Indo-Russian joint venture delivers 35,000 AK-203 rifles to Indian ArmyIndia and Russia's joint venture, ROSOBORONEXPORT, delivered 35,000 AK-203 rifles. Produced at Korwa Ordnance Factory in Amethi, it aligns ...
05 Jul, 2024, 03.31 PM IST
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...
18 Jan, 2023, 12.21 AM IST
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...
17 Jan, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
Indo-Russian joint venture begins manufacturing of Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles: RostecThe joint venture, registered and located in India, whose founders on the Russian side are Rosoboronexport and Kalashnikov Concern (both su...
17 Jan, 2023, 09.39 PM IST
Production of AK-203 rifles to begin in India by year end: Russian officialThe Indo-Russia Rifles Private Limited was set up in 2019 to produce the Russian-origin Kalashnikov assault rifles in Korwa Ordnance Factor...
18 Oct, 2022, 08.56 AM IST
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 ...
25 Jan, 2022, 01.57 AM IST
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...
24 Jun, 2021, 07.47 AM IST
Ahead of Bodoland polls huge cache of arms, ammunition and warlike stores recoveredBTC is going to polls on April 4. Based on intelligence inputs, multiple teams of Indian Army and Assam Police conducted extensive Search O...
18 Mar, 2020, 10.33 PM IST
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...
06 Feb, 2020, 08.41 AM IST
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.
09 Jul, 2019, 05.56 PM IST
India-Russia AK-203 JV will be fully indigenised in 3 yearsThe modern AK-203 is needed for soldiers facing combat situations that cover the entire spectrum of warfare and its induction has been much...
07 Mar, 2019, 11.15 AM IST
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...
04 Mar, 2019, 04.54 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of lying on Amethi ordnance factory; Smriti Irani hits backCalling Prime Minister a 'habitual liar', Rahul Gandhi said the ordnance factory Modi inaugurated in Amethi had been producing small arms f...
04 Mar, 2019, 02.29 PM IST
'Made in Amethi' AK-203s to give security forces edge in fight against terror: PM ModiExpressing gratitude to his "friend" Russian President Vladimir Putin, Modi said the venture was made possible in such a short span of time...
03 Mar, 2019, 08.04 PM IST
Coming soon: Kalashnikovs made in AmethiSources said an inter-governmental agreement to manufacture the 7.62x39 mm caliber AK-203 guns, which are a derivative of the famous AK-47 ...
14 Feb, 2019, 01.26 PM IST
First US-made Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, shotguns up for saleKalashnikov USA announced yesterday that it is now selling AK-47 assault rifles and shotguns that have been manufactured at a US factory.
01 Jul, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
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...
08 Oct, 2014, 11.24 AM IST