India Konkurs all with missile order
BDL licence-produces the Russian Konkurs-M antitank missile in large quantities for the Indian Army. (Gordon Arthur)
The Indian Army is replenishing stocks of the Russian-designed 9M113M Konkurs-M antitank guided missile (ATGM), with thousands to be produced domestically within India.
State-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) won the INR31.3 billion ($419.4 million) order for the Lonkurs missile, it announced on 2 February as it made a filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Domestic firm India Optel Limited will supply electro-optical components for these missiles.
Siddharth Mishra, BDL’s chairman and managing director, said, ‘The missile has been indigenised up to maximum extent. BDL is also offering Konkurs- M missiles for export to friendly foreign countries.’
For an indeterminate quantity
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