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Jindal Stainless Hisar & DRDO join hands for developing armour material

JSHL becomes India's first firm to commercially manufacture high nitrogen steel for defence sector

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Dr Subhash Bhamre (centre) with JSHL & DRDO officials

Last Updated : Mar 02 2017 | 12:33 PM IST

Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd (JSHL), an integrated stainless steel producer, has forayed into the defence sector by signing a license agreement with Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) which entails transfer of technology for manufacturing high nitrogen steel (HNS) for armour applications.

With this, Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd has become the India’s first company to commercially manufacture high nitrogen steel for the defence sector. The use of HNS will replace the existing import of rolled homogenous armour (RHA), thereby resulting in improved cost efficiency in material acquisition for armour applications by 50 percent.

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