New Delhi, June 1 -- The government is taking steps to shorten the weapon procurement cycle to accelerate the modernisation of the armed forces, defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said, adding that the timelines have already been cut by more than a year. Speaking at a defence conclave on Friday, Singh said that move will save "about 69 weeks" and the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020, the document that spells out the procurement process, is being revisited to reflect current realities. "The defence ministry has already, in the year of reforms, slashed the timelines for some of the processes in the procurement cycle." P6...