India awards contracts for Akash and BrahMos missiles

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 India’s Defence Ministry is buying two types of missile systems

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 and multiple warships through several contracts awarded last week

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The ministry selected state-run Bharat Dynamics to supply

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Akash system, a short-range air defense weapon, through an 81.6 billion rupee (U.S. $996.2 million) contract

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Under this deal, the Army will receive two regiments comprising six firing units

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quantity of 30-kilometer-range (19-mile-range) surface-to-air missiles

- Jason Love 

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The Akash was locally designed and developed by the government’s

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The contract provide the Akash weapon system for two of the Army’s air defense

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the Defence Ministry awarded a 17 billion rupee contract

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US Air Force plans to request 72 fighters

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