MoD seals ₹6,900 crore deal with Bharat Forge & Tata for India’s next-gen ATAGS artilleryIndia has inked defence contracts worth Rs 6,900 crore to boost its artillery capabilities. The Ministry of Defence has signed deals with B...
Cabinet Committee on Security clears Rs 7,000 crore made-in-India artillery guns dealThe Cabinet Committee on Security has approved a Rs 7,000 crore deal to procure indigenous 155 mm ATAGS artillery guns, developed by DRDO w...
Cabinet approves Rs 7,000 crore deal for Indigenous ATAGS acquisitionThe Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the acquisition of 307 Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) worth nearly Rs 7000 cro...
Bharat Forge, Tata likely to get DRDO-made towed guns dealBharat Forge has emerged as the lowest bidder in a ₹7,000 crore deal to supply the Indian Army with 307 units of the indigenously developed...
Bharat Forge emerges lowest bidder in Indian Army's tender to buy 307 ATAGS howitzersBharat Forge Limited won a contract to supply the Indian Army with 307 ATAGS howitzers. The deal is worth over Rs 6,000 crore. Bharat Forge...
Indian Army starts process to buy more powerful and lighter artillery guns for Rs 7,000 croreThe Indian Army has issued a tender for next-generation artillery guns to be designed and manufactured domestically. With an initial requir...
A Rs 7,000 crore aim: Army guns for new-age artilleryThe estimated Rs 7,000 crore acquisition of new Towed Gun Systems is seeing keen interest from the private defence manufacturing sector tha...
Army seeks to buy 310 indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun SystemDesigned by DRDO to replace the Bofors towed guns that are the current mainstay 155 mm artillery system in service, ATAGS has been extensiv...
DRDO confirms successful trials of enhanced range Pinaka rockets in Pokhran, Balasore"The user trials of the DRDO-developed Range Pinka rockets were conducted at Balasore and Pokharan over the past few weeks. In a success fo...
Home-grown howitzer gun to be used for ceremonial 21-gun salute on I-dayThe Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) has been developed under the government's 'Make in India' initiative by the Defence Researc...
Mortuary workers, street vendors to be Special Guests for 75th I-Day celebration"We are going to use indigenously designed and developed gun for the ceremonial 21 gun salute. We have been using a British one-pound cerem...
Trials commence for made-in-India artillery gunsThe project had received a setback in September last year after a barrel burst during tests at Pokharan, resulting in injuries to the perso...
Army looks to revive artillery gun plan with Israel to bridge critical gapsThe Israeli company had been shortlisted as the lowest bidder in an international competition in 2019 after undergoing extensive tests by t...
Indian Army to test indigenous artillery system with 48-km strike rangeThe 155mm/52 caliber advanced towed artillery gun system (ATAGS) is set to undergo “winter user trials” by the Army in Sikkim in January-Fe...
ATAGS howitzer best in world, no need for imported artillery guns: DRDOATAGS project director and senior DRDO scientist Shailendra V Gade said the gun system is far better than the legendary Bofors in the India...
ATAGS to be ready for user trial by early 2017: DRDOHaving successfully conducted the proof firing, India's first fully integrated Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) will be ready fo...
- DRDO in dialogue with major Indian firms to develop howitzers
DRDO is currently developing the 155 mm, 52 calibre ATAGS at the Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE).