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Bofors fully transferred tech to India in 80s, I even proposed made-in-India guns to Cong govt, but...: Baba Kalyani's explosive revealBharat Forge Chairman Baba Kalyani revealed India's failure to utilize the Bofors technology transfer from the 1980s, lamenting the exclusi...
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...
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 plans to deploy M777s near LAC in Arunachal PradeshChina has expressed concerns over India’s biggest mountain combat exercise in state.
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...
Shot in the arm for Indian Army soon with delivery of Dhanush 155mm artillery gunThe Indian Army is set to soon be handed over the indigenously-developed howitzer 'Dhanush', also known as 'desi bofors'.
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...
In final stages of ordering 155/52 self-propelled gun: ParrikarThe 155mm/45-calibre Dhanush howitzer has been tested and field trials have been completed, he said at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit he...
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...
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...
Defence Ministry nod to buy 145 ultra light howitzers worth Rs 5,000 crore from USDefence Acquisition Council, chaired by Manohar Parrikar, took up 18 proposals including new schemes worth Rs 28,000 crore.
Dhanush artillery gun clears final test, ready for induction: OfficialBetween June 2-6, fifty rounds of shells each were fired from six Dhanush guns, Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) Senior General Manager SK Singh ...
Two convicted for cheating in Bofors offshoot caseIn a recent order, Bidwai said it was a case of cheating to cause "damage or harm" to the reputation of the Indian government in the intern...
GCF ropes in BEL to upgrade L/70 anti-aircraft guns used by Indian defence forcesThere is a plan to upgrade 200-odd L/70 guns, Sinha said adding that their hydraulic system is being changed to electric drive.
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.
BJP demands thorough probe into scrapped AgustaWestland dealBJP demanded a thorough probe into scrapped AgustaWestland chopper deal to find out money trail & beneficiaries including those named as "f...
- 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".
- Lindstrom revives Bofors storm, BJP flays Rajiv Gandhi
Disclosure of former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom that he was the 'Swedish Deep Throat,' and related revelations, has revived the Bo...
- Bofors corruption case closed
After 21 years of investigations, a Delhi Court has allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation to close the infamous Bofors corruption cas...