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Amethi rifles factory starts productionThe Army is the main customer for the factory, while the Air Force and Navy too will get smaller batches. Paramilitary and police forces ar...
First batch of AK 203 assault rifles produced at Amethi, deliveries to army soonThe Indian Army is the main customer for the Amethi factory, which will produce over 6 lakh rifles in the coming years. The Rs 5124 crore d...
AK-203 rifles from Amethi by end of the year, say Russian officialsAfter facing multiple challenges like payment related issues due to western sanctions and a complicated technology transfer agreement, the ...
AK 203 deal: Initial batch of 70,000 rifles delivered to armed forces by RussiaThe armed forces have received the first batch of 70,000 rifles from Russia as part of a larger contract to manufacture the AK 203 assault ...
AK 203 order terms finalised, wait for India to make next moveThe ongoing restructuring of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is not expected to have any impact on the joint venture for the production of...
Amethi rifle factory deadlock likely to be resolved, costing panel set upThe price bid for the ₹4,300-crore project has been submitted and the committee has been given two months to reach an agreeable price for t...
Indo-Russian joint venture for Amethi rifles factory hits hurdleThe JV could not agree on a competitive offer price to the Army that would also meet requirements of indigenisation, said people aware of t...
Call on Amethi rifle project likely todayThe order to manufacture a record 670,000 Kalashnikov AK 203 rifles for the Indian Army has been discussed for more than a year but the for...
Amethi factory to get orders for 6.7 lakh Kalashnikovs soonWhile the factory in Amethi was formally inaugurated in March, orders are yet to be placed as they had to go through the acquisition proces...
Joint venture for AK 203 rifles factory at Amethi was the `fastest ever’ created with RussiaTop official says project had `firm political will’ at the top levels, orders likely to be placed soon.
How AK-203, superior to INSAS, will end forces’ hunt for a reliable rifleThough the Indian military is considered among the top 5 in the world, it has been yearning for an all-weather assault rifle for quite some...
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...
Government speeds up procurement process of 1.85 lakh rifles for armyThe Army is badly in need of the assault rifles and the contract for the guns is likely to be finalised in the next few months.
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...
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...