DefExpo22: BAE Systems to display M777, APKWS
Light, solar, PHASA-35 HALE Unmanned Aerial System also to exhibit

BAE Systems will headline its presence at DefExpo 2022 with the M777 Ultra Lightweight Howitzer (ULH) that it makes in India along with partner Mahindra.

According to a statement from the company, “Under an agreement between the U.S. and Indian governments, the 155mm M777A2 ULH systems are being assembled, integrated, and tested in India by Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd. (MDSL), as part of the Make in India programme. The capability is in service with the Regiment of Artillery and to date, BAE Systems has produced and delivered more than 100 guns to the Indian Army.”

Ravi Nirgudkar, BAE Systems’ Managing Director India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka said, “As a founding partner of defence manufacturing in India, BAE Systems is committed to supporting India in its modernisation journey.”

BAE Systems also plans to display the growing capabilities and versatility of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) — a way of converting dumb, unguided rockets into smart, guided weapons, calling it ‘a highly cost-effective solution that turns a standard unguided 2.75-inch (70 millimetre) rocket into a precision laser-guided munition’.

Besides these, the company will exhibit the LiteHUD Head-Up Display, the 40 Mk4 Air Defence Gun, the 57 Mk3 Naval Gun System, the Combat Vehicle 90 (CV-90) and BvS10 Beowulf vehicles.

And for the first time, the company will demonstrate the capabilities of the PHASA-35, ‘an ultra-light weight, solar-electric High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) platform’.