Tag: light weight howitzer

BAE Systems looks at Make in India for global supply chain
The company's 1st Suppliers Summit evaluated around 70 Indian companies

by Saurabh Joshi • April 18, 2018

Chief Procurement Officer Paul Smith told StratPost that identifying suppliers for offsets for the Indian M777 artillery order is only a small part of their USD 12 billion global supply chain requirement.

by Saurabh Joshi • October 17, 2013

The 37 percent escalation by a margin of roughly INR 1,200 crore for the US government offer to India for 145 M-777 light weight howitzers comes into effect on Tuesday, along with the imminent closure of the assembly line for the artillery.

by Saurabh Joshi • August 10, 2013

In purely dollar terms, the new price represents a 37 percent hike in the cost of the offer to India, but would effectively be even higher given the fall in the value of the rupee against the dollar since 2010.