**INDIA & BELGIUM JOIN HANDS FOR DEFENCE MANUFACTURING
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 MAJOR DEFENCE AGREEMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA AND BELGIUM.

•FOCUS ON JOINT PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND MAKE IN INDIA.

•FN HERSTAL EXPLORING WEAPONS PRODUCTION IN INDIA.

•JOHN COCKERILL–L&T COOPERATION FOR THE ZORAWAR LIGHT TANK TURRET.

•THALES BELGIUM–KALYANI TO ASSEMBLE 70MM ROCKETS IN INDIA.

•NEW LACHAUSSÉE–TEMBO TO ESTABLISH AN AMMUNITION PRODUCTION LINE WITH 100 MILLION ROUNDS/YEAR CAPACITY.

•COOPERATION ALSO COVERS DRONES, COUNTER-DRONE SYSTEMS, SENSORS AND NAVAL MINE-COUNTERMEASURE VESSELS.

•DEALS AIM TO STRENGTHEN INDIA-BELGIUM DEFENCE MANUFACTURING AND STRATEGIC COOPERATION.