OFB exports its newly developed 52-calibre barrels to BoforsThe OFB chairman said that it has exported two 52-calibre barrels to Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors AB, from which it had imported 155 mm...
India to finally induct desi Bofors next week to upgrade long-range, high-volume firepowerThe electronically upgraded Dhanush howitzer has been upgraded to 45-calibre to increase its maximum strike range to 27-36 km from the earl...
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar: Bofors artillery guns are goodManohar Parrikar today described the Bofors guns as "good" but refused to comment on the President's alleged remarks on the original scanda...
United Arab Emirate guns to fire with Made in India shellsThe ordnance factories' exports will multiply 10 times once the Rs 235 crore order is finalized. "At present, exports are within Rs 20-25 c...
Gun Carriage Factory hands over three 'Dhanush' guns to armyThe trials saw some 2,000 rounds being successfully fired from the gun in different climatic conditions like in snowy, desert and hostile a...
Six prototypes of artillery gun 'Dhanush' have been produced till date: Rao Inderjit SinghDhanush is currently undergoing confirmatory trials and evaluation. Bulk production of the gun shall commence after successful completion o...
Make in India: Dhanush outguns original Swedish BoforsThe desi howitzer, christened Dhanush, can outgun the original Swedish Bofors 155mm artillery gun in range, accuracy, reliability, shoot-an...
Have enough evidence to file petition, says CBI on Bofors caseCBI's submission came even as Attorney General K K Venugopal had advised the government that the investigating agency should not file a SLP...
As Defence Minister, went slow on Bofors case: Mulayam Singh Yadav"When it comes to Bofors, people talk ill of Rajiv Gandhi. But when I, as defence minister, saw Bofors working, I felt that he had done som...
Desi Bofors howitzer to be tested again, Army keeps fingers crossedThe Army has not inducted a single modern 155mm gun for the last three decades since the infamous Bofors scandal.
Desi Bofors to plug gap in Army’s long-range firepowerTwo prototypes of the 155mm\45-calibre guns have been developed, one with 68% indigenous parts and the other with 46%, and have been "satis...
- Ordnance factory introduces indigenous version of 155mm gun
Indian armed forces will use in 3 months an indigenous version of the 155mm calibre Bofors guns "which are more advanced than Bofors".
- CAG pulls up Army, MoD for delay in buying artillery guns
The CAG, in its latest report on defence acquisitions tabled in Parliament, has criticized the Army, defence ministry for delay in procurin...
- Bofors reloaded: Defence ministry stung again
Allegations of kickbacks paid to middlemen in purchase of Bofors artillery guns led to one of the worst electoral defeats for Congress part...
- BAE pulls out of tender to sell upgraded Bofors guns to Army
BAE Systems today pulled out of Defence Ministry's tender for purchase of 400 towed artillery guns--an upgraded version of Bofors guns--for...
- Quattrocchi, Jain got kickbacks in Bofors: ex-CBI officer
An ex-CBI officer who supervised the case claimed that alleged Hawala dealer S K Jain told the probe agency he and Ottavio Quattrocchi rece...
- High level corruption in Bofors gun deal: CPI-M
Asking the government to pursue the Bofors gun deal pay-offs case, the CPI(M) today said the way it has been handled so far was "a continui...