60% of the contract, which involves 307 howitzers and 327 towing vehicles, will go to Bharat Forge, which emerged as lowest bidder, and 40% to Tata Advanced Systems.
Drones are certainly the cheapest and most effective precision-guided munition. However, their impact on the tactical battlefield is evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
It is fashionable to curse Rajiv Gandhi for Bofors and more, but the truth is that 1985-89 was the only period in our history when weapons acquisitions were proactive and futuristic.
MoD has signed contract with Russia’s Rosoboronexport for procurement of 1000 HP engines for T-72 tanks in fully formed, completely knocked down and semi knocked down conditions.
Despite repeated efforts to procure advanced ATGMs, the Army still faces shortages, impacting operational readiness of infantry and mechanised infantry battalions.
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir governor N. N. Vohra has warned that the prolonged “interface” between the Indian Army and civilian and political...
Indian troops returned fire while reinforcements were rushed to neutralise terrorists, officials said. A cordon and search operation in the area is underway.
The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
In short, the Indian Army did everything it could to procure the foreign artillery guns but ultimately had to settle for the indigenous one.
The indigenous one consistently outperformed the foreign ones in contention, but the Army was hell bent on procuring the foreign ones. This resulted in the protracted “trials” of the ATAGs.
The Indian Army remains in the stranglehold of the arms import lobby.
In short, the Indian Army did everything it could to procure the foreign artillery guns but ultimately had to settle for the indigenous one.
The indigenous one consistently outperformed the foreign ones in contention, but the Army was hell bent on procuring the foreign ones. This resulted in the protracted “trials” of the ATAGs.
The Indian Army remains in the stranglehold of the arms import lobby.