India Approves Purchase Of Military Equipment Worth $8.5 Bln

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

India on Thursday approved purchases of missiles, helicopters, artillery guns and electronic warfare systems worth $8.5 billion as it sought to add more teeth to its military.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the top government body for capital acquisition approvals for the Indian military, approved the orders worth 705 billion rupees ($8.52 billion) for all its services, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

All orders would be placed with Indian companies, it said, keeping with a push by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to boost domestic defence manufacturing.

India has been seeking to modernise its mostly Soviet-era military equipment.

The focus on the navy, which accounted for approvals worth 560 billion rupees on Thursday, comes after India expressed concern last year over Chinese activity in the Indian Ocean.

The list of purchases approved included 200 additional BrahMos missiles, 50 utility helicopters and electronic warfare systems for the navy.

BrahMos is a supersonic missile with a range of around 300 km that has been jointly developed by India and Russia. All three Indian military services have been using versions of the missile for over a decade.

The DAC also approved manufacturing of a diesel marine engine, which will be a first for India.


It approved the air force’s proposal for a long range stand-off weapon to be used by the Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet.

The army got the nod to buy 307 units of 155mm/52 caliber towed artillery guns, along with high mobility vehicles and gun towing vehicles.

India approves purchase of military equipment worth $8.5 bln

India on Thursday approved purchases of missiles, helicopters, artillery guns and electronic warfare systems worth $8.5 billion as it sought to add more

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[Khatri_pune]

And the best part is, all the purchases are from indigenous suppliers.... Atmanirbhar Bharat on roll....

 

[Sam6536]

And the best part is, all the purchases are from indigenous suppliers.... Atmanirbhar Bharat on roll....

First of all nice to see another Punekar here and secondly I like the foreign and defence policy we've adopted given the current world geopolitics.
Plug the critical gaps with foreign purchases in the short term and keep improving local industry at the same time.
We can leverage both the Americans and the Russians for stuff as both want to woo us to their side.

 

[White privilege]

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It approved the air force’s proposal for a long range stand-off weapon to be used by the Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet.

It is interesting how Indians used to tout the MKI as 'raptor of the east', designed to "fly high, populate the radar screen and taunt the enemy to come and pick a fight" (words of an MKI driver not mine) , but now they just want it as far away from the action as possible.....

 

[kmc_chacko]

It is interesting how Indians used tout the MKI as 'raptor of the east', designed to "fly high, populate the radar screen and taunt the enemy to come and pick a fight" (words of an MKI driver not mine) , but now they just want it as far away from the action as possible.....

IAF knows MKI has the capacity to lift heavy missiles and they are just utilizing it.

 

[Ali_Baba]

It is interesting how Indians used to tout the MKI as 'raptor of the east', designed to "fly high, populate the radar screen and taunt the enemy to come and pick a fight" (words of an MKI driver not mine) , but now they just want it as far away from the action as possible.....

If India replaces the entire avionics suite of the Su30MKI with an indian built platform (eg Tejas avionics + Darin avionics ++ ??? ) then they may be able to convert it into a capable platform. What is holding that platform back is the Russian Avonics & EW ( and large RCS of course .. ). Right now, it is compromised interms of it capability and they cannot get the full value out of the airframe until it is massively upgraded with a clean new integrated solution versus the Frankenstein solution they have inside it right now.

 

[White privilege]

If India replaces the entire avionics suite of the Su30MKI with an indian built platform (eg Tejas avionics + Darin avionics ++ ??? ) then they may be able to convert it into a capable platform. What is holding that platform back is the Russian Avonics & EW ( and large RCS of course .. ). Right now, it is compromised interms of it capability and they cannot get the full value out of the airframe until it is massively upgraded with a clean new integrated solution versus the Frankenstein solution they have inside it right now.

Translation: Agar Rafale hota...