Rajnath Singh approves Rs 79,000 crore military hardware purchase

The Defence Acquisition Council, at a meeting on Thursday under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, approved various proposals of the Army, Navy, and Air Force for purchasing military hardware worth a total amount of around Rs 79,000 crore.

For the army, Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) was accorded for the procurement of Nag Missile System (Tracked) Mk-II (NAMIS), Ground-Based Mobile ELINT



System (GBMES), and High Mobility Vehicles (HMVs) with Material Handling Crane, according to an official statement issued after the meeting at the South Block here.

The procurement of the tracked NAMIS will enhance the army’s capability of neutralising the enemy’s combat vehicles, bunkers, and other field fortifications, whereas GBMES will provide round-the-clock electronic intelligence of enemy emitters.