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NEW DELHI: Indian army will be more equipped to counter Nuclear Biological and Chemcial warfare, as the government on Friday gave approval to procure 1,500 such systems that will be placed on top of an armored vehicle.
The indigenous project will be designed and developed by the defense PSU Bharat Electronics Limited with the approved cost of Rs. 1265 crore. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar led highest acquisition body of ministry approved four proposals worth over Rs. 7000 crores in a meeting held on Friday afternoon.
Ministry also gave its approval to procure one more C-17 Globemaster heavy lift transport aircraft to enhanced Indian air force's strategic lift capability along with go- ahead for the Coast Guard's proposal to have six multi-mission maritime aircraft for Rs. 5,500 to boost martime surveillance capability.
Sources further claimed that 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.
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.
According to official sources, the proposal of the army and the IAF for the acquire 55 low-level lightweight radar was also cleared by the DAC for Rs 419 crore to give more teeth to the country's air defense capability.Moreover, 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) were also cleared by the Defence acquisition Council.
Parrikar, while reviewing the working of the ongoing projects of DRDO, could not discuss the much-delayed strategic partnership clause of the Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP), as he has to rush to Goa to attend a party event.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nat...ocurements-of-worth-rs-7000-core-1552414.html
The indigenous project will be designed and developed by the defense PSU Bharat Electronics Limited with the approved cost of Rs. 1265 crore. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar led highest acquisition body of ministry approved four proposals worth over Rs. 7000 crores in a meeting held on Friday afternoon.
Ministry also gave its approval to procure one more C-17 Globemaster heavy lift transport aircraft to enhanced Indian air force's strategic lift capability along with go- ahead for the Coast Guard's proposal to have six multi-mission maritime aircraft for Rs. 5,500 to boost martime surveillance capability.
Sources further claimed that 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.
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.
According to official sources, the proposal of the army and the IAF for the acquire 55 low-level lightweight radar was also cleared by the DAC for Rs 419 crore to give more teeth to the country's air defense capability.Moreover, 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) were also cleared by the Defence acquisition Council.
Parrikar, while reviewing the working of the ongoing projects of DRDO, could not discuss the much-delayed strategic partnership clause of the Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP), as he has to rush to Goa to attend a party event.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nat...ocurements-of-worth-rs-7000-core-1552414.html
