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The government on Friday gave the go ahead to the IAF to purchase one more C17 heavy transport aircraft and also gave the nod to the Coast Guard’s proposal to acquire six multi-mission maritime aircraft for Rs 5,500 crore. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minster
Manohar Parrikar, also reviewed the working of the
DRDO besides giving the go ahead for the procurement of 1,500 indigenously designed and developed Nuclear Biological and Chemical (NBC) warfare protection system for the infantry combat vehicle for Rs 1,265 crore.
Another proposal of the army and the IAF for the procurement of 55 low level light weight radar was also cleared by the DAC for Rs 419 crore. Two “classified” proposals for the acquisition of arms and ammunition for the Special Forces and another related to the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) is also understood to have been cleared.
The aircraft likely to be shortlisted for the Coast Guard is the C295, which is already been negotiated as a replacement for the Avro transport fleet of the air force.
Asked why the IAF is purchasing just one additional C17 aircraft besides the already 10 in possession, sources said this is because that was the only lone aircraft available with Boeing. The IAF seems to have taken too long to push through the original proposal to buy three new C-17 aircraft.
The American manufacturer had already pledged four of the last five C-17s in its production line to Qatar.
As per the 2011 contract worth USD 4.7 billion, India had an option clause to purchase six additional C-17s but paucity of funds meant that the follow-on order got delayed. Talking about the NBC system, sources said the infantry combat vehicles are currently fitted with a manual system and the news ones will be automatic. Sources said the six aircraft to be purchased by the Coast Guard will be fitted with state of the art “mission suite”, designed and developed by the DRDO.
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The indigenous vehicle, developed by DRDO's five labs, will now be used in reconnaissance missions to detect nuclear radiations, and chemical or biological agents in the environment inside the country's territory, DRDO officials said here today.Based on a BMP-IIK Infantry Fighting Vehicle chassis, the vehicle would cost the Indian defence establishment a fourth of that of the imported varieties, saving the country's precious foreign exchange, the officials said without giving details.The BMP-IIK, which has a cross-country capability and adequate shield for the crew members, was fitted with nuclear, chemical, biological, meteorological and positional sensors for monitoring any contamination.The vehicle would be used for demarcating the contaminated zones with a flag-marking system and samples of soil and water collected using an in-built scooping device.Troops on the vehicle could also perform personal monitoring of the contamination using various nuclear and chemical monitors in dismount-mode.NBC hazardous zone could be predicted by personnel on board the vehicle using the software available for the purpose."The data transmitted by the vehicle after a reconnaissance mission can be used by the Command Control Centre for further planning for management of any NBC eventuality," the DRDO officials said.
The Army has placed orders for eight limited series production of the NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle, which were at present under production at the ordinance factory at Medak and Pune-based BEL factory by involving private sector industries in the project, officials said.The first of these NBC recce vehicles was handed over to Army on June 27 this year in the presence of Engineer-in-Chief Lt Gen Gautam Dutt, DRDO chief M Natrajan, DRDO chief controller D Banerjee, 12 Corps Commander Lt Gen A M Verma.In addition to these specialised vehicles, the DRDO has also developed 60 other projects specifically for NBC defence and have been introduced into the armed forces, officials said."India is now almost self-reliant for equipment and products relating to the strategic area of NBC protection," the officials added. - See more at:
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