Singapore, January 15: ST Kinetics, an arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering (STEG.SI), said it will begin India trials of its 155 MM Towed Howitzer guns for the army in a month.
“There are two programmes, towed guns and light guns,” Patrick Choy, chief marketing officer of ST Kinetics told reporters.
Singapore Technologies is the world’s largest aircraft repair firm.
India is upgrading its largely Soviet-era arsenal to counter potential threats from Pakistan and China with a series of acquisitions.
The Indian army needs new weapons urgently as the Bofors Howitzers were its last major acquisition, made back in 1986.
India is now seeking heavy-lift helicopters, submarines, ships and artillery for its army, valued at millions of dollars, a KPMG report said this week.
—Agencies