US Proposal for Stryker Co-Production in India

[RonitBisht]

• US team visits India to finalize requirements for the Stryker Armoured Combat Vehicle.
• Concerns about the Stryker's current form, including its smaller engine, hinder its suitability for high-altitude operations.
• Indian private and public sectors claim they can offer a comparable solution at a lower cost.
• Three local companies propose DRDO’s WhAP platform, while DRDO is developing the New Advanced Armoured Platform (AAP-Wheeled).
• Competition for the Stryker deal could drive down costs and encourage technology transfer.
• US remains committed to the project, with General Manoj Pande's upcoming visit to the US.
• Indian Army will decide whether to proceed with the Stryker co-production, opt for a local alternative, or pursue a different path.

 

[Mithu Roy]

Buy a few and use it like predator drones.if you see merit ask drdo to copy and paste taking a private production partner

 

[bonito]

This needs to brought under import ban list. Enough of imports. Too much US imports. $47 billion of trade imbalance with US YoY. High time to change the tide

 

[NSR]

No foreign maals in APCs or AFVs at all.
Even best western APCs, AFVs, and Tanks are getting blown up in Ukraine war.

India and its public and private companies can surely put up some kinds of these vehicles and keep improving them forever and save India money.

TATA and Kalyani already delivered some of APCs and AFVs.
Order them in bunches and upgrade them in block formats.

 

[Swanand Kulkarni]

Why ?? We don't need this .

 

[Basu]

I think US looking for cheaper manufacturing hub in India for such no strategic assets for them.Genuienly speaking,I don't think India is really gonna produce this machine for our Army because we do have comparable alternatives.

 

[Anant]

This needs to brought under import ban list. Enough of imports. Too much US imports. $47 billion of trade imbalance with US YoY. High time to change the tide

Um, while we could always do with fewer imports, you do realise we have a 45.7 billion dollar trade surplus with the Americans, right? That figure is as of 2022, and only grew in 2023.

 

[k2b2]

kadapi nahi..

 

[Satya Dev]

Tata WhAP costs Rs 23 Crores against Stryker's Rs 45 crores, which may go further up if you want to qualify it under ATMANIRBHAR by assembling CKD kits in LT's screw driver plant in Gujarat.

 

[Ramsses CDXX]

#PadharoMhareDes -
✤Stryker wheeled AFV does look more well-equipped & well-armed than WhAP. WHaP being an APC does look skinny. We can borrow certain engineered solution like *turret, canon* from Stryker for retrofitting on WhAP to save time & gaps.

#BinaAagKeDhuaanNahinHoti
✤Something is amiss in Kestrel WhAP otherwise MoD, MEA & IA wouldn't have pursued this "lottery" with earnest in 2+2 dialogue, as evident here –

U.S. and India strike deal to co-produce Stryker armored vehicle

New Delhi becomes full member of Middle East naval coalition, expanding global role

asia.nikkei.com

India keen on joint production of Stryker armoured vehicles with US

Defence secretary Giridhar Aramane said the discussions on the armoured vehicles were taking place under the roadmap concluded in June

www.hindustantimes.com

 

[Radha Ramanan]

they will try to destroy our industry once they know we can make some thing good.

 

[Frank]

NOOOOOOOOOOO...

ONLY ATMANIRBHAR

 

[Frank]

45.7 billion dollar trade surplus with the Americans

AND 100 BILLION DEFICIT WITH CHINKIS

 

[Frank]

I think US looking for cheaper manufacturing hub in India for such no strategic assets for them.

YoU DONT KNOW IMPORT ARMY

 

[Akhil]

This needs to brought under import ban list. Enough of imports. Too much US imports. $47 billion of trade imbalance with US YoY. High time to change the tide

Indian army itself needs to be brought under import ban list.
Just recently, first trying to get Athos gun via removing competitors. Then this.
Of all our forces, IA is the most technologically backward and has most colonial hangover while receiving the biggest chunk of defense budget.

 

[Baiju Bhaskaran]

Totally rejected as it is not suitable for high altitude. We have better products than this. It has very high cost.

 

[abhinav srivastava]

Import, whatever is possible. Let desi research go to coma.

 

[Akshat]

Indian army itself needs to be brought under import ban list.
Just recently, first trying to get Athos gun via removing competitors. Then this.

Firstly DRDO has to Be brought under the ban list. In ATAGS, they intentionally made a gun that they knew will not meet the army’s needs, and then forced army to buy a lesser number of guns. They shall be prosecuted under treason laws and the entire entity shall be banned as a terrorist organization.

 

[Sandeep]

India is definitely not going to buy the Stryker platform at all. We have invested a lot of time and money in developing our own indigenous IFV/APC and making a lot of good progress. The DRDO-WHAP has already supplied some to the troops on the border and more orders will be given. The USA are trying their best to sell the Stryker to us but we have already decided to only buy indigenous products only and there is an embargo and a complete ban on importing any foreign IFV/APC which will save us a lot of money as well.

 

[Sandeep]

Import, whatever is possible. Let desi research go to coma.

India isn't going to make any expensive imports on the Stryker as there is a complete ban and embargo on importing any IFV/APC. We have already developed many indigenous products like the DRDO-WHAP and other private companies have developed their own versions.

 

[Sandeep]

Indian army itself needs to be brought under import ban list.

There is a complete ban on importing any IFV/APC and artillery guns and no matter what we already have many indigenous products that meets the requirements.

 

[Akhil]

Firstly DRDO has to Be brought under the ban list. In ATAGS, they intentionally made a gun that they knew will not meet the army’s needs, and then forced army to buy a lesser number of guns. They shall be prosecuted under treason laws and the entire entity shall be banned as a terrorist organization.

Lol bro...It's Dhanush which army wants to push out in its latest RFI.

Because they want foreign ATHOS over many Indian options, they reaffirmed their reputation of being Import army(IA).

Such is the unpreparedness of our army in this era of hybrid wars, sadly, that when our parliament was attacked they took months to mobilize. Same happened after 26/11.

Now they are not even considered for escalating in case of events such as Balakot, etc.

Soldiers are used as domestic help in houses of officers. Army vehicles are used as school buses for children of officers.

This all, though normalised in India, would be unimaginable in any modern war agile army. Stuck in 1947 era mentality while facing 21 century challenges.

They want foreign maal, but forget that sanctions are also part of warfare. And sanctions are not even something we haven't faced before. It's not even something we may not face again. In reverse, if we continue independent foreign policy and continue to develop, it's likely we will face them again.
Then we will read news again like how our cryo engines were delayed as we could not buy from Russia due to sanctions, etc.

But who can stand against this chandigarh lobby.

And I say this as a very nationalist citizen.

 

[Akhil]

There is a complete ban on importing any IFV/APC and artillery guns and no matter what we already have many indigenous products that meets the requirements.

See the recent RFI issued by army.

 

[Sandeep]

See the recent RFI issued by army.

They send a RFI to every national and international company and it just means that they are just asking for information on whether their products meet our requirements or can they create one. The tender will attract more competition if more companies join so that it reduces the price as much as possible. India has already developed many indigenous IFV so they will order from an Indian company and there is currently a complete embargo and ban on importing any armoured vehicles.

 

[Anant]

AND 100 BILLION DEFICIT WITH CHINKIS

Well, we do buy a lot or stuff from them. Still, the (slightly) bright side is that the growth of that deficit is slowing. On the other hand, our overall trade deficit is also growing. However, with increasing local manufacturing, I am hopeful that situation should start to be remedied in a decade or so.

 

[Akshat]

Lol bro...It's Dhanush which army wants to push out in its latest RFI.

Because they want foreign ATHOS over many Indian options, they reaffirmed their reputation of being Import army(IA).

Such is the unpreparedness of our army in this era of hybrid wars, sadly, that when our parliament was attacked they took months to mobilize. Same happened after 26/11.

Now they are not even considered for escalating in case of events such as Balakot, etc.

Soldiers are used as domestic help in houses of officers. Army vehicles are used as school buses for children of officers.

This all, though normalised in India, would be unimaginable in any modern war agile army. Stuck in 1947 era mentality while facing 21 century challenges.

They want foreign maal, but forget that sanctions are also part of warfare. And sanctions are not even something we haven't faced before. It's not even something we may not face again. In reverse, if we continue independent foreign policy and continue to develop, it's likely we will face them again.
Then we will read news again like how our cryo engines were delayed as we could not buy from Russia due to sanctions, etc.

But who can stand against this chandigarh lobby.

And I say this as a very nationalist citizen.

Either you are misinformed or are just spreading misinformation buddy.

Army has already moved a tender for 20 ton GCVs. These are not needed for literally any other gun but for ATAGS. So it’s confirmed that ATAGS will be procured and not Athos.

And that my friend, is the problem. Instead of punishing and jailing every single individual involved in the treasonous project called ATAGS, they are being rewarded by procuring guns at a much higher cost. DRDO should have been punished for making this gun.

Now our army has to spend extra money, and thus have to procure less guns than the original requirement. This will affect their operational capabilities. And all this was done intentionally by DRDo. DRDO intentionally sabotaged Indian army. They intentionally made a gun that doesn’t meet the requirements of the army. And MoD is now left with only 2 options- either accept that hundreds of crores went down the drain and punish DRDO or force IA to buy these guns at a much higher price and reward DRDO for this crime. Unfortunately they chose the latter.

 

[desigandu]

India will not buy stryker.

 

[Prashu Sam]

Stryker killed WHAP
Heron killed Tapas
ATHOS killed ATAGA and Dhanush
SPIKE killed MPGTAM
Black shark torpado killed Varunastra

Apart from lot of drum beats on indiginisation and local production etc etc here is the status as of 2024
K-9 Vajra -- No orders
AK-203 -- Delayed
Dhanush -- Unknown (atleast not with Army)
ATAGS -- No orders
Tejas Mk1A -- Slow track
Tejas Mk2 -- on drawing board, UNKNOWN
AMCA -- Just laugh

Prachand -- No orders
Arjun -- Delayed