India: Howitzer Buyback on Track

12:00 AM, December 17, 2011
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India is going ahead with the purchase of M777 Ultra Light Howitzers from the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems, Defence Ministry officials said, refuting media reports here that that the project has run into "rough weather." One ministry official said the $650 million, 145-gun deal is on track and will proceed quickly. In a press statement, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said user trials of the gun have been completed, with maintainability testing and an evaluation by the Director General of Quality Assurance still to come. Antony told the Indian parliament on Dec. 12 that India is looking at buying the guns through the U.S. government's Foreign Military Sales program. The procurement was stalled after a report on the trials was released, but the program is back on track now, Antony said.

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