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Navy inducts 2 drones on lease from the U.S.
Why is it in news?
- The Indian Navy has inducted two MQ-9B Sea Guardian unarmed drones procured from the U.S. on lease.
Details:
- The recently released Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 has introduced an option for leasing military platforms.
- As part of its force restructuring to offset budgetary constraints, the Navy has been looking to induct more unmanned solutions, both aerial and underwater.
- As part of this, the requirement of additional P-8I maritime patrol aircraft has been cut down from 10 to six and was to be offset by procurement of long-endurance drones.