The Mint, October 23 reported, the Indian Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that the central government had approved a military procurement proposal worth 790 billion rupees (₹79000 crore) on the same day, covering equipment procurement projects for the Army, Navy and Air Force. For the Army, the plan includes procuring the "Nag" (Nag) anti-tank missile system (NAMIS MK-2), ground-based mobile electronic intelligence system (GBMES), and high-mobility vehicles (HMV) equipped with material handling cranes, aiming to enhance the Army's strike and detection capabilities in diverse terrain conditions, as well as logistics mobility and heavy transport capacity. For the Navy, the procurement items include amphibious dock landing ships (LPD), 30 mm deck guns (NSG), advanced light torpedoes (ALWT), electro-optical infrared search and track systems, and smart munitions for 76 mm super rapid deck guns. Among them, the dock landing ship is intended to enhance the navy's amphibious operations, low-intensity conflict resolution and humanitarian relief capabilities. For the Air Force, the planned procurement includes collaborative long-range target saturation strike/destruction systems (CLRTS/DS) to enhance the Air Force's ability to conduct long-range intelligent strikes through high-autonomy drone swarms, representing next-generation network warfare capabilities. In addition, on October 22, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh announced domestic defense production progress, stating that the scale has increased to 1.5 trillion rupees (₹1.5 lakh crore), among which private sector investment reached 330 billion rupees (₹33000 crore).
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