BAE Systems picks Mahindra as partner for artillery gun deal
The HinduThis year could well be a turnaround for the Indian Army in its long endeavour to bury the ghosts of the Bofors scandal and equip its forces with new artillery guns. The U.S.-based BAE Systems has picked the Mahindra group as a partner for the M-777 Ultra-Light Howitzer deal under which an assembly, integration and test facility is to be set up in India under the government’s Make in India initiative. “BAE Systems looks forward to working with Mahindra in the coming weeks to finalise details of this AIT facility and to negotiate the terms of its contractual arrangement,” BAE Systems said in a statement on Wednesday. BAE Systems officials had earlier said that the deal envisaged investing in 40 Indian defence suppliers across the country with an emphasis on the Defence Public Sector Undertakings and the MSME sector in addition to the AIT facility.
History of this topic
US offers Stryker armoured vehicles and M777 gun upgrade to India
Hindustan Times
To break Bofors jinx, India signs Rs 5,000 cr deal with US for 145 Howitzers
India TV News
With Another Deal Stuck, Ageing Weapons Can Cost Us Dear in a War
The Quint
India, US likely to ink pact for 145 ultra-light M777 howitzer guns
India TV News
U.S. howitzer to add to Army’s firepower
The Hindu
Make in India Push: BAE Chooses Mahindra for Howitzer Project
The Quint
Boom! India in $660 m deal for howitzers aimed at China
FirstpostDiscover Related