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Why India's defence-industrial ecosystem remains in the State's hands
The country has one of the largest defence-industrial bases in the developing world: 16 DPSUs, over 430 licensed companies, about 16,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises, and 46 DRDO labs
Bhaswar Kumar
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Dozens of wheeled self-propelled artillery systems stood ready for export at Bharat Forge's Pune factory last year. While they weren't on the Indian Army's shopping list, another was: The 155-millimetre 52-calibre Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) with Bharat Forge subsidiary Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd (KSSL) and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL). The first shot was fired in 2016. Yet the gun had no domestic order by summer 2024, despite extensive trials and an initial government nod for 307 guns in March 2023.
KSSL's leadership was still confident the ATAGS' journey
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