T-90MS is a modernised version of the T-90 main battle tank (MBT) built by Uralvagonzavod. The modernised tank is being proposed for the Russian Army and potential export customers.The tank was first demonstrated during the Russian Expo Arms in Nizhny Tagil in September 2011. The capabilities of the MBT were also exhibited at DEFEXPO 2012 in New Delhi, India, as well as IDEX 2013 in Abu-Dhabi, UAE.India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract worth $2.8bn with the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for the licence-production of 464 additional T-90MS MBTs domestically for the Indian army. The contract was awarded in November 2019 after the purchase was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in April that year.