By Admin 
On Monday (29 December 2025), the Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has approved defense deals worth Rs 79,000 crore for the three services. Senior officials of the Defense Ministry and the chiefs of the three armies were involved in this meeting. Under this, there will be upgrade of old weapons, purchase of new modern weapons and indigenous development. The government has taken this decision to strengthen the combat capability of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy.
Capacity of Indian Army and Air Force will increase
AoN was approved for procurement of Loiter Munition System, Low Level Light Weight Radar, MRSAM Missiles, Long Range Guided Rocket Ammunition for Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System (MRLS) and Integrated Drone Detection and Interdiction System Mk-II for Artillery Regiments for the Indian Army.
For the Indian Air Force, AoN was approved for the procurement of Automatic Take-Off Landing Recording System, Astra Mk-II Missile, Full Mission Simulator and SPICE-1000 Long Range Guidance Kit, etc.
T-90 tank and MI-17 helicopter will be upgraded
Along with this, modernization of T-90 tank and MI-17 helicopter has also been approved. Defense Public Sector Unit (DPSU) Around 200 T-200 tanks will be upgraded with indigenous technology. This will increase the strength of the tanks. The MI-17 helicopter will undergo a mid-life upgrade, which will further increase its operational readiness.
Approval has been given for the purchase of Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) for the Indian Navy and Air Force. This will increase India’s strength in both air and sea. Apart from this, India will buy SPICE-1000 bomb from Israel, which attacks very accurately.
The strength of Indian Army’s artillery will increase
To increase the artillery strength of the Indian Army, development of Guided Pinaka Rockets with a range of 20 kilometers has also been approved. Its specialty will be that it can be launched from Pinaka launcher with 45 km and 80 km range. Pinaka rockets caused a lot of destruction in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. This is the reason that now after its development, Pakistan PM Shahbaz Sharif and CDF Asim Munir are losing sleep.
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