India expands ammunition production with Adani–Thales collaboration
NATO-standard 70mm calibre ammunition, currently in use in Ukraine, will be produced at a 500-acre facility in Kanpur. (Image: Thales Belgium)
Adani Defence & Aerospace has teamed up with Thales Belgium to manufacture and assemble NATO-standard 70mm calibre ammunition, strengthening India's self-reliance in defence production.
India’s Adani Defence & Aerospace has affiliated with Thales Belgium to manufacture components and assemble unguided and guided NATO-standard 70mm (2.75 inch) calibre ammunition currently being used in Ukraine.
The medium-calibre ammunition production for India’s attack helicopters forms part of the second phase of the expansion of a 500-acre facility in Kanpur in the northern state of Uttah Pradesh. The factory is South Asia’s largest integrated ammunition manufacturing facility.
An immediate requirement of small arms due to an increasing shortage of small arms, which was stage one of the facility’s upgrade, has seen the production and export of small ammunition
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