{"id":257334,"date":"2023-08-25T19:20:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=257334"},"modified":"2023-08-25T19:20:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:50:06","slug":"to-enhance-iaf-efficiency-govt-to-buy-weapons-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/to-enhance-iaf-efficiency-govt-to-buy-weapons-locally\/","title":{"rendered":"To enhance IAF efficiency, govt. to buy weapons locally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cTo enhance IAF efficiency, govt. to buy weapons locally\u201d\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>The Hindu on 25th August 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defense Acquisition Council(DAC) has recently approved capital acquisition proposals worth around \u20b97,800 crore.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the projects approved by the Defense Acquisition Council (DAC)?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Electronic Warfare(EW) Suite: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DAC approved the procurement and installation of an Electronic Warfare Suite for Mi-17 V5 Helicopters. This will enhance the helicopters&#8217; survivability. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EW suite will be procured from Bharat Electronics Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ground-Based Autonomous Systems: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These systems will be used by mechanized infantry and armored regiments for tasks like unmanned surveillance, delivering supplies, and evacuating casualties on the battlefield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Light Machine Guns (LMG):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The induction of LMGs will strengthen the capabilities of infantry forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bridge-Laying Tanks (BLT): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will enable faster movement for mechanized forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rugged Laptops and Tablets: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DAC approved the procurement of rugged laptops and tablets for the Army under Project Shakti. These will be sourced domestically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Weapons for <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mh60-r-choppers-a-game-changer-in-naval-aviation\/\"><b>MH-60R Helicopters<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To enhance the operational capabilities of the Navy&#8217;s MH-60R helicopters, the DAC approved the procurement of weapons for these helicopters.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cTo enhance IAF efficiency, govt. to buy weapons locally\u201d\u00a0 published in The Hindu on 25th August 2023. What is the News? Defense Acquisition Council(DAC) has recently approved capital acquisition proposals worth around \u20b97,800 crore. What are the projects approved by the Defense Acquisition Council (DAC)? Electronic Warfare(EW)&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/to-enhance-iaf-efficiency-govt-to-buy-weapons-locally\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">To enhance IAF efficiency, govt. to buy weapons locally<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-257334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":4,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704754532},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}