The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday accepted the suggestion to indigenously manufacture forty one units of Modular Bridges for the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The circulate is visible as a lift to the indigenization of defence gadget beneathneath PM Modi.
The defence ministry known as it a game-converting bridge that’s designed and advanced with the aid of using Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and will be produced with the aid of using Larsen & Toubro (L&T) as a DRDO-nominated manufacturing agency. The ministry signed the procurement settlement of Modular Bridges with L&T on Wednesday at an envisioned value of ₹2,585 crore.
“Each set of Modular Bridge shall include seven provider cars primarily based totally on 8×8 Heavy Mobility Vehicles and launcher cars primarily based totally on 10×10 Heavy Mobility Vehicles. Each set will be able to automatically launching a unmarried span absolutely decked 46-meter attack bridge. The bridge may be hired over diverse kinds of boundaries like canals & ditches with short launching and retrieval capabilities,” the defence ministry stated in a statement.
The press launch from the ministry introduced that the gadget is notably mobile, versatile, rugged, and able to retaining tempo with wheeled and tracked mechanized cars. These modular bridges will update the manually-released Medium Girder Bridges (MGB) which can be presently getting used withinside the Indian Army. The new modular bridges can have extra blessings like multiplied span, much less time for construction, and mechanical launching with retrieval functionality.
“The procurement of those bridges will supply a prime increase to the bridging functionality of the Indian Army at the Western Front. The venture will exhibit India’s development in designing and growing global elegance army gadget and pave the manner for reinforcing defence exports to pleasant countries,” the clicking launch stated.
