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Israel's sales pitch to India: Our artillery gun to support 'Make in India'

Business Standard has reviewed the letter, which was signed last Tuesday by Brigadier General Yair Kulas, director of Sibat - the Israeli defence ministry agency in charge of defence exports

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Elbit quoted €477 million for 400 fully-built ATHOS guns, while Nexter quoted €776 million, say Indian MoD sources

Ajai Shukla New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Dec 29 2020 | 1:09 AM IST

Highlighting how important Tel Aviv regards an Indian order for 1,580 artillery guns, worth about Rs 20,000 crore, Israel’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has written to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, pushing the award of a contract to Elbit Systems – the Israeli firm that bid lowest in an Indian global tender for towed guns.

Business Standard has reviewed the letter, which was signed last Tuesday by Brigadier General Yair Kulas, director of Sibat – the Israeli defence ministry agency in charge of defence exports. It expresses concern that no contract has been signed, even though Elbit Systems was declared the

Topics : artillery gun system Artillery guns deal Ministry of Defence Modi govt Defence Procurement Indian Army

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