New Delhi: Immediately after a new battle uniform launched by a strong army of 13 lakh, a big battle has erupted who will produce them.
State-owned factory factory employees (OCF) compete, they must get a Mega contract, while the army wants an open tender with private companies also in Fray to ensure the army gets the best camouflage exchange at the lowest price.
New combat uniforms with “digital disruption patterns”, ergonomically designed in consultation with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), exhibited for the first time during the Army Day Parade on January 15.
OCF employees, especially those of the AVADI factory, accused the United States and Army supporting the private sector above public entities once more.
“For weaponry factories to survive, they need orders.
OCF has the means to design and produce combat uniforms,” ​​said an employee.
Like that, they were not happy with “corporatization” from the Mammoth Ordnance (OFB) factory body, which was divided into seven entities last year.
However, the source of defense establishment, aims to choose the best facilities available in this country to produce all-terrain combat uniforms to ensure “invisibility with prices and proper quality” for soldiers.
“Under the initiative ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, all personal and OCF players (now under Comforts forces Ltd) will be eligible to respond to open tenders and transparent procurement processes,” said Source.
The existing shares of combat uniforms will now last for about two years.
The supply command for fighter uniforms is lighter, stronger and more climate, in turn, will be placed later this year, with its inventory scheduled starting from the beginning of 2023.
“The whole process for new combat uniform induction must be stabilized in 2023.
OCF, inside Whatever, has a hands full of delayed orders in a number of areas, including general stores and clothing items, “the source said.
“Improvement of products in new combat uniforms involves changes in fabrics, camouflage patterns, and garment designs in collaboration with NIFT.
It is only after a strict trial with the feedback on the pattern, design, and cloth selected, the final prototype of the uniform is conceived,” Add it.