New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), in a major boost to Make in India initiative in defence sector, cleared two major projects worth around Rs 20,000 crore for 12 Su-30 MKI fighter jets for the Indian Air Force and 100 K-9 Vajra self-propelled howitzers for the Indian Army.
The two projects were cleared on December 12 by the CCS and the contract for the Su-30-MKI jets has already been inked, a media agency report said citing defence sources.
Costing around Rs 13,000 crore, the 12 Su-30MKI jets would be licensed manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at its Nashik facility and these will replace aircraft that have been lost over the last many years.
Larsen and Toubro (L&T) will fulfill the order for 100 K-9 Vajra self-propelled howitzers at its Hazira in Gujarat. This is a repeat order as Indian Army has already inducted 100 of them. The howitzers have been inducted in the desert sector as well as against the Chinese front in the Ladakh sector. L&T has increased the indigenous content in the howitzers.
With these two projects, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and the L&T are expected to strengthen the small and medium enterprises firms in their supply chains.
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