Since we are talking about Bharat Forge, the interview was very good.
It's their niche and secured business with a near monopoly. Why would they give up the advantage.
Also, its a project under Make-2. Its will be designed by BF.
From Leonardo's perspective, they may decide to act preemptively by providing design consultancy and earning royalties on sales than being completely locked out of a captive market.
The bigger play could be the 127mm gun project where the Vulcano was the only contender until recently after the IN backed out of buying the US Mk45 Mod4. My hypothesis, of course.
NIBE Entered Rs.292.69 crore contract with Indian Army to supply rocket launcher equipment and ammunition; delivery within 12 months.
Not DRDO but army. Very interesting. What could this be?
Not DRDO but army. Very interesting. What could this be?
How will it reach those kind of ranges?
Lets hope not when we have pinaka.
Could be LORA?
Wiki says there are various rocket options, IA likely opting for the Extra and the 300km version, might be 122mm too but not part of this. Nibe got mou/jv with Elbit so this might be for that.
Classic Indian Army emergency procurement?
Pinaka just launched 120km. So move the goalpost and buy 300km SURYA (aka PULS)?
Say it ain't so!
^ if you believe ~ 300cr equipment contract & few follow on over the years can serve every theater across the country.
in comparison to over 83000cr procurement of pinaka so far.
in comparison to over 83000cr procurement of pinaka so far.
huh? i call BS. June 2026 FF is very fast if we go from roll out to FF. HAL doesn't have a good record in these things.
It's a joint effort by multiple Pvt/Public sector companies and MSMEs, HAL ain't building the entire aircraft all by itself.
Now if a single vendor fails to deliver a part/subsystem on time, then that affects the timelines defined for the prototype realisation.