in Sri Lanka (NACWC) from the Secretary Defence today.

Inauguration ceremony of the College of Military Engineering and Technology Sri Lanka (CMETSL) was held on 13th October 2022 at Eagle's Lakeside Rathmalana. The ceremony was graced by Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd) WWV RWP RSP USP ndc psc Mphil as the Chief Guest, at the invitation extended by the President, Ex

The inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the College of Military Engineering Technology, Sri Lanka (CMETSL) was held at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium, Navy Headquarters today (09th September 2022) with the participation of Tri-Forces Engineering officers. The key objective of this organization is to facilitate / promote coo

The CDRD handed over indigenously built 20 numbers of Mobile Radio "CREEPER" and two Drone Jammers for the Parliament Security on 25th November 2021. The Secretary of Defence and Secretary of State Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management, General G D H Kamal Gunaratne (Retd) WWV RWP RSP USP ndc psc Mphil, handed over the equipment to

The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana declared a newly renovated Hangar Complex for the UAV Research Development Project located at SLAF Station Katukurunda today (05 August 2021). The Commander was received on his arrival by Wing Commander Jayanath De Silva, the Officer Commanding UAV Research and Development at Katukuru

Making another significant stride in the sphere of military innovations, the Centre for Defence Research and Development of the State Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management handed over 15 x innovations to the Ministry of Defence, Tri-Services and few other government organisations. The consigning ceremony was held on 8th November 202

Civil Security Department of Sri Lanka being one of the oldest government institutions established in mid of 1980, today commenced another step forward in their digitization process with the help from Sri Lanka Army IT Experts. A novel software solution was introduced to standalone system which aims to manage Human Resource Infrastructure around 35

As the first Naval organization the Commodore Superintendent Dockyard (North) organization has obtained the ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Management System Certificate. The certificate awarding ceremony for the Commodore Superintendent Dockyard (North) organization was held at Fort Hammenhiel Resort Karainagar on 21st July 2022

The Sri Lanka Army's Directorate of Information Technology (DIT) developed a new software solution to the Sri Lanka Customs to further facilitate its digitalization process recently.
A group of software engineers of the Sri Lanka Signal Corps innovated the software solution, named "E-Memo System" with the blessings of the Army Commander Lt. Ge