Defence Acquisition Council clears capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 2.12 lakh crore
26 October 2026
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, granted Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for capital acquisition proposals costing about Rs 2,12,000 crore.
Acceptance of Necessity is the in-principle administrative approval that begins a defence purchase.
About 82 per cent of the procurement under these approvals will be made from Indian industry.
For the Army the list includes High Mobility Vehicles, a Self-Propelled Tracked Gun System, Light Multi Role Helicopters, Very Short Range Air Defence System and a Long Range Kamikaze Drone System.
For the Navy it includes the Active Offboard Decoy System against anti-ship missiles.
For the Air Force it includes helicopters, air defence systems and a Mobile X-Band Doppler Weather Radar System.
In plain words
AoN Acceptance of Necessity — The first, in-principle approval the Defence Acquisition Council gives to a purchase proposal.
VSHORADS Very Short Range Air Defence System — A shoulder-fired air defence missile system against low-flying aerial threats.