BAE Systems wins IAF ammunition contract

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BAE Systems wins IAF ammunition contract - IHS Jane's 360

BAE Systems wins IAF ammunition contract
The Indian Air Force (IAF) acquired 1.41 million rounds of 5.56 mm L15 NATO ammunition from BAE Systems for USD744, 400 in late June for the Israeli Tavor-21 assault rifles used by its Garud special forces.

Industry sources told IHS Jane's that BAE Systems was competing against Israel Weapon Industries, Italy's Fiocchi Munizious, Spain's Expal, and US firm BEL Trading & Consulting for the 5.56 mm ammunition tender.

Official sources said additional 5.56 mm ammunition orders are expected from the Indian Army special forces and the Indian Navy's Marine Commandos, both of which operate Tavor-21 rifles.

India's Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) produces 5.56 mm SS-109 rounds at its Jabalpur unit in central India and even exported small quantities to Israel and Thailand in 2008-09, but domestic production declined drastically soon after.


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[rockstarIN]

WTF, can't we produce it here?

 

[RKO]

even ammunition???? Holy cow!!

 

[ROCK1NG]

ammunitions -.-

but domestic production declined drastically soon after.

Well, then restart the bloody thing??wtf

 

[Tshering22]

ammunitions -.-


Well, then restart the bloody thing??wtf

There is something fishy here.

I have a feeling that Jaitley is intentionally doing this.

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Ishapore and trichanopore factories are busy building guns and ammo for insas and new ak-47 line which are the standard assault rifles of the army present over 100,000 to over half a million minimum.
Tavor is manned mostly by special forces and some select bodies of troops of army and total tavors is around 25,000.They are licensed produced by OFB under name sitara and uses modified INSAS bullet manufactured locally.
Either this is a new version of tavor (probably x-95) for special forces or there were problems with local manufacture.

 

[hkdas]

There is something fishy here.

I have a feeling that Jaitley is intentionally doing this.

this news is from 29 July 2014... jaitley don't have anything to do with this...
BAE Systems wins IAF ammunition contract - IHS Jane's 360

 

[Bang Galore]

this news is from 29 July 2014... jaitley don't have anything to do with this...
BAE Systems wins IAF ammunition contract - IHS Jane's 360

Without going after Jaitley, he was still the DM on 29 July 2014

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Ishapore and trichanopore factories are busy building guns and ammo for insas and new ak-47 line which are the standard assault rifles of the army present over 100,000 to over half a million minimum.
Tavor is manned mostly by special forces and some select bodies of troops of army and total tavors is around 25,000.They are licensed produced by OFB under name sitara and uses modified INSAS bullet manufactured locally.
Either this is a new version of tavor (probably x-95) for special forces or there were problems with local manufacture.

That never panned out.

 

[Cat Shannon]

this is very bad. we very well can make these.

 

[chairborne ranger]

The INSAS rounds are quite different from your usual 5.56 nato.