<span style="color: #222222;">The Defence Acquisitions Council, chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today accorded approval for acquisition of defence equipments worth three thousand crore rupees. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Council granted approval for procurement of indigenous Brahmos Missiles for two Indian Navy Ships to be built in Russia. The indigenously designed Brahmos Missile is a tested and proven supersonic cruise missile and will form the primary weapon on-board these ships.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Defence Acquisitions Council also approved the procurement of Armoured Recovery Vehicles, ARVs for the Indian Army's main Battle Tank Arjun. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The ARVs are designed and developed by the DRDO and will be manufactured by Bharat Earth Movers Limited, BEML. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Armoured Recovery Vehicles ensure efficient and speedy repair and recovery operations during combat.</span><br />