Aero India 2023: Indiens futuristiska infanterifordon ska utrustas med Javelin ATGMs

India's FICVs will be equipped with American aerospace company Lockheed Martin's Javelin ATGMs. Javelin is a medium-range, manportable, shoulder-fired, fire-and-forget, lock-on before launch ATGM system. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)

India's Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICVs) will be equipped with American aerospace company Lockheed Martin's Javelin anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), the company told Janes på Aero India 2023-mässan, som hålls i Bangalore 13-17 februari.

Jagmohan Singh, Lockheed Martin's regional director of India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka told Janes att företagen som utvecklar FICV:er för den indiska armén utrustar fordonen med Javelin.

"Företag som Tata, Larsen och Toubro (L&T), Mahindra och ordinance factory boards, som utvecklar FICVs för den indiska armén har bett att Javelin ATGMs ska utrustas på fordonen," sa Singh.

In January, India's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, approved the procurement of FICVs for the Indian Army. The Indian Army has been trying to procure FICVs to replace its fleets of Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty (BMP)-1 and BMP-2 vehicles.