Archive · 9 Jun 2025
India to Acquire Spy Planes for Enhanced Air Capabilities
India is planning to buy three special planes for its Air Force.
These planes will help the Air Force see what's happening on the ground and strike accurately.
The plan will cost a lot of money.
The special systems on the planes will be made in India.
India will join a small group of countries with this technology.
Also, India is giving the technology to build other weapons to different companies to help make more of them in India.
The Defence Ministry plans to purchase three spy planes for the Indian Air Force.
The proposal is valued at Rs 10,000 crore.
These planes aim to provide air-to-ground intelligence for precision strikes.
The I-STAR system, developed by DRDO, will be indigenous.
DRDO has transferred technologies for nine weapon systems to various defense companies.
- Who
- The Indian Defence Ministry and Air Force.
- What
- The Defense Ministry is buying spy planes.
- When
- Later this month.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- To conduct precision strikes.
- Proposed Cost
- Rs 10,000 crore
- Recipient
- Indian Air Force
- I-STAR Project
- Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
- Indigenous System Developer
- DRDO
- Nations with similar capabilities
- US, UK, Israel and others