Reports noted that the Indian Army wants to ‘dump’ the indigenous assault rifle INSAS, developed by DRDO. A global RFP (request for proposal) has been issued by the Army for a new assault rifle, stipulating that the rifle’s weight needs to lighter than 3.5 kg. The INSAS, which weighs 4.1 kg, may find it difficult to compete in the tender, unless some modification is carried out. The Army’s reported lack of enthusiasm for INSAS is due to the fact that “it does not measure up its requirements.”1

• 1. Josy Joseph, ‘Now, army wants to dump the indigenous Insas rifle’, Daily News & Analysis, February 18, 2010 at http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_now-army-wants-to-dump-the-indigeno...