India’s Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane tells Defence.Capital editor N. C. Bipindra in this exclusive interview that in the coming years, the force will buy locally made small arms and ammunition and will shun dependence on foreign sourcing for personal weapons of soldiers. Ques. India […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India signing a deal for 93,895 Close Quarter Battle carbines will be a key milestone for United Arab Emirates‘ CARACAL to invest 49 per cent in a Joint Venture with a domestic manufacturer with full technology transfer, the company’s top executive has […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: In a bid to boost training of its infantry soldiers, the Indian Army is scouting for an Indian vendor to supply 66 all-weapon simulators that can help hone the skills in firing all standard weapons including pistols, carbines, rifles, light machine gun […]
New Delhi: India‘s army is scouting for Indian vendors to meet its needs for nine different types of ammunition, all of them over a 10-year period. The requirement include ammunition for bullets to artillery weapons. The Master General of Ordnance of the Indian Army has issued the Requests […]
Snapshot By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India has been forced to reduce its requirement to just 1,800 sniper rifles and 2.7-million ammunition — less than a third of its army’s total need — driven by budgetary pressures and the need to fast-track the purchase for counter-insurgency troopers […]
