Neelam Mathews
Sept
13, 2013
India is
to purchase six more Lockheed Martin C-130J medium lift aircraft that will
based at Panagarh in West Bengal for
operations along the India-China border. Panagarh is the HQ of the recently created
Mountain Strike Corps. The decision was made by the Defense Acquisition Council
today. It will now have to be cleared by the CCS and finance ministry.
An
advance of 12.5 percent-$125 million- will be paid by India Delivery is
expected within 3 years of signing of the contract, AerospaceDiary learns.
India had sent a Letter of Request to the US government in September 2011 for procuring six additional C-130Js.
The DAC also cleared the acquisition of another 230 Russian made T-90 tanks to be produced by the Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi in Tamil Nadu.
India had sent a Letter of Request to the US government in September 2011 for procuring six additional C-130Js.
The DAC also cleared the acquisition of another 230 Russian made T-90 tanks to be produced by the Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi in Tamil Nadu.
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