New Delhi, April 21 -- In a significant boost to India's defence preparedness and indigenous manufacturing capabilities, the Defence Ministry has awarded a contract to BEML Limited for the supply of trawl assemblies for deployment on the Indian Army's T-72 and T-90 tanks.

The contract agreement was formally signed and exchanged between senior officials of the Ministry of Defence and BEML Limited in New Delhi.

According to the press release, this development marks a significant milestone in strengthening the nation's combat engineering capabilities, with the advanced mine trawls being indigenously designed and developed in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), specifically its R&D Engineers unit in ...