The capital procurement of defence equipment is undertaken based on threat perception, operational challenges and technological changes and to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to meet the entire spectrum of security challenges.

          During the last three years (2016-17 to 2018-19) and current financial year (upto December, 2019), Government has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to 138 capital acquisition proposals that promote indigenous sourcing/manufacturing. Main features of Thermal Imaging Night Vision Instrument are as follow:-

• Provides vision in pitch dark night.
• Used during day for viewing through dust and smoke in the battlefield.
• Used for Surveillance and Target Acquisition for firing on the target.
• Fitted on land based, naval or air-borne platform.

The following major systems indigenously developed/integrated have been inducted in to the Armed Forces namely Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) system, missiles under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), Radar, Sonars, Torpedoes etc.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri Anil Firojiya in Lok Sabha today.

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