NEW DELHI: This is one 'Make in
India' defence project that is now finally booming. The desi howitzer, christened Dhanush, can outgun
the original Swedish Bofors 155mm artillery gun in range, accuracy,
reliability, angle of fire and shoot-and-scoot capabilities.
The Army is now getting set to induct the first battery of six Dhanush guns, which will be the first 155mm howitzers to be acquired by the force since the infamous Bofors scandal torpedoed all its artillery modernisation plans in the mid-1980s.
Recurring scandals in artillery procurement projects kept it derailed thereafter, with the infamous Bofors ghost looming large over attempts to plug the Army's operational gaps in long-range, high volume firepower.
Ironically enough, it's the original Bofors gun that came to the rescue of the beleaguered force. The Army-DRDO-OFB team kicked off work on the long-forgotten original designs, obtained under transfer of technology provisions in the infamous Rs 1,437 crore Bofors contract of 1986, a few years ago. It has led to the electronically upgraded Dhanush howitzer now.
The Army is now getting set to induct the first battery of six Dhanush guns, which will be the first 155mm howitzers to be acquired by the force since the infamous Bofors scandal torpedoed all its artillery modernisation plans in the mid-1980s.
Recurring scandals in artillery procurement projects kept it derailed thereafter, with the infamous Bofors ghost looming large over attempts to plug the Army's operational gaps in long-range, high volume firepower.
Ironically enough, it's the original Bofors gun that came to the rescue of the beleaguered force. The Army-DRDO-OFB team kicked off work on the long-forgotten original designs, obtained under transfer of technology provisions in the infamous Rs 1,437 crore Bofors contract of 1986, a few years ago. It has led to the electronically upgraded Dhanush howitzer now.
NEW
DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private
industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger
with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to
the plan.
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstNEW DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to the plan.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstNEW DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to the plan.
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstNEW DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to the plan.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstNEW DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to the plan.
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstNEW DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to the plan.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstNEW DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to the plan.
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstNEW DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to the plan.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstNEW DELHI: The mega Rs 12,000 crore pilot project for the Indian private industry to manufacture military transport aircraft is set to get bigger with the Coast Guard adding its requirement for new patrol aircraft to the plan.
ET has learnt that the Avro replacement programme, for which the Tata-Airbus combine is the frontrunner, will be expanded to add the Rs 5,500-crore Coast Guard requirement for a Multi Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMMA).
Sources said that the Coast Guard ..
Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47076907.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
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