Overview
- The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Rajnath Singh, granted Acceptance of Necessity for proposals totalling about Rs 1.10 lakh crore on Monday, moving them into the procurement pipeline rather than creating contracts.
- Approved items for the Army include CBRN reconnaissance vehicles, high‑mobility vehicles, self‑propelled mechanical mine layers, advanced light helicopters, trawl tanks and the Sarvatra bridge system.
- For the Navy the AoNs cover Arudhra surveillance radars and a design‑and‑development programme for marine gas turbines, and for the Air Force they clear ground‑based multi‑purpose jammers and a Defence Forces Secure Access Card system.
- The ministry says roughly 98% of the approved buys will be sourced from Indian industry, which is intended to boost domestic defence manufacturing but will still require multi‑year design, testing and contract stages before deliveries.
- Some outlets reported, citing unnamed sources, possible Su‑30MKI long‑range missile integration and Software Defined Radio upgrades but those specific upgrades have not been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence.