As part of its strategy to expand defence business, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has signed a contract with South Korea’s Hanwha Techwin (HTW) for execution of the 155mm/52 Cal tracked self-propelled (SP) gun program for the Indian Army.
L&T was declared as the sole qualified bidder, post User Evaluation Trials, based on the performance of the K9 Vajra-T, a self-propelled howitzer appropriately customised and fielded by L&T with HTW as the technology partner. The K9 Vajra-T gun is an enhanced version of HTW’s K9 Thunder, to suit specific requirements of the Indian Army including desert operations.
“HTW’s K9 Thunder is one of