The ministry added, “ATAGS, renowned for its exceptional lethality, will play a crucial role in bolstering the Army’s firepower by enabling precise and long-range strikes.”With this, a total of contracts worth Rs 1.4 lakh crore have been signed by the MoD for capital procurement so far in the current financial year (2024-25).During the signing of the contract, the project director of ATAGS from the DRDO’s Pune-based facility, Armament Research and Development Establishment, was felicitated by the Defence Secretary as an honour for the role he played in the realisation of the project.According to the MoD, as it is the first major procurement of towed guns from the private sector by the Indian Army, “the project will provide a boost to the Indian gun manufacturing industry in particular and the indigenous defence manufacturing ecosystem as a whole.”The MoD also noted the contribution of the project to economic growth in consonance with the Make in India initiative.
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