3203 Damper: The MoD has abandoned the idea of creating a semi-autonomous and overarching Defence Acquisition Organisation. PTI
Amit Cowshish and Rahul Bedi
Amit Cowshish ex-Financial Adviser, Acquisition, MoD and Rahul Bedi Senior journalist
The Union government’s recent announcement of domestically sourcing a major proportion of its defence equipment requirements to achieve Atmanirbharta or self-reliance appears disingenuous as it’s neither new nor exceptional. It’s merely a continuation of a prevailing trend that has been progressively in play, albeit with a minuscule real increase in financial allocations by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help attain this long-awaited goal.
Plan to encourage local players in defence procurement, says scientist
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‘₹70,000 crore was earmarked in the Budget for acquisition from indigenous sources’
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‘₹70,000 crore was earmarked in the Budget for acquisition from indigenous sources’
The defence sector, especially research organisations such as DRDO, is opening up and it is being done in tune with the concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat said Director General Naval Systems and Materials, DRDO, Samir V. Kamat.
The distinguished scientist was here to deliver a talk on ‘Ease of doing business: Atmanirbhar Bharat’, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Friday.
He pointed out that as part of the opening up of the sector to the private players, the Defence Acquisition Procedure -2020 was drafted to simplify the hitherto cumbersome trial procedure and bring down the time taken in decision making.
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The contract is pegged ar $200 million and is reportedly valid for three years. Representational image (Official website of IAI)
New Delhi: The Indian Army has leased four Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel as a part of its emergency procurement programme. The development comes at a time when India and China have just begun disengagement from one of the most prolonged stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
This is the second significant contract under the provisions of the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 (DAP 2020). The Indian Navy had, under the same provisions, contracted SeaGuardian MALE UAVs from the United States.
Indian Army leases four Heron TP UAVs from Israel
15 February 2021
by Rahul Bedi
The Indian Army (IA) has leased four Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron TP medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for potential deployment near India’s disputed border with China, along the Line of Actual Control (LoAC) in the Himalayas.
Official sources told
Janes on 15 February that the lease for the unarmed UAVs was signed around mid-January under the ‘emergency powers’ granted by India’s federal government to the military chiefs in June 2020 as part of efforts to speed up the acquisition of materiel needed to overcome equipment shortfalls amid the ongoing military tensions with China.