India's Defence Acquisition Council clears Rs 2.12 lakh crore of procurement proposals
The council granted Acceptance of Necessity to capital acquisitions for all three services, with about 82 per cent of the procurement to come from Indian industry.
India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, approved capital acquisition proposals for the armed forces at an estimated cost of about Rs 2,12,000 crore on 26 October 2026, according to a Ministry of Defence release published the same day by the Press Information Bureau.
The approvals take the form of Acceptance of Necessity, which the release describes as in-principle administrative approval. The ministry said about 82 per cent of the procurements covered will be made from Indian industry. The release does not break the total down by service or by item.
For the Indian Army, the approvals include high mobility vehicles, light multi-role helicopters, very short-range air defence systems, a self-propelled tracked gun system, a gunshot response system that the ministry says will provide real-time situational awareness, a platform-based counter-drone system, and surveillance, strike and long-range loitering drone systems.
For the Indian Navy, they include an Active Offboard Decoy System and indigenously designed major naval platforms, which the release does not name. For the Indian Air Force, they include special utility helicopters, air defence systems, weapons and a mobile X-band Doppler weather radar system that the ministry says will provide high-resolution, localised weather surveillance in forward areas.
The release names no suppliers and gives no timetable for contracts.
Source: Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Defence (India)