Defexpo 2014: Saab teams for SRSAM programme
Swedish defence manufacturer Saab has teamed with Indian vehicle producer Ashok Leyland for the Indian Army’s ground-based air defence (GBAD) programme.
The arrangements, which were announced at the Defexpo 2014 show in Delhi on 5 February, will see the companies compete for the Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SRSAM) project that is worth about $1.5 billion.
Plans are to buy 36 systems in addition to more than 1,000 missiles that will equip two GBAD regiments.
Ashok Leyland will provide its Super Stallion 8x8 high mobility all-terrain vehicle that will mount Saab’s BAMSE GBAD system. All the components of the BAMSE will be
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