Recently the Government of India cleared the proposal for the production of 18 indigenous ‘Dhanush’ artillery guns to be produced in India by
Indian Army
US Army
Indian Ordnance Factory Board
Indian and US Army jointly
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CDS-2 – 2016
– It is the first domestically produced artillery gun of this calibre.
– It was developed by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) after receiving technology transfer from Bofors (now BAE Systems) during the acquisition of FH77B howitzers in the 1980s.
– The production is handled by the concerned Ordnance Factories under the OFB (now part of the corporatized entity Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited – AWEIL).