Upgrading India's artillery: Private firms eye greater share in ultralight gun manufacture

By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 18th May 15 India’s increasingly capable private defence firms are pushing for more “Make in India” than BAE Systems Inc (BAE) has proposed in the forthcoming contract for 145 M777 ultra-light guns for the army. The defence ministry last week cleared the purchase of these 155-millimetre, 39-calibre howitzers from the US Department of Defence (

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