List of infantry equipment of the Indian Army

Main article: List of equipment of the Indian Army

See also: List of active Indian military aircraft § Army Aviation Corps

The below is a list of current infantry equipment of the Indian Army and its future equipment procurements.

Individual equipment

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Origin Country	Notes
Uniforms and Gears
New Battle Dress Uniform (NBDU) (2022–present)		Military camouflage Combat uniform	N/A	India	Status: In service Designed by the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), consisting of a pixelated camouflage pattern, with improved ergonomics and greater operational efficiency. [1] Was first revealed on Army Day 2022. [2]
Indian Army Snow Camouflage		Military camouflage Combat uniform	N/A	India	Status: In service [3]
PC-DPM (c.2006-2026)		Military camouflage Combat uniform	N/A	France	Status: In service/being phased out. Standard uniform since 2006 using French CCE pattern printed on BDU. Being replaced by new NIFT made uniform since 2022. [4] The uniform will remain in service till June 2026. [5]
High altitude combat uniform		Combat uniform	N/A	India	Status: In service/being phased out. to be replaced by New Indian Army Snow Camouflage. Used extensively on high altitudes such as Siachen Glacier
Boot Anti Mine Infantry (BAMI)		Combat boots	N/A	India	Status: In Service, used by forward troops Developed by DRDO [6]
Ballistic Vest and Protective Gear
Bhabha Kavach		Ballistic vest	<30,000	India	Status: In service, Unknown numbers in service. Named after Homi J. Bhabha
SMPP Vest		Ballistic Vest	1,86,138 [7]	India	Status: In service, Manufactured by SMPP Pvt. Ltd. [8] Order for 1.86 lakh bulletproof vests worth ₹ 639 crore (equivalent to ₹855 croreorUS$100 million in 2023) placed in April 2018, [7] all of which were delivered by August 2024. [9] An additional order for 27,700 units as part of a ₹300 crore (US$35 million) deal placed in July 2025. [10] The vest features dynamic load distribution and quick release system. [10]
Tata 360 Ballistic Vest		Ballistic vest	62,500 [11]	India	Status: In service, Ordered under emergency procurement [12]
Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat (ABHED)		Ballistic vest		India	Status: Developed; to be ordered. Developed by DRDO and IIT Delhi. Provides 360° protection weighing 8.2 kg to 9.5 kg. [13]
CBRN Suit		Chemical, biological, nuclear radiation suit	N/A	India	Status: In Service, protects from chemical, biological, nuclear radiation.
Bomb Blast Protection Suit		Bomb suit	N/A	India	In Service, manufactured by DRDO
Head Protective Gear
Patka (Model- 1) (Model- 2) (Model- 3)		Combat helmet	N/A	India	Status: In service (to be phased out), used extensively for counterinsurgency by the Indian Army. Variants mentioned provide different areas of protection to the head and are composed of steel and kevlar. Wighs about 2.5 kg. [14] Currently being replaced by MKU Advanced Combat Helmets and EXFIL High Cut Helmets. [15]
MKU Mukut		Combat helmet	158,000 [16]	India	Status: In service. [17] Ordered in 2017; to be delivered by 2020 at the cost of Rs 180 crore. Can withstand 9mm shot. [18] [15] [19] Includes 50,000 with integrated communication. [20]
Model 1974 Ballistic Helmet		Combat helmet	>1,000,000	India	Status: Standard issue helmet. [21] Equipped with fibre-glass body and nylon suspender. Can withstand 9mm carbine shot. [15]
TATA Advanced Combat Helmet		Combat helmet	<60,000 [22]	India	Status: In service. 10,000 received, additional 50,000 ordered under emergency procurement in March 2016. [23] [18]
SMPP Ballistic Helmet		Combat helmet	N/A	India	Status: On order. 80,000 ordered by August 2024. [9] An additional order for 11,700 units as part of a ₹300 crore (US$35 million) deal placed in July 2025. [10]
OR-201		Combat helmet	N/A	Israel	Status: In service. Used by Para SF, Paratroopers since 2008. [19]
Exfil High Cut Ballistic Helmet		Combat helmet	N/A	United States	Status: In service. used by Para SF [24]
Galvion Viper P2		Combat helmet	N/A	United States	Status: In service. [23]

Infantry weapons

See also: List of Indian Infantry regiments

Knives and bayonets

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Notes
M9 bayonet		Bayonet	United States	Status: In Service. [25] Standard issue combat knife and bayonet of the Indian Army.
Glock knife		Combat Knife	Austria	Status: In Service. [25] Standard service issue knife of the special forces.
Naga Dao		Utility knife	India	Status: In service. Used by the Naga Regiment for various purposes
Khukri		Utility knife	Gorkha Kingdom	Status: In Service. Standard issue Utility knife of the Gorkha regiments. Khukri traditionally associated with Gurkha. [26]
Kirpan		Dagger	India	Status: In Service. Carried by the Sikh Regiment and Sikh Light Infantry as per the Sikh religious commandments. [27]

Small arms

Name	Weapon	Type	Caliber	Origin	Notes
Handguns
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A		Semi-automatic pistol	9×19mm	India   Canada	Status: In service. Standard side-arm of the Indian Army, manufactured under license from John Inglis and Company by Ordnance Factory Board, used by special forces in small numbers. [28]
Glock				Austria	Status: In service. Standard special forces pistol. [28]
Beretta Px4 Storm				Italy	Status: In service, with special forces. [29]
Nonlinear line of sight weapons
ShootEdge		CornerShot	9×19mm	India	Status: In service, can use all pistols in service as main weapon. It is equivalent to Israel's Cornershot [30] [31]
DRDO CSWS (CornerShot Weapon System)		CornerShot	9×19mm	India	Status: In service Developed by DRDO in collaboration with Zen Technologies, can use all pistols in service as main weapon. It is equivalent to Israel's Cornershot [32] [33]
Shotguns
12 Bore PAG		Pump action Shotgun	12-gauge shotgun	India	Status: In service [34]
Submachine guns
Micro-Uzi		Machine pistol	9×19mm	India   Israel	Status: In service, Micro-Uzi variant is used by Special Forces. [28]
Heckler & Koch MP5		Submachine gun		West Germany	Status: In service, used by Special Forces. [28]
Brügger & Thomet MP9				Switzerland	Status: In Service. Small number of MP9s in service. [35]
SAF Carbine 2A1				India   United Kingdom	Status: To be replaced, all the remaining SAF Carbine to be replaced by indigenously built close quarter MSMC [36]
ASMI				India	Status: In Service. 550 inducted by Para (SF) of the Army. [37] [38]
Taurus T9				India   Brazil	Status: On order, 550 units ordered. [39]
Assault rifles
1B1 INSAS		Assault rifle	5.56×45mm	India	Status: In service (Being phased out), [40] Standard assault rifle of the Indian Army. To be replaced by AK-203 and SIG 716i [41] About 200,000 rifle will be upgraded by Indian army. [42]
AK-203		Assault Rifle	7.62×39mm	India   Russia	Status: In service. In total, 48,000 guns delivered by Indo-Russia Rifles and are reported to be in service. An additional 7,000 rifles will be delivered by August 15, 2025 bringing the total to 55,000 rifles. [43] Second batch of 35,000 rifles had previously been delivered by Indo-Russia Rifles in 2024. [44] [45] 601,427 rifles to be manufactured in India. Will be the standard service rifle of Indian Army replacing INSAS [46]
SIG 716i		Battle rifle	7.62×51mm	United States	Status: In service. 66,400 units of SIG 716i in service. Additional 73,000 on order. [47] [48] [49]
IWI Tavor X95		Bullpup assault rifle	5.56×45mm	India	Status: In Service, manufactured locally by PLR systems. [50]
IMI Tavor TAR-21			5.56×45mm	India   Israel	Status: In service, Standard Special Forces assault rifle [51] [52] like Para SF, Garud and MARCOS.
M4 carbine		Assault carbine	5.56×45mm	United States	Status: In service, used by special forces. [53]
AR-M1		Assault rifle	7.62×39mm	Bulgaria	Status: In service, used by the Army. Modified locally by Israel's FAB Defense. [54]
AKM			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	Status: In service, used by the Army. Includes variants modified locally by SSS Defence India and Israel's FAB Defense. [41] [55]
MPi-KMS-72			7.62×39mm	East Germany	Status: In service. [56]
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965			7.62×39mm	Romania	Status: In service. [57]
Type 56 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	China	Status: Thousands of captured Type 56s by Indian police/military/paramilitary forces. [58]
Vz. 58			7.62×39mm	Czechoslovakia	Status: In Service. [56]
AK-103			7.62×39mm	Russia	Status: In Service Only used by the Indian Air Force and special units of the Indian Navy. Not the army. The Indian Air Force ordered 70,000 rifles, imported from Russia's Kalashnikov Concern under emergency procurement. [59] [60]
AK-105			5.45×39mm	Russia	Status: In Service.Used by the Indian Army with some units. [61]
T91 assault rifle			5.56×45mm	Taiwan	Status: In service, 400 units were bought. [41] [62]
Sniper rifles
Dragunov SVD		Designated marksman rifle, Sniper rifle	7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union	Status: In service, Standard designated marksman rifle. Modified locally by Israel's FAB Defense. [63] Around 6,000 units active. [64]
IMI Galil 7.62 Sniper			7.62×51mm	India   Israel	Status: In service used by Para SF snipers. 200 in service. [65]
Heckler & Koch PSG1		Sniper rifle	7.62×51mm	Germany	Status: In service, Standard semi-automatic sniper rifle. [66]
Mauser SP66			7.62×51mm	Germany	Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle. [67] [68]
SIG Sauer SSG 3000			7.62×51mm	Germany	Status: In service, Standard bolt-action sniper rifle. [69]
Sako TRG 42			.338 Lapua Magnum	Finland	Status: In service, used by special forces and soldiers deployed along the Line of Control (LoC). 1,152 units with 8,45,000 rounds bought in three tranches. [64] [70] [71]
Beretta Scorpio TGT			.338 Lapua Magnum	Italy	Status: In service, used in small numbers. [65]
Anti-material rifles
Barrett M82		Anti-material rifle	12.7×99mm .416 Barrett	United States	Status: In service, used by special forces [72]
Barrett M95			12.7×99mm	United States	Status: In service, used in small numbers for anti-sniping role in Northern Command. [65]
OSV-96			12.7×108mm	Russia	Status: In service [73] [74]
Denel NTW-20			14.5×114mm 20x82mm	South Africa	Status: In service (400 units) [75] [76]
Vidhwansak			12.7×108mm 14.5×114mm 20x82mm	India	Status: In service [77]
Machine guns
FN Minimi		Light machine gun	5.56×45mm	Belgium	Status: In service, used by special forces. [78]
INSAS LMG			5.56×45mm	India	Status: In service, to be phased out in favour of Negev NG7. [79]
IMI Negev NG5			5.56×45mm	India   Israel	Status: In service, Standard Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) of special forces. [80] [81]
IMI Negev NG7			7.62×51mm	India   Israel	Status: In Service, 16,479 were bought to replace all MG 2A1 in service. [82] [83]
MG 2A1 MG 5A MG 6A		Medium machine gun	7.62×51mm	India   Belgium	Status: In service. Domestically license produced by Ordnance Factory Board. Standard medium machine gun for infantry battalions as MG 2A1. Also in service as the MG 5A (Co-axial) and MG 6A (Commander's gun) with some armoured vehicles. [78]
Mk 48 machine gun			7.62×51mm	United States   Belgium	Status: In service, with special forces. [84] [72]
PK machine gun			7.62×54mmR	India   Soviet Union	Status: In Service, Used by Front line troops as well as Co-axial weapon on Tanks and APC. Locally manufactured at OFB Tiruchirapalli. [85]
Type 80 machine gun			7.62×54mmR	China	Status: In Service, Captured from various insurgents in the Kashmir valley and used by Indian troops. [86]
NSV machine gun		Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm	India   Soviet Union	Status: In Service, Used by Front line troops. Manufactured locally in Ordnance factory Tiruchirapalli [87]
M2 Browning			12.7×99mm	India   United States	Status: In service, M2HB variant in service. [88]
Possible future procurements or currently under trials
DRDO Close Quarter Battle (CQB) Carbine		Carbine	5.56×45mm NATO 5.56×45mm INSAS	India	Status: Trials completed. [89] Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL) has been selected as the L1 bidder for procurement project of over 4.25 lakh (425,000) carbines. KSSL is the production partner of the DRDO-developed CQB Carbine. A contract worth ₹ 1,700 crore (US$200 million) for 255,128 units is expected to be finalised. [90]
Adani Jeet			5.56×45mm NATO	Israel   India	Status: Trials completed. [89] Adani Defence & Aerospace has been selected as the L2 bidder for procurement project of over 4.25 lakh carbines. Jeet is a derivative of IWI Galil ACE design. A contract worth ₹1,100 crore (US$130 million) for 170,085 units is expected to be finalised. [90]
Joint Venture Protective Carbine			5.56×30mm MINSAS	India	Status: Trials completed. Ready for induction. [91]

Explosives

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Rifle Grenade		Rifle grenade	N/A	India	Status: In service. Used both with 7.62 mm SLR and 5.56 mm INSAS.
Shivalik		Hand grenade	N/A	India	Status: In service. MoD signed a ₹ 409 crore (equivalent to ₹481 croreorUS$57 million in 2023) deal with Solar Group, Nagpur to buy 1 million grenades. [92] [93] Shivalik grenade is used in hand mode offensive and hand mode defensive. Can be used in rifle mode. Types can be interchanged by changing the outer sleeve of the grenade.
ARDE 40MM UBGL		Grenade launcher (40mm)	N/A	India	Status: In service. Standard under-barrel grenade launcher for INSAS and AK-family rifles in the Indian Army. Manufactured by Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. [94]
Multi grenade launcher 40 mm		Multi grenade launcher (40mm)	N/A	India   South Africa	Status: In service. Semi automatic six shot 40mm × 46mm low velocity grenade launcher. Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli. [95]
AGS-30		Automatic grenade launcher	N/A	India   Russia	Status: In service.. [96]
AT4CS AST		Recoilless gun (84mm)	N/A	Sweden	Status: In service. Order placed in January 2022. [97] Deliveries completed by February 2025. [98]
Carl Gustav RCL M2/M3/M4		Recoilless rifle (84mm)	N/A	India Sweden	Status: In service. Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle produced by OFB. M4 variant used by special forces. [99] [100]
B-300 Shipon		Anti-tank rocket (82mm)	N/A	Israel	Status: In service. Used by special forces. [101]
RPO-A Shmel		Thermobaric rocket launcher (93mm)	N/A	Russia	Status: In service. [102] [103]
C90-CR-RB(M3)		Anti-tank rocket (90mm)	N/A	Spain	Status: In service. Used by special forces.
51 mm E1 mortar		Mortar	N/A	India	Status: In service. [104]
L16 81mm mortar		Mortar	N/A	India	Status: In service. [105]
Mines
NMM-14		Anti-personnel mine		United States	Status: In limited service. Being replaced by Nipun mine. [106]
Nipun		Anti-personnel mine	20 lots	India	Status: In service. Operated by Corps of Engineers with 700,000 on order. The mine is designated as Soft Target Munition [107] and includes a mix of RDX. It was developed by ARDE and HEMRL and is manufactured by private sector companies Economic Explosives Ltd, Nagpur and Premier Explosives Ltd, Secunderabad. [108] [106] [109]
Ulka		Anti-personnel mine	100,000[ citation needed ]	India	Status: Under development. [110] Designated as Jumping Fragmentation Munition. [107]
Parth		Anti-personnel mine	100,000[ citation needed ]	India	Status: Under development. [110] Designated as Directional Fragmentation Munition. [107]
Prachand		Anti-tank mine	100,000[ citation needed ]	India	Status: Under development. [110] Designated as Anti-Tank Munition. [107]
Vibhav		Anti-tank mine	600	India	Status: In service. [110] Designated as Anti-Tank Point Attack Munition. [107] Designed and developed indigenously by DRDO. In production by Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd. Employs a mechanism called "electronic anti-handling and anti-lift device" (EAHALD) and stays active for 120 days once deployed mechanically/manually. [111] [112]
Vishal		Anti-tank mine		India	Status: Under development. [110] Designated as Anti-Tank Bar Munition. [107]

MANPADS

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Man-portable air defence systems
FIM-92 Stinger		Man-portable air defense system	245	United States	Status: In service. 245 Stinger Air-to-Air Variant missiles for AH-64E helicopters inducted. [113]
9K38 Igla 9K338 Igla-S			2500 [114] : 87  48 launchers 316 missiles [115] [116]	Russia	Status: In service. Igla-S deployed along LAC. Additional 96 launchers, 300 missiles of Igla-S on order. [116]

Anti-tank missiles

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Man-portable anti-tank systems
9M113 Konkurs-M		Vehicle-mounted and man-portable anti-tank guided missile	25,000+	India   Russia	Status: In service. For BMP-2 (IFV), manufactured locally in India by Bharat Dynamics Limited. [117] The systems were upgraded with Tonbo Imaging's cooled, longwave Infrared (LWIR) thermal imagers known as Sarisa. [118]
MPATGM		Man-portable Anti-tank guided missile		India	Status: Final trial completed and ready for induction. [119] Will replace MILAN-2T and Konkurs with the infantry, parachute, and special forces units.
MILAN-2T			34,000	India   France   West Germany	Status: In service. Purchased from MBDA and domestically license produced by India's Bharat Dynamics Limited. [120] [121]
9M133 Kornet			3,000	India   Russia	Status: In service. Man portable and purchased with 250 launchers. [122]
Spike Spike LR-II [123]			400+	Israel	Status: In service. Army operates more than 400 Spike MR and Spike LR-II missiles while Indian Air Force procured Spike-NLOS for Mi-17 helicopters. [124] [125]
Possible future procurements or currently under trials
Amogha missile		Anti-tank guided missile	—	India	The Amogha will be configured to be used on HAL Rudra and HAL Prachand. Variants will include a land version, an air-launched version and a man-portable version. [126] [127]

Future procurement and projects

The major ongoing weapons programmes of the Indian Army are as follows:

Individual equipment

• Ballistic helmet - The MoD in 2019 has approved procurement of 1,70,000 ballistic helmets. ^[128]
• Bullet-resistant vest - The MoD in 2018 ordered approximately 186,138 bulletproof vests on 9 April 2018. These will be manufactured in India by SMPP Pvt Ltd. This is in addition to the 50,000 vests ordered in 2016 under emergency procurement. ^[129]

Infantry weapons

DRDO Close Quarter Battle (CQB) Carbine

• Carbine - On 23 September 2022, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued the Request for Information (RFI) for the procuring 5.56×45mm NATO-compatible Close Quarter Battle (CQB) Carbines for the Indian Army and the Indian Navy. On 29 November 2022, the MoD released Request for Proposal for the procurement following the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) from the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) under MoD. The requirement is for 425,213 units of carbine (418,455 for the Army and 6,758 for the Navy). The order will be split between the two of the lowest bidders, L1 (255,128 units) and L2 (170,085 units). The carbine mass must be within the range of 3-3.5 kg and must have a range of more than 200 m and a cyclic rate of firing 600 rounds/min. The procurement is under Buy 'Indian' category, that is the guns must have more than 60% indigenous content. ^{[130] [131] [132]} As of June 2024, 15 vendors are competing for the contract and summer trials of the products are underway while winter trials will be conducted later this year. ^[89] In June 2025, the DRDO-Bharat Forge's Close Quarter Battle (CQB) Carbine had emerged as the lowest bidder for the tender. The carbines will be manufactured by Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL) ^{[90] [133]} in its Khed City or Jejuri facility, both near Pune. ^[134] The gun has an effective range of 200 m (660 ft), weight of 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) and supports a 30-round magazine compatible with both NATO-standard and INSAS ammunition. ^[135] Meanwhile, Adani Defence & Aerospace became the L2 bidder and is expected to deliver its Jeet carbine, a derivative of IWI Galil ACE design, ^[90] from its Gwalior facility earlier acquired from Punj Lloyd Raksha. ^[134] The contracts will be worth ₹ 1,700 crore (US$200 million) and ₹1,100 crore (US$130 million), respectively. ^[90]
  • The first attempt to acquire a carbine was made in 2008 when both DRDO and OFB failed to meet the Indian Army's requirements. ^[136] The nwly acquired carbine would replace the to replace legacy SAF Carbine 1A1/2A1 models which had been license manufactured by OFB since 1963 and 1977, respectively. ^{[137] [138]}
  • A global tender was launched in 2011 for a requirement of 44,618 CQB carbines. Though four companies — Israel’s IWI, Italian Beretta, and American firms Colt and Sig Sauer — had responded to the tender, only IWI could qualify while rest of the participants failed at the night vision mounting system criteria. The Ministry again cancelled the tender due to single vendor situation. ^[136]
  • Another global Request for Information (RFI) was launched in 2017. The pre-tender documents issued a requirement for around 2 lakh carbines while the Ministry cleared a Fast Track Procurement (FTP) for 93,895 carbines in 2018. ^[139] An estimation of an overall requirement of 5 lakh carbines was estimated. ^[136] In September 2018, Caracal was selected as the lowest bidder against Thales Australia under the FTP. Further contract negotiations was expected for over three months while the deliveries were to be completed within a year following the signing of the contract. ^[140] However, the contract for CAR 816 was formally cancelled in September 2020 due to overpricing concerns and as the DRDO and the Indian industry wanted to take part in such a tender. ^[141]
• Light machine gun - On 25 August 2023, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the induction of new 7.62×51mm LMGs for the Indian Army. ^[142]
• Sniper Rifles - The MoD released the Request for Proposal in October 2022 to 30 vendors for 4,849 (including 4,549 for the Army, 212 for the Air Force and 88 for the Navy) new sniper rifles in the .338 Lapua Magnum rifle cartridge and for 7,841,575 rounds. These rifles will replace the older Dragunov SVD. ^[64]
• Anti-materiel rifles - 1000 new anti-material rifles are to be acquired for which the MoD has issued global RFIs.

Anti-tank weapons

• Nag anti-tank guided missile - Ground and air launched variants. On 10 October 2024, the Indian Army released an Request for Information (RFI) for the acquisition of 20,000 ATGM missiles along with 1,500 next generation ATGM launchers from Indian firms. The information received will be utilised to formulate Army's General Service Quality Requirements (GSQRs) for the ATGM procurement programme. The ATGMs will be procured under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category, and must be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured with over 60% indigenous content. It should have all-weather and all-terrain firing capability (plains, deserts, high-altitude up to 5,500 m (18,000 ft), coastal as well as island areas). The ATGM probable should be able to destroy enemy tanks, armoured personnel carriers, combat vehicles, low-flying helicopters, concrete structures and other vehicle-based weapon platforms. ^{[143] [144]}
• Top-attack anti-tank mine — A Request for Information (RFI) for 4,000 such mines were released on 5 June 2025. Top-attack mines are designed to engage armoured vehicles from above, where protection is typically weaker. They employ a combination of seismic, acoustic, and infrared sensors to detect and classify targets. Upon detection, the mine launches a submunition—such as an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) or shaped charge—in a near-vertical trajectory to penetrate the vehicle’s top armour. Some variants use explosively generated shock waves to achieve a similar effect. These mines are effective against heavily armoured platforms that are resistant to conventional underbelly mines and can be deployed in various terrains, including urban environments. The mine should also feature remote activation, deactivation, or self-destruction capabilities to reduce the risk of civilian casualties. ^[145]

Man-portable air defence missiles (MANPADs)

• Starstreak - In 2021, Thales and Bharat Dynamics Limited signed a teaming agreement to produce Starstreak HVM in India. In June 2024, they were contracted through a Request for Information (RFI) of the Indian Army to supply an undisclosed quantity of vehicle mounted and man portable systems in order to fulfil its urgent short-range air defense requirement. The deliveries are to begin from 2025 with up to 60% of the missile to be produced in India. ^[146]
• DRDO VSHORADS - The Ministry of Defence released a Request for Proposal (RfP) for the procurement of 48 launchers, 48 night vision sights, 85 missiles, and one missile test station of the infrared (IR) homing-based VSHORADS, designated VSHORADS (New Generation) or VSHORAD (NG). The missile should have flexible deployment including "Manportable configuration or Para dropped operations method, on land and ship based platforms". The system could be used by all three services for day-night terminal and point air defence. ^[147]
• Laser beam riding VSHORAD - DRDO VSHORAD is being built concurrently with another Indian VSHORAD project as a joint venture between a public sector entity based in Hyderabad (possibly Bharat Dynamics Limited) and a private sector entity based in Pune. To counter drones, helicopters, and fighter jets flying at low altitude, the latter missile will be laser beam riding VSHORAD system. An order of 200 launchers and 1200 missiles is expected for this project, which is valued at ₹ 4,800 crore (US$570 million). While Indian Army will procure 700 missiles, the Indian Air Force will procure the rest of it. ^{[148] [149] [150]}

See also

• Currently active military equipment by country
• List of regiments of the Indian Army
• Women in the Indian Armed Forces

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