By R Anil Kumar
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Bharat Electronics Limited Signs Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Indigenous Ammunition Production with Russian company, Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned defence export entity
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The agreement aims to license the production and supply of various types of ammunition, including 30 mm ammunition (HEI & HET), 40 mm ammunition (VOG-25), and 30 mm grenade ammunition (VOG-30 D), aligning with the Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiatives to enhance self-reliance and domestic production
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This collaboration leverages the complementary strengths and capabilities of BEL, a renowned electronics and defence systems manufacturer, and Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned defence export entity. MSK Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is expected to play a crucial role in facilitating this partnership
New Delhi, July 25. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a leading Indian defence public sector undertaking (PSU), signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Rosoboronexport and MSK Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to bolster India’s indigenous ammunition manufacturing capabilities.
The agreement aims to license the production and supply of various types of ammunition, including 30 mm ammunition (HEI & HET), 40 mm ammunition (VOG-25), and 30 mm grenade ammunition (VOG-30 D), aligning with the Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiatives to enhance self-reliance and domestic production.
This collaboration leverages the complementary strengths and capabilities of BEL, a renowned electronics and defence systems manufacturer, and Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned defence export entity. MSK Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is expected to play a crucial role in facilitating this partnership.
By indigenizing the production of these critical munitions, the Indian Armed Forces aim to reduce their dependence on foreign imports and enhance their operational readiness. This move is expected to strengthen India’s defence industrial base and contribute to its overall self-reliance in critical defence sectors.
The MoU was signed by K V Suresh Kumar, Director (Marketing) of BEL, and Viacheslav V Kozlov, Deputy Director General of Rosoboronexport, in the presence of Anuj Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of MSK Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd., and other senior officials from BEL.
The licensed production of ammunition is expected to provide a boost to the Indian economy, create employment opportunities, along with enhancing the country’s defence capabilities and operational readiness and also reduce dependence on foreign ammunition imports.
Rosoboronexport
In its activities, Rosoboronexport supports implementation of large-scale projects aimed at the improvement of defence capacity of partner countries, and at comprehensive consolidation and innovative development of enterprises and entities of Russia’s MIC.
Rosoboronexport’s operations are overseen by the President of the Russian Federation, Government of the Russian Federation, Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation, Rostec State Corporation, and are carried out in full compliance with rules of international law and provisions of the UN Charter, international commitments in the field of arms export control assumed by the Russian Federation. Only official national defence and law-enforcement agencies of partner countries can be end consumers of the military goods supplied by the Company.
