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Indian Army gets M777 howitzers 30 years after Bofors scandalThe M-777 A-2 ultra-light howitzers (ULH), having a maximum range of 30 km and manufactured by the BAE Systems, were being taken to Pokhran...- 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'.
- India inks Rs 5,000 crore deal with US for 145 M777 howitzersThe deal for 145 American ultra-light howitzers, costing about Rs 5,000 crore was recently cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CC...
- 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...
- Faulty ammunition reason behind M777 gun explosion: ProbeThe field trials of the 155 mm, 39-calibre guns manufactured by BAE systems were being carried out at Pokhran in Rajasthan with an aim to c...
- Ultra-light howitzers: Exhaustive field trials on in PokhranIndia had struck a government-to-government deal with the US last November for supply of the 145 howitzers at a cost of nearly Rs 5,000 cro...
- US committed to India's military modernisation efforts: Richard VermaThe M777 is a state-of-the-art, lightweight howitzer that will provide the Indian Army with advanced capabilities, Verma said in a statemen...
- 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 ...
- PAC may finalise Bofors report in Budget sessionThe main function of PAC is to examine an audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India after it has been placed in Parliame...
- Sweden calls off Bofors scandal probe to avoid embarrassment to Rajiv Gandhi in secret scheme: CIAThe recently declassified CIA records reveal that the US was closely following the Bofors scandal and its possible fallouts in India and Sw...
- 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.
- Defence Ministry probing irregularity charges in Rs 3,000 crore howitzer dealThe defence ministry received an anonymous letter alleging irregularity on part of a top Army officer who has since retired.
- L&T in race for Rs 2,000-cr howitzer tenderThe gun being offered by the Indian firm is learnt to have been built and developed in collaboration with South Korean Samsung Techwin.
- 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...
- CAG pulls up Army, MoD for delay in buying artillery gunsThe CAG, in its latest report on defence acquisitions tabled in Parliament, has criticized the Army, defence ministry for delay in procurin...
- Bofors payoff case: Delhi court closes case against QuattrocchiAn income tax tribunal in its order issued earlier, indicated how much money Quattrocchi and Win Chaddha were paid by Bofors as bribes.
- Army caught in controversy again over $647 million howitzerThe gun slated for induction was the M-777 ultra-light howitzers, 145 of which India was to buy from the US in a direct government-to-gover...
- Quattrocchi, Jain got kickbacks in Bofors: ex-CBI officerAn ex-CBI officer who supervised the case claimed that alleged Hawala dealer S K Jain told the probe agency he and Ottavio Quattrocchi rece...
- Rs 20k cr deals may end Army’s artillery droughtIndia is now going to float a mega global tender for acquiring 814 motorised howitzers in a fresh attempt to kickstart the Army’s long-dela...
- Only commission, no cheating chargeThe CBI and the Manmohan Singh government’s attempts to claim that Ottavio Quattrocchi faces only a conspiracy charge in the Bofors case ma...
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