Cabinet
The
Cabinet met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister in New Delhi on 13
January and has approved procurement of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter
aircrafts and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer aircrafts at the cost of Rs.
45,696 Crore along with Design and Development of Infrastructure
sanctions worth Rs.1,202 Crore.
Light
Combat Aircraft Mk-1A variant is an indigenously designed, developed
and manufactured state-of-the-art modern 4+ generation fighter aircraft.
This aircraft is equipped with critical operational capabilities of
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar, Beyond Visual Range
(BVR) Missile, Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite and Air to Air Refuelling
(AAR) would be a potent platform to meet the operational requirements of
Indian Air Force, IAF. It is the first “Buy (Indian-Indigenously
Designed, Developed and Manufactured)” category procurement of combat
aircrafts with an indigenous content of 50% which will progressively
reach 60% by the end of the programme.
The
Cabinet has also approved infrastructure development by IAF under the
project to enable them handle repairs or servicing at their base depot
so that the turnaround time would get reduced for mission critical
systems and would lead to increased availability of aircraft for
operational exploitation. This would enable IAF to sustain the fleet
more efficiently and effectively due to availability of repair
infrastructure at respective bases.
Under
the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, India is continuously growing in its
power to indigenously design, develop and manufacture advanced cutting
edge technologies and systems in the Defence Sector. The manufacturing
of Light Combat Aircraft by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL will give
a further push to Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative and boost
indigenisation of defence production and the defence industry in the
country. About 500 Indian companies including MSMEs in the design and
manufacturing sectors will be working with HAL in this procurement. The
programme would act as a catalyst for transforming the Indian aerospace
manufacturing ecosystem into a vibrant Atmanirbhar-self-sustaining
ecosystem.
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SOURCE ; PIB NEWS
{ With input from news agency language)
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