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Military modernisation plan: Navy to procure 234 helicopters for $15 bn

The Navy has been pressing the government to procure new utility and multi-role helicopters

Navy personnel during a parade as Vice Admiral Girish Luthra takes the charge as Flag officer commanding in-chief of Western Naval Command in Mumbai
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Navy personnel during a parade as Vice Admiral Girish Luthra takes the charge as Flag officer commanding in-chief of Western Naval Command in Mumbai

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The Indian Navy on Tuesday issued global request for information (RFI) for procurement of 111 utility and 123 multi-role helicopters under the recently- launched strategic partnership model for defence procurement.

Official sources said the RFI has been issued to identify original equipment maker for both the utility helicopters as well as multi-role choppers which are being procured as part of the Navy's modernisation plan.

The procurement of both categories of choppers totalling 234 would cost the government in excess of $15 billion, according to experts who said that these two contracts could be one of the largest globally in recent

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