In a major boost to the country’s defence sector, India has reportedly overtaken Russia and Poland to win a $40 million defence deal to supply four indigenously-built weapon locating radars to Armenia in Europe. The deal is being seen as a major achievement for ‘Make in India’ programme in the defence sector.
“The deal is for supplying four SWATHI weapon locating radars developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to Armenia in Europe,” news agency ANI quoted government sources as saying.
