DAC approves procurement of radars, air cushion vehicles

DAC approves procurement of radars, air cushion vehicles

Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), air cushion vehicles (ACVs)

News:

• The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved procurement of high powered radars for the Indian Air Force and air cushion vehicles for the Army.

Important facts:

• The DAC meeting, chaired by Defence Minster Nirmala Sitharaman, was scheduled to discuss the broad contours of the Navy’s ambitious project to build six advanced submarines under the multi-billion P-75 (I) programme.
• The 12 high power radars will be procured indigenously under the ‘Buy (Indian) IDDM’ category.
• The radar will provide long range medium and high altitude radar cover with the capability to detect and track high speed targets.
• Radar will have the capability to scan 360 degrees without mechanical rotation of Antenna and will operate 24X7 bases with minimal maintenance requirement.
• In other deal, air cushions vehicles (ACVs) to be procured from an Indian shipyard.
• ACVs will enable travel at very high speeds over shallow water, sand banks, mud flats and swamps which are non-navigable by boats and small crafts due to draught restrictions or uncharted depths.
• About Project 75I-class submarine:
• The Project 75I-class submarineis a follow-on of the Project 75 Kalvari-class submarine for the Indian navy.
• Under this project, the Indian Navy intends to acquire 6 diesel-electric submarines, which will also feature advanced Air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems to enable them to stay submerged for longer duration and substantially increase their operational range.