India launches bid to procure guided munitions from local industry

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued an expression of interest (EoI) in support of its planned procurement, from local industry, of 1,966 rounds of 155 mm Terminally Guided Munitions (TGMs) for the Indian Army.

The EoI states that the TGMs will increase the capability of the army’s artillery systems by facilitating “precision strikes and simultaneously reducing collateral damage”. It added that the Indian Army’s artillery regiment has no TGM capability.

According to the EoI, the munitions will be procured through a procurement category known as Make-II. The category outlines the procurement of local-industry funded designs and developments and is intended to support India’s import substitution drive. Make-II was introduced in 2016 and is part of India’s current Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020.