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The order for the acquisition is expected to be placed within 18 months. \u00a0<br\/><br\/> Last December, the ministry placed an order for two regiments\u00a0\u2014 one regiment is\u00a018\u00a0systems\u00a0\u2014 totaling a\u00a0$350 million\u00a0order for the Pinaka rocket launchers. Industry sources say India is now contemplating exporting the Pinaka.<br\/><br\/> The order will be split between the prime state-owned\u00a0contractors Bharat Earth Movers Limited and the Ordnance Factories Board, or OFB, and private sector defense companies Larsen &#038; Toubro and Tata Power SED.\u00a0Under the contract, BEML will supply the vehicles for the rocket launchers; L&#038;T and Tata Power SED will supply the launcher systems; and OFB will supply the rocket ammunition .<br\/><br\/> L&#038;T and Tata Power SED have designed and developed the Pinaka system\u00a0with the Defence Research and Development Organization, or DRDO.\u00a0The Indian Army currently operates two regiments of the Pinaka systems.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;The indigenous rocket launcher system is required to meet Army&#8217;s operational necessities and also to reduce dependence on foreign sources and replacing the Russian Grad BM-21 and Smerch rocket systems,&#8221; an Indian Army official said.\u00a0The Army needs the extended range Pinaka Mark-II at the earliest, the official added, &#8220;however, the latest order is for Pinaka Mark-I with a range of 30 kilometers even though the Indian Army had preferred Pinaka Mark-II, which has a range of up to 65 kilometers but is still under development.&#8221;<br\/><br\/>Jayant Damodar Patil, head of defense and\u00a0aerospace for\u00a0L&#038;T, said &#8220;Pinaka Mark-II is a developmental program of DRDO. 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