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06-26-2016, 05:00 AM
NEW DELHI: India’s defence procurement agency has cleared a proposal to buy 145 M777 Ultra Lightweight Howitzer artillery guns from BAE Systems in a deal worth an estimated $750 million, a defence ministry source said on Saturday.
Under the deal, 120 of the 145 guns will be assembled in India, said the source, who asked **t to be identified in line with defence ministry rules.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to upgrade the country’s military hardware by replenishing its range of artillery ******* after years of delays in ordering new equipment.
But Modi wants deals with foreign companies to include the setting up of factories and plants in India to boost the local industry. BAE said in February it had chosen Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group to build a plant for the assembly of Howitzer artillery guns it hopes to sell to India.
The source said the proposal would soon be communicated to the United States, where BAE manufactures the *******. Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired Defence Minister Ma**har Parrikar, took up 18 proposals including new schemes worth Rs 28,000 crore for discussion.
A**ther key project that got an Acceptance of Necessity (AON), which will **w allow the Navy to issue tenders, was the proposal to build six next generation missile vessels under 'Buy Indian' category for Rs 13,600 crore.
"DAC has approved progressing of ongoing case of procurement of 145 Ultra Light Howitzers through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route from US. DAC directed independent progressing of offset. Th delivery of these guns will be in India which will help in substantial saving of transportation cost," a senior Defence Ministry official said.
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Under the deal, 120 of the 145 guns will be assembled in India, said the source, who asked **t to be identified in line with defence ministry rules.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to upgrade the country’s military hardware by replenishing its range of artillery ******* after years of delays in ordering new equipment.
But Modi wants deals with foreign companies to include the setting up of factories and plants in India to boost the local industry. BAE said in February it had chosen Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group to build a plant for the assembly of Howitzer artillery guns it hopes to sell to India.
The source said the proposal would soon be communicated to the United States, where BAE manufactures the *******. Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired Defence Minister Ma**har Parrikar, took up 18 proposals including new schemes worth Rs 28,000 crore for discussion.
A**ther key project that got an Acceptance of Necessity (AON), which will **w allow the Navy to issue tenders, was the proposal to build six next generation missile vessels under 'Buy Indian' category for Rs 13,600 crore.
"DAC has approved progressing of ongoing case of procurement of 145 Ultra Light Howitzers through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route from US. DAC directed independent progressing of offset. Th delivery of these guns will be in India which will help in substantial saving of transportation cost," a senior Defence Ministry official said.
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