'Make in India' in Defence: Rajnath Singh takes stock of artillery guns, at AWEIL Kanpur Factory

Nov 02, 2024

Kanpur (UP), Nov 02 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the Field Gun Factory, Kanpur, a unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL), in Uttar Pradesh on November 02.AWEIL specialises in manufacturing Barrel and Breach assemblies of various Artillery Guns and Tanks including Tank T-90 and Dhanush Gun. During the visit, Rajnath Singh inspected key facilities, including the Heat Treatment and the New Assembly Shop of the factory.He was accompanied by Secretary (Defence Production) Sanjeev Kumar and DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat. During the presentations, the CMDs of the new DPSUs apprised Defence Minister about the product profile, major ongoing projects, R&D efforts and modernisation activities being undertaken in their pursuit to meet the requirement of the Services. AWEIL specialises in manufacturing Small, Medium and large caliber Gun systems. The main products of TCL are Combat Uniforms, Ballistic Protective Gears, Extreme Cold Clothing and Tentages for high altitude. Whereas, GIL has the largest and oldest production unit of parachutes in India.