The light tank being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will be ready for testing by mid-2023, L&T’s J D Patil has said in an interview.
The light tank is being developed under the ‘Make-I’ or ‘Government Funded’ category of the Defence Procurement Procedure.
Projects under the ‘Make-I’ category receive “government funding of 90%, released in a phased manner and based on the progress of the scheme, as per terms agreed between MoD [Ministry of Defence] and the vendor.”