Israeli firm Star Night Technologies Limited's subsidiary, SDS, has won a tender estimated at $30 million to supply night vision equipment to the Indian Army, a media report said.
The order will be supplied over a two-year period and SDS is currently negotiating with Indian authorities on a date for the start of delivery, business daily Globes reported quoting sources.
The report follows an unpublicised visit by Army Chief General J J Singh to Israel about two weeks ago. Singh was given a demonstration of sophisticated weapons systems during his visit and also toured specialised training centres for anti-terror operations.
The Israeli defence ministry recently announced that India was its single largest importer of defence equipment worth $1.5 billion last year. This constituted about 50 per cent of Israel's defence exports and about 30 per cent of India's imports.