Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, March 16: The defence Ministry approved proposals worth over Rs 70,000 crore for buying different weapon systems for the Indian defence forces. To support the government’s Aatmanirbhar (self-reliance) programme, all planned purchases fall under the Purchase (Indian-IDDM) category.
Providing further information on the clearances, sources stated that the 307 advanced towed artillery gun systems (ATAGS) for the Army have received an Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) from the Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC), which is presided over by the defence minister Rajnath Singh. The 155mm/52 calibre ATAGS was created by the DRDO with the help of Bharat Forge and Tata Advanced Systems as production partners.
Defence Ministry has approved proposals worth over Rs 70,000 crore for buying different weapon systems for the Indian defence forces: Defence officials pic.twitter.com/3jFPr59xOW
— ANI (@ANI) March 16, 2023
“The meeting of the defence acquisition council headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has given approval for proposals to buy 60 Made in India Utility Helicopters Marine & BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles for Indian Navy, 307 ATAGS howitzers for Indian Army, 9 ALH Dhruv choppers for Indian Coast Guard,” said Defence officials.
The DAC also approved the purchase of 200 more BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles with an increased range for the Navy’s front-line vessels. These missiles will also be for the seven Project-17A frigates (five of which have been “launched” in the water) and the four Project-15B destroyers (of which two, the INS Visakhapatnam and INS Mormugao, have already been commissioned).
