Army has invited proposals from domestic and foreign firms for manufacturing FRCV tanks
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New Delhi: Intending to replace Soviet-origin Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), the Army has invited proposals from domestic and foreign firms for manufacturing “Future Ready Combat Vehicle” (FRCV) tanks, at a time when DRDO is already working on such a project.
The Army has issued a Request for Information (RFI) inviting responses from companies by July 31 to manufacture tanks which will replace the T-72 tanks, official sources said.
The RFI is open to both domestic and foreign firms. According to the Army, the best design will be chosen and given to nominated developing agency for production of the prototypes.
The selected prototype will be given to production agency for bulk production. The move is significant as the country’s premier defence research agency DRDO is already working on a futuristic tank — Future Main Battle Tank (FMBT). The Army has earlier been at loggerheads with the DRDO over the Arjun tank that it had developed.
Defence experts hold the view that if the Army goes in for a foreign tank, it will spoil the indigenous effort of nearly 30 years of designing and building the Arjun tank that can be used for making the next-generation tank.
( Source : agencies )
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