Delhi: A very good news has come for the Indian Armed Forces. The meeting of Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has been concluded under the chairmanship of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. In this meeting, defense acquisition proposals worth Rs 2.12 lakh crore for the Indian Army, Air Force and Indian Navy have been approved. The special thing about this decision is that about 82 percent of the total purchase will be obtained from Indian industries only. This decision will also promote indigenous defense manufacturing.
What is the purpose of purchase?
Let us tell you that the purpose of this huge defense acquisition worth Rs 2.12 lakh crore is to modernize India’s Army, Navy and Air Force and increase operational preparedness. Along with this, the objective of this decision is also to strengthen India’s indigenous defense industrial base. Let us tell you that earlier Rajnath Singh had addressed the Army Commanders Conference and directed the army to be prepared for future challenges.
What will the Indian Army get?
High Mobility Vehicles (HMVs): With its help, operational mobility, logistics and support will be improved in difficult/inaccessible areas.
Self-Propelled Tracked Gun System: This will provide mobility and firepower to the army troops (mechanized).
Gun Shot Response System (GSRS): It will help in improving real-time situational awareness for the army.
Light Multi-Role Helicopter (LMRH): Its procurement will help in reconnaissance, surveillance, warfare, search and rescue and disaster relief operations.
Very Short-Range Air Defense System (VSHORADS): Its procurement will help in countering next generation small air threats in the future.
Platform-Based Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS): The purpose of this procurement is to increase the life of tanks in the modern battlefield.
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) – Long Range: The purpose of this procurement is to strengthen long range unmanned aerial power.
Surveillance UAVs: With its help, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in the battlefield will be improved.
Integrated Surveillance and Strike System: The purpose of this procurement is to increase the army’s surveillance, target identification and attack power.
Long-Range Kamikaze Drone System: With its help, the Army’s long-range precision attack capabilities will be strengthened.
What will the Indian Navy get?
Active Offboard Decoy System (AODS): The purpose of procurement of this system is to strengthen the anti-missile defense of the Navy. This will especially help the Navy against the enemy’s modern anti-ship missiles.
Major Naval Platforms: Indigenously designed and manufactured platforms will be procured for the Navy. These platforms will enhance the Navy’s combat capability and preparedness for modern warfare.
What will the Indian Air Force get?
Helicopter: The operation and air transport capabilities of the Air Force will be strengthened.
Air Defense System: The purpose of this purchase is to increase air defense capabilities.
Weapons: Purchasing these will improve combat and fighting capabilities in times of war.
Special use helicopters: Important needs of air transport will be met.
Mobile X-Band Doppler Weather Radar System: This system will provide high resolution, local weather monitoring to the Air Force in forward areas.