L&T & Hanwha Defense To Jointly Produce K21-105 Tanks For Indian Army

India’ Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has said it’s ready to supply light-weight tanks with S. Korea’s Hanwha Defence for the Indian Army.

Associate degree L&T representative told Janes on 7 Feb that the corporate plans to partner with Hanwha Defence on producing light tanks for the Indian Army. the 2 corporations have already partnered to produce the K-9 Vajra-T self-propelled mortar (SPH), a variant of the K-9 Thunder SPH, for the Indian Army

However, the spokesperson further said that the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has solely discharged the request for info (RFI) for the light tanks and not the tender. The joint production of sunshine tanks is unsure at this stage since the tender’ categorisation can decide what direction the program will take, the interpreter added. This categorisation will verify whether or not and to what degree so much off|a distant|an overseas|a remote} merchant are concerned in producing the sunshine tanks.

“Given this situation, i feel it’s far too early for any world player to supply their product to India,” same the L&T spokesperson.

A spokesperson from Hanwha Defence told Janes on thirteen January that the South Korean company is willing to jointly manufacture the K21-105 light-weight tank with L&T for the Indian Army. This arrangement would be the same as the programme to create the K-9 Vajra-T SPH.

“Hanwha Defence can talk to its Indian partner the extent of technology pro re nata underneath the create in India policy,” the Hanwha Defence interpreter told Janes.