DefenceTalkIndia will shortly take delivery of two M-777 ultra-light howitzers, manufacturer BAE Systems said on Thursday, the country’s first such acquisition in over three decades after a major corruption scandal in the 1980s. The equipment is a part of a US$750 million deal New Delhi signed with the US last year to buy 145 howitzers […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-army-to-get-first-howitzers-in-three-decades-69991/

DefenceTalkIndia may finally exorcise its Bofors ghost of 30 years. After several years of hard-nosed negotiations, which also saw the proposed deal being stalled for a couple of years, the US government on Monday finally submitted an over $700 million offer for India to acquire 145 M-777 ultra-light howitzers. Sources said the Pentagon’s “letter of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-acquire-m-777-howitzers-us-submits-loa-66753/

DefenceTalkThe defence ministry on Wednesday night cleared several major long-pending stalled projects worth over Rs 25,000 crore ($3.91 billion), including the Rs 11,929 crore ($1.86 billion) one for 56 medium transport aircraft by the Tata-Airbus consortium, Rs 2,900 crore ($453 million) for 145 American M-777 ultralight howizers and Rs 3,000 crore ($469 million) for around […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-acquire-airbus-c-295s-m-777-guns-helicopters-64211/