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| SAAB RBS 70 in Australian Army service, 2011 (Image: Wiki Commons) |
By Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI — Saab and India's Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd. (KSSL) have proposed establishing production facilities to build an Indian air defense system.
The planned joint venture is in anticipation that the Defence Ministry may cancel the original 2010 global tender for a very short range air defense (VSHORAD) system and the Indian Army will issue a fresh tender only to domestic defense companies.
"The joint venture, which will be set up by Saab and KSSL, will handle the main part of production and delivery of these air defense systems to the Indian customer. The production in India will comprise of subsystems and systems for short-range surface-to-air missiles and VSHORAD with the aim to transfer production as well as development knowledge to India," said a Saab executive.
However, the joint venture has not yet been established, the company executive said.
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