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Defence Ministry has apparently cleared nine procurement proposals of around Rs 45,000 crore including ones to acquire 12 Su-30 MKI fighter jets as well as Dhruvastra air-to-surface missiles and upgrade of Dornier aircraft.
As per PTI report, The approval to the procurement proposals under the framework of the ‘Make in India’ initiative came amid the lingering border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh.
The go ahead to the Indian Air Force’s proposal to carry out the avionics upgrade of the Dornier fleet to improve its accuracy and reliability is considered significant as technical snags on a were reported in the aircraft on a number of occasions earlier this year.
