The Ministry of Defence has signed contracts worth approximately ₹975 crore for the procurement of TRAWL Assembly for T-72 and T-90 tanks.
The contracts have been awarded to Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) and Electro Pneumatics and Hydraulics (India) Private Limited, and were inked in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday, 21 April, MoD said in a statement.
The TRAWL assembly, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is a critical system designed to enhance the Indian Army’s capability to breach minefields.
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The system enables the creation of vehicle-safe lanes through minefields containing anti-tank mines, including those equipped with proximity magnetic fuses, thereby improving operational mobility and battlefield effectiveness.
The procurement will be under the ‘Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)’ route, aligning with the government’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative aimed at strengthening domestic defence manufacturing.
The Ministry of Defence said the project is expected to generate direct and indirect employment, particularly by encouraging participation of the MSME sector in component manufacturing and supply chains.
