India To Spend Rs 2,900 Crores On Planes To Boost Navy's Surveillance
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The medium-range, multi mission maritime reconnaissance aircraft will strengthen "the surveillance and interdiction capabilities of the Indian Navy".
India will buy over a dozen maritime surveillance aircraft from aviation giant Airbus SE costing an estimated 290 billion rupees ($3.5 billion), in an attempt to boost its capabilities in the increasingly restive Indian Ocean region.
The medium-range, multi mission maritime reconnaissance aircraft will strengthen "the surveillance and interdiction capabilities of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard over the country's vast maritime area," a Defence Ministry statement said.
The decision to augment India's surveillance aircraft fleet was taken by an acquisition council headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Friday.
