The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, on Friday gave its nod to procurement proposals worth over Rs 7,200 crore including six maritime reconnaissance aircraft for Coast Guard, Nuclear Biological and Chemical(NBC) protection systems for infantry and low level radars for Army and IAF.
The go-ahead was also given by DAC, the apex body for clearing procurements, for buying one more C-17 giant transport plane from the US for IAF. IAF already has ten such aircraft purchased through Foreign Military Sale(FMS) route. The deal for those aircraft was nearly four billion dollars. The officials of India and US will now negotiate the price of the single C-17 in the coming days. India is pegging the price tag at Rs 2,000 crore. The transport plane is manufactured by Boeing.
Giving details of the approvals by the DAC, defence ministry officials said the biggest deal worth over Rs 5,500 crores is for six multi-mission maritime reconnaissance aircraft for the Coast Guard. The Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) will design and develop state of art mission suite for these aircraft. The suite comprises advanced electronic systems. The ministry will shortly issue global tenders for the planes.
The second project worth over Rs 1,265 crores is for indigenous design and developed modernized Nuclear, Biological and Chemical(NBC) protection systems against radiation. These systems to be manufactured by public sector Bharat Electronics Limited(BEL) are to be fitted on infantry combat vehicles.
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At present, the combat vehicles have manually operated NBC protection systems whereas the modernised systems will enable automatic maintenance of air pressure and temperature inside the vehicle in case of radiation. The sensors will give warning and all the gaps in the combat vehicle will close automatically without hampering ventilation for soldiers inside it.
Another proposal of the Army and the IAF for the procurement of 55 low-level light weight radars was also cleared by the DAC for Rs 419 crore. These radars will transmit three-dimension signals as against two-dimension signals in the present radars used by the two Services. At least six Air Defence regiments of the Army will be equipped with the latest radars designed by DRDO and manufactured by BEL.
The go-ahead was also given by DAC, the apex body for clearing procurements, for buying one more C-17 giant transport plane from the US for IAF. IAF already has ten such aircraft purchased through Foreign Military Sale(FMS) route. The deal for those aircraft was nearly four billion dollars. The officials of India and US will now negotiate the price of the single C-17 in the coming days. India is pegging the price tag at Rs 2,000 crore. The transport plane is manufactured by Boeing.
Giving details of the approvals by the DAC, defence ministry officials said the biggest deal worth over Rs 5,500 crores is for six multi-mission maritime reconnaissance aircraft for the Coast Guard. The Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) will design and develop state of art mission suite for these aircraft. The suite comprises advanced electronic systems. The ministry will shortly issue global tenders for the planes.
The second project worth over Rs 1,265 crores is for indigenous design and developed modernized Nuclear, Biological and Chemical(NBC) protection systems against radiation. These systems to be manufactured by public sector Bharat Electronics Limited(BEL) are to be fitted on infantry combat vehicles.
At present, the combat vehicles have manually operated NBC protection systems whereas the modernised systems will enable automatic maintenance of air pressure and temperature inside the vehicle in case of radiation. The sensors will give warning and all the gaps in the combat vehicle will close automatically without hampering ventilation for soldiers inside it.
Another proposal of the Army and the IAF for the procurement of 55 low-level light weight radars was also cleared by the DAC for Rs 419 crore. These radars will transmit three-dimension signals as against two-dimension signals in the present radars used by the two Services. At least six Air Defence regiments of the Army will be equipped with the latest radars designed by DRDO and manufactured by BEL.
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