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Railways awards axle tender to Chinese company in anticipation of higher local demand“India does not have enough capacity to make wheels. Axle manufacturing, on the other hand, is something India is fairly comfortable with,”...- Indian defence forces considering 'Made in India' carbine for meeting urgent requirements"The carbine produced by the Ordnance Factory Board at its facility in Ishapore in West Bengal has been offered to the armed forces who are...
- 8 approved labs now testing prototype samples of PPE Coveralls: GovtThese are South India Textiles Research Association (SITRA) in Coimbatore, DRDO-INMAS in New Delhi, Heavy Vehicle Factory in Chennai, Small...
- OFB planning to set up PPE testing facilities in Bengal, MaharashtraThe OFB, within the span of a fortnight, had conceptualised, designed and produced a machine to administer the test on PPEs and obtained ac...
- Defence PSUs, OFB join fight against COVID-19The OFB has planned for 280 isolation beds across 10 hospitals spread over six states in the country. Besides, development and production o...
- Coronavirus cases cross 600, 1st death in TN; more beds earmarked in civil, military hospitals for COVID-19 patientsA 2,200-bed state-run hospital in Kolkata has stopped admitting new patients who are suffering from other diseases and was discharging pati...
- OFB designates 285 beds for coronavirus casesThe ministry said in a statement that 40 beds have been earmarked in hospitals at Vehicle Factory at Jabalpur, thirty beds each at Metal an...
- India signs contract with US firm for 72,400 assault riflesThe rifles, being used by US forces as well as several other European countries, are being bought under the fast-track procurement procedur...
- Defence Ministry approves procurement of 73,000 assault rifles from USDefence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approved procurement of the Sig Sauer rifles which will be used by troops deployed along the nearly 3,6...
- MHA frames SoP for disposing of old, obsolete armsThe move comes at a time when the NIA is investigating a gun-running racket, which has exposed flaws in logging and storing procedure for d...
- A first: Defence ministry moots public-private partnerships for four arms unitsThe four units identified for the PPP model are Small Arms Factory in Kanpur, Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli, Rifle Factory Ishapore in B...
- India's lightest & cheapest revolver 'Nidar' meant for office goersAny citizen with a valid arms licence can buy the .22 calibre revolver, which is priced at less than one-third of the .32 calibre Nirbheek,...
- Indian Army rejects Made in India rifles for 2nd year in a row after they failed miserably during trialsOfficial sources said there were "excessive number of faults" in the guns and "complete redesigning of the magazine" was needed to consider...
- Army finalises mega Rs 40,000 crore procurement plan to replace ageing weaponsThe broad process to acquire around 7 lakh rifles, 44,000 light machine guns (LMGs) and nearly 44,600 carbines for Indian Army has been fin...
- Arms smuggled out of Ordinance factory reached Maoists and other banned outfits in India, Nepal: PoliceSeven revolvers, a carbine and ten rounds of ammunition were recovered from their possession.
- OFB looks at replacing ageing INSAS rifles; to get 1.86 lakh 7.62-mm automatic riflesThe Army has sought approximately 8 lakh 7.62x51 mm assault rifles, out of which 72,000 rifles will be immediately purchased through global...
- CBI reveals name of whistleblower in rifle factory probeThe CBI's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) office in Kolkata, which registered an FIR on October 17, has named the person in an annexure and id...
- Ishapore factory develops Indian variant of AK-47Rifle Factory, Ishapore, one of the oldest ordnance factories in the country, has successfully designed an assault rifle on the lines of th...
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