Defence Acquisition Council approves proposals worth 7,800 crore rupees to enhance operational capabilities of Armed Forces

August 24, 2023 8:41 PM

Defence Acquisition Council approves proposals worth 7,800 crore rupees to enhance operational capabilities of Armed Forces

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for capital acquisition proposals worth approximately 7,800 crore rupees in a meeting chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh today. To enhance the efficiency of the Indian Air Force, the DAC granted AoN for the procurement and installation of Electronic Warfare EW Suite on Mi-17 V5 Helicopters under the Buy Indian-IDDM category which will enhance better survivability of Helicopters. The EW Suite will be procured from Bh...

DAC gives approval for procurement of 83 indigenous Tejas fighter aircraft for Indian Air Force

March 18, 2020 7:25 PM

DAC gives approval for procurement of 83 indigenous Tejas fighter aircraft for Indian Air Force

Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) today gave approval for procurement of 83 indigenous Tejas fighter aircraft for Indian Air Force. The Light Combat Aircraft Tejas indigenously-designed by Aircraft Development Agency (ADA) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is going to be the backbone of Indian Air Force in future. While orders of 40 Tejas aircraft had been placed with HAL in initial configurations, today DAC pav...