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In its crucial meeting held on Thursday the 20th of March 2025, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) cleared proposals to equip Indian Air Force (IAF) with six new early warning aircrafts known as Netra Platforms.

The new early warning radar aircrafts will be a huge force multiplier with respect to detect enemy movements both on land and sea besides air domination of Indian airspace.

The DAC meeting held under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoNs) to eight capital acquisition proposals amounting to over Rs 54,000 crore.

In a release issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) the DAC gave green signal for the Indian Army to procure 1350 HP Engine  for T90 tanks to upgrade the present series of 1000 HP Engine.

This will enhance the battlefield mobility of these tanks especially in high-altitude area by increasing the power to weight ratio.

For the Indian Navy, AoN for procurement of Varunastra Torpedoes (Combat) was accorded by DAC.

Varunastra Torpedo is an indigenously-developed ship-launched anti-submarine torpedo developed by Naval Science & Technological Laboratory.

Induction of additional quantities of this torpedo would enhance the Navy’s capability against adversaries’ submarine threats.

As stated earlier for the Indian Air Force, AoN for procurement of Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) Aircraft Systems was accorded by DAC. AEW&C systems are capability enhancers which can change the complete spectrum of warfare and exponentially increase the combat potential of every other weapon system.

As a part of celebrating 2025 as ‘Year of Reforms’ in the Ministry of Defence, DAC also approved the guidelines for reducing the timelines at various stages of the Capital Acquisition Process to make it faster, more effective and efficient.