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DAC approved procurement of 155 mm Advance Towed Artillery Gun System for Indian Army
DAC approved procurement of 155 mm Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems for Indian Army: Details, Features, Aim, Highlights
Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Nirmala Sitharaman has approved procurement of 150 indigenously designed and developed 155 mm Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems for Indian Army at an approximate cost of Rs 3,364.78 crores.
This procurement of 155 mm Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems for Indian Army will further quest for modernisation of Armed forces.
The 155 mm Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems have been indigenously designed & developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). They will be manufactured by production agencies as nominated by DRDO. They are likely to the mainstay of Artillery in near future.
Procurement of indigenous artillery gun systems will provide major fillip to ‘Make in India’ programme of Government. It will also help to create self-reliance in India's defence manufacturing sector. It also has the potential of making defense industry as a major engine of India’s economic growth.
About DAC: DAC is Union Defence Ministry’s highest decision-making body on the capital procurement of Indian Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force).
