Defence Minister hands over multi-fuel war tank engines to Army

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman handed over two categories of indigenised multi-fuel engines for powering main battle tanks to the Vice Chief of Army Staff on Saturday.

The engines were developed at the Engine Factory Avadi, Chennai, a unit of Ordnance Factory Board under the Department of Defence Production.

The engines have been fully indigenised for the first time under the Make-in-India Programme.

Speaking on the occasion, the Defence Minister said that the country aims to produce all its defence hardware indigenously.

She congratulated the EFA staff for achieving indigenization in both design and manufacture of these engines.