Defence Ministry approves proposals worth Rs 4,276-cr
A meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council was held on Tuesday headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
In a move to tighten coastal security and as a part of the second phase of the coastal surveillance system, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Tuesday cleared the establishment of 38 additional radar stations along the coastline.
The project, sanctioned at a cost of Rs.800 crore, would include four mobile surveillance systems as also integration of Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) in the Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat.
The second clearance by the DAC, chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, was for an intermediate-level engine repair facility for the Indian Navy's MiG 29K fighter jets at the Naval aircraft yard in Goa.
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