Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approved procurement of equipment’s, including helicopters, guns and short-range missiles, worth over 46,000 crore rupees.
About:
Established in: 2001
Composition:
Chairman: Defence Minister.
Members: Minister of State for Defence, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff, Defence Secretary, Secretary Defence Research & Development, Secretary Defence Production, Chief of Integrated Staff Committees HQ IDS, Director General (Acquisition).
Member Secretary: Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence.
Objectives:
Overall guidance of the defence procurement planning process.
Ensuring expeditious procurement of the approved requirements of the Armed Forces.
Key Functions:
In-principle approval of 15 Year Long-Term Integrated Perspective Plan for Defence Forces and
Categorization of the acquisition proposals relating to 'Buy', 'Buy & Make' and 'Make'.
Recent approval:
DAC approved procurement of 111 Utility Helicopters for the Indian Navy at a cost of Rs. 21,000 crores. This is the first project under Defence Ministry’s Strategic Partnership (SP) Model.
It also approved procurement of:
150 Indigenously Designed and Developed Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS) for the Indian Army,
14 Vertically Launched Short Range Missile Systems.
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