By NNN-PTI
New Delhi : In a departure from the past, Country’s major Ordnance factories have been allowed to have advanced technology tie-ups with foreign companies.
The tie-ups have been allowed by the Government to enable these factories to roll out advanced light weight weapons, heavier artillery guns and air defence guns, Defence Minister A K Antony told the Lok Sabha (Lower House) today.
He said Ordnance factories have been allowed to have tie-ups with US Company Flyer Defense for production of advanced rapid rate firing air defence artillery guns.
On similar lines, he said Ordnance factories have been allowed to enter strategic tie-ups with British Aerospace Sweden based SWS Defence under which the Ordnance factories had developed an upgraded version of the 155MM .45 calibre guns.
Antony said Ordnance factories had also linked up with Israeli and Swiss companies for development of specialised weapons systems for the armed forces.
The Minister also said that Ordnance factories had developed a vehicle mounted variant of the 105MM light weight artilley guns in partnership with Tata power.