India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revived its five-year old USD12 billion indigenous Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme.
The 20-22 ton FICV was envisaged in 2009 as India's first indigenously designed platform, with the MoD looking to procure 2,610 platforms to replace the Indian Army's obsolete fleet of Soviet-era BMP-1s and BMP-2s.
The FICV project was abandoned in 2012 after Russia offered India its BMP-3 ICV, but in December 2013 this proposal was rejected in favour of indigenous development.
The MoD is expected to finance 80% of the cost of two FICV prototypes, of which one will be selected for production following 18-24 months of field trials.
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