DefExpo 2016: Nimda offers T-72 upgrade
Israeli firm Nimda is positioning itself to offer an upgrade for the Indian Army’s ageing Ajeya main battle tanks (MBT), a domestic version of the T-72M1.
At DefExpo 2016, the company highlighted its powerpack upgrade capabilities, stating that ‘the company is in the advanced stages of signing an agreement with a local company in order to move production to India’. However, Nimda did not divulge the domestic partner’s name.
Isaac Pery, Nimda’s vice president of defence marketing, said, ‘We see India as a strategic market, and will work to promote our solutions on several levels. We will join the Indian
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