Apr. 22, 2013 - By BURAK EGE BEKDIL – Defense news

Development of 'National Systems' Moves at Full Speed

ANKARA — Hardly a day passes without a Turkish defense company proudly announcing that it has designed, developed and produced a weapon system the country would normally buy off-the-shelf from a foreign supplier. The most recent indigenously developed Turkish weapon is an anti-tank missile, the UMTAS.

Turkish military officials are anxiously awaiting the first serial production and delivery of the UMTAS.

“After years of going from one foreign supplier to another, we are happy to have our companies providing us with national solutions,” a senior Army official said.

Procurement officials said the UMTAS has recently undergone several successful field tests.

“This system can quickly find foreign buyers and mark an impressive transformation [of Turkey] from an import-dependent country into an exporting one,” one procurement official said. “It is relatively low-cost and reliable.”

State-owned missile maker Roketsan initiated the long-range anti-tank UMTAS missile project in efforts, first, to meet local demand from the Turkish Armed Forces, and later to export it, especially to countries in the region.

The UMTAS, with its infrared imaging and laser-seeker options, is an anti-tank missile with a range of 8 kilometers to be used in air-to-ground and ground-to-ground operations.

Roketsan officials said the system is going through further tests for technical properties and compatibility with environmental conditions. Thus far, the system has completed ballistic-missile tests and controlled-missile tests, and its sub-system design has been finished, they said.

The UMTAS is considered the official anti-tank system for the T-129, the helicopter gunship Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is co-producing with Italian-British AgustaWestland in a US $3.2 billion project. It also can be integrated into the Anka, Turkey’s first locally developed unmanned aircraft. Other potential platforms to be outfitted with the UMTAS are armored land vehicles and naval vessels.

Roketsan officials said they plan to develop the L-UMTAS, the same anti-tank missile with laser seeker warheads and missiles using high-explosive particles.

In February, Roketsan said it won a contract from the United Arab Emirates to sell its laser-guided rocket system, known as the Cirit, under a contract worth $196.2 million. The deal comes as Turkey seeks to boost arms exports to Arabian Gulf countries. The Emirati Army is the first foreign customer for the Cirit system.

The Cirit is one of several programs launched by Turkey to equip the Army’s T-129, AH-1P Cobra and AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters with low-cost precision strike capabilities. The 70 mm rocket has a range of 8 kilometers.

French-German company Eurocopter selected the Cirit for a test and integration program to equip the Eurocopter EC635. Roketsan is also producing canisters for Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile.

Analysts say the commercial development of the Anka boosted Turkish defense manufacturing.

“The Anka is the first aerial platform totally designed, developed and manufactured by Turkish engineering. It has a symbolic importance,” said Ceyhun Ozguven, an Ankara-based analyst.

The Anka has a 56-foot wingspan, a top speed of 75 knots and a maximum altitude of 30,000 feet. It completed military testing in late January and is set for serial production. Turkey aims to export the drone around the region, with the Egyptian government reportedly considering an order.

With the Anka headed for serial production, TAI has already begun developing an armed version of the drone called the Anka +A that will be outfitted with Cirit missiles .

On March 6, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul showed the Anka to Jordan’s King Abdullah, along with other military products, such as the T-129 and the Hurkus, a basic trainer aircraft TAI is developing. In 2012, Turkey exported about $1.2 billion worth of defense equipment, a 35.7 percent rise over 2011. The main export destinations were the US, UAE and Saudi Arabia. The industry is aiming for $2 billion in exports by 2016.

Turkey’s procurement office, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), has a regional office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for overseeing and coordinating export activities in the region.

Other Turkish weapons include the Altay tank, a $400 million project developed and produced by privately owned armored vehicles maker Otokar. South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem and Turkey’s Roketsan and Aselsan, a state-owned military communications and electronics company, are among the project’s sub-contractors. Also, last month Aselsan said it successfully developed the country’s first indigenous identification friend or foe (IFF) system and delivered the first prototypes to the Turkish military

19.04.2013 Northrop Grumman - army-guide.com

LONDON, -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has launched CUTLASS, its latest generation unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), expanding its range of industry-leading capabilities in unmanned systems for the remote handling and surveillance of hazardous threats.

CUTLASS has been designed, developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman in the U.K., and includes significant advances in technology and performance and a range of features that provides state-of-the-art capabilities for national security and resilience applications.

"Our CUTLASS vehicle is setting new standards in the UGV market and significantly enhancing the ability of users to handle hazardous threats safely. It is more dexterous, cost effective and, as a package, four times faster than any other UGV," said Greg Roberts, managing director, defence and security, Northrop Grumman Information Systems Europe. "The vehicle is already in service across the U.K. and has proven itself to be robust and capable in the most demanding environments. We look forward to exploiting the potential opportunities for exporting this capability into international markets."

CUTLASS will be on display in Northrop Grumman's exhibit at the Counter Terror Expo, where it will also show its range of capabilities in daily live scenario-based demonstrations. The international exhibition and conference Counter Terror Expo takes place at the National Hall, Olympia, London, April 24-25.

CUTLASS offers the latest technology in a modular design, enabling the user to deal safely with the full range of hazardous threats from a distance, including the detection and disposal of explosive ordnance. Its highly versatile design means that it is capable of accommodating a wide range of payloads, sensors and tools. It carries all of the tools and sensors it needs to perform the full range of operations required for explosive ordnance disposal and other applications, avoiding the need to deploy two standard UGVs. CUTLASS saves up to 50 percent on the through-life costs when compared to owning and operating two standard UGVs.

The manipulator arm is equipped with a three-fingered, state-of-the-art gripper and has nine degrees of freedom for greater movement and agility inside limited spaces. With a specialised sensing system it provides a high level of control and dexterity to minimize damage to property and preserve forensic evidence.

Using CUTLASS, a hazardous situation can be restored to normal up to four times more quickly than with any other UGV. The combination of the speed of the wheeled platform, which can reach speeds of up to 12 kph, and the ability of CUTLASS to carry multiple tools and sensors negates the need to return to the incident control point, thus saving considerable time. The robot is able to creep along at deliberately slow speeds for delicate operations and may accelerate to high speeds to enable rapid travel. The six-wheeled design offers mobility on all types of hard and soft terrain and in all weather conditions.

Northrop Grumman's unmanned ground vehicle business has been established in Coventry, U.K., for more than 20 years. Today, the company designs, develops and manufactures in the U.K. some of the most capable and reliable unmanned ground vehicles available, from the Wheelbarrow bomb disposal robot to the latest vehicle, CUTLASS.

Northrop Grumman has more than 2,000 unmanned ground vehicle systems in operation around the world.

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cybersecurity, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Apr. 22, 2013 - By BARBARA OPALL-ROME – Defense news

TEL AVIV — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, in his first visit here as Pentagon chief, said V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft, aerial tankers and other technologies that Washington is willing “to make available” to Israel will augment Israel’s so-called qualitative military edge (QME) over regional adversaries.

At a joint press conference at Defense Ministry headquarters here on Monday, Hagel said the prospective arms package — to include anti-radiation missiles, advanced fighter aircraft radars, KC-135 refuelers and V-22 Ospreys — “ensures that Israel will maintain air superiority for the next generation.”

Speaking alongside his host, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe “Bogey” Ya’alon, Hagel said the prospective package marks “another significant step” in Washington’s commitment “not only to preserve, but to enhance and improve” Israel’s QME.

Hagel said that “despite fiscal pressures” Washington will provide the full US $3.1 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance to Israel for 2013. Moreover, in keeping with pledges announced last month during U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit here, Hagel said the two countries have begun working on an agreement to extend annual U.S. security funding beyond 2017.

He also noted that to date, Washington has provided more than $460 million in funding for cooperative rocket and missile defense programs, including Iron Dome, David’s Sling and the Arrow. Another $200 million in Iron Dome funding has been requested in 2014, he added.

Under 2008 legislation, Congress defined Israel’s QME as “the ability to counter and defeat any credible conventional military threat from any individual state or possible coalition of states or from non-state actors.”

By law, the U.S. administration is required to submit quadrennial reports on ways it has acted — whether through arms sales, security assistance, joint exercises and other means of strategic cooperation — to preserve Israel’s military superiority in the region.

The first such QME report was submitted in 2009 and a follow-on study is scheduled for release this year.

23/04/2013 Michel Cabirol – LaTribune.fr

Safran va racheter au groupe britannique Rolls-Royce sa participation de 50 % dans leur programme commun de turbines d'hélicoptère RTM322, qui équipe notamment le NH90. Une opération qui s'élève à 293 millions d'euros pour une activité, qui réalise actuellement près de 200 millions d'euros de chiffre d'affaires par an.

Pour Eurocopter, c'est presque un soulagement. Safran, qui a annoncé ce mardi avoir signé un accord avec le groupe britannique Rolls-Royce en vue d'acquérir la participation de 50 % de cette dernière dans leur programme commun de turbines d'hélicoptère RTM322, qui équipe notamment le NH90, sécurise les développements à venir de ce programme majeur pour la filiale hélicoptériste d'EADS. "Une fois l'opération finalisée, Turbomeca (filiale de Safran leader dans les moteurs d'hélicoptère) assumera la totalité de la responsabilité de la conception, de la production, du support des produits et des services pour le moteur RTM322", a expliqué dans un communiqué Safran. Ce modèle de 2.100 à 2.600 shp équipe les hélicoptères américain Apache, italo-britannique EH101 et européen NH90. "Rolls-Royce s'engage à accompagner pleinement Turbomeca dans la phase de transition au cours de laquelle les activités de Rolls-Royce liées à ce programme feront l'objet d'un transfert progressif", a précisé Safran.

Plus une priorité de Rolls-Royce

Pourquoi une telle opération ? Pour Eurocopter, il était important de poursuivre le développement de ce moteur. Ce qui n'était pas acquis, ce n'était plus l'une des priorités de Rolls-Royce, qui souhaite se concentrer sur les moteurs des avions long-courrier. En revanche, le programme RTM322 est une priorité pour Turbomeca, qui a "la volonté d'en poursuivre le développement commercial et envisage notamment une amélioration de ses performances, ainsi que des investissements afin de répondre aux besoins du marché sur le long terme".

Cet accord permettra à Turbomeca de poursuivre de façon autonome ses investissements et le développement de nouveaux moteurs, au bénéfice des clients du segment des turbines d'hélicoptères plus puissantes (3.000 shp et au-delà), un segment stratégique sur lequel Turbomeca n'est pas présent actuellement. Plusieurs nouveaux programmes d'hélicoptères lourds sont en effet en phase de planification ou de développement pour lesquels Turbomeca entend proposer des solutions de propulsion modernes et efficientes. Enfin, l'accord couvre également les activités de services après-vente (pièces de rechange et maintenance, réparation et révision) pour la flotte existante, qui cumule à ce jour l'équivalent de près d'un million d'heures de vol.

Objectif : vendre 3.500 moteurs

Dans les 15 prochaines années, l'objectif de Turbomeca est de vendre "quelque 3.500 moteurs aux plates-formes existantes ainsi que sur de futures plates-formes de la catégorie des 8 à 13 tonnes dans les domaines civil et militaire, qui exigent une puissance de moteur toujours plus élevée". La part de Rolls-Royce dans le chiffre d'affaires du programme RTM322 s'élève à environ 85 millions d'euros par an, et provient en majeure partie des activités de services. Dès la finalisation de l'opération, Turbomeca assumera la pleine responsabilité du programme RTM322, notamment le soutien de la flotte existante de turbines d'hélicoptères, ainsi que le développement d'opportunités nouvelles de services et de ventes export.

Déjà partenaire à 50 % du programme, Turbomeca bénéficiera de synergies croissantes par la simplification de l'organisation et des process, et par l'internalisation progressive avec le soutien de Rolls-Royce de la production et des services de maintenance, réparation et révision. A l'issue de la période de transition, Safran évalue à plus de 30 millions d'euros la contribution annuelle supplémentaire à son résultat opérationnel, grâce aux synergies et aux opportunités commerciales nouvelles, résultant de la détention de l'intégralité du programme. Au total, Safran devrait réaliser près de 200 millions d'euros de chiffre d'affaires sur ce programme.

Safran et Rolls-Royce ont topé cette nuit

C'est dans la nuit de lundi à mardi que les deux groupes, qui ont engagé des discussions depuis des mois, ont trouvé un accord. Le montant en numéraire de la transaction s'élève à 293 millions d'euros. Outre les 50 % détenus par Rolls-Royce dans le programme RTM322, la transaction concerne également les droits de propriété intellectuelle liés à ce programme ainsi que la participation de Rolls-Royce à hauteur de 50 % dans la joint-venture RRTM (Rolls-Royce-Turbomeca). L'acquisition, qui est soumise aux autorisations réglementaires et doit remplir les autres conditions habituellement exigées, devrait être finalisée avant la fin de l'année. En revanche, le programme du moteur Adour en coopération entre Rolls-Royce et Turbomeca, qui équipe les avions Hawk et Jaguar, n'est pas affecté par cette transaction, de même que les autres programmes de turbines d'hélicoptères menés par Rolls-Royce et Turbomeca indépendamment l'un de l'autre.

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TUCSON, April 22 (UPI)

Raytheon is producing more miniature air launched decoy-jammers for the U.S. Air Force under exercise of a contract option.

A total of 202 MALD jammers, with containers, will be produced and delivered. The value of the firm fixed-price Air Force contract is $81.7 million. A 10-year warranty is included in the deal.

"MALD-J adds a jamming capability to the current decoy function of the MALD that disrupts enemy integrated air defense systems using jamming and radar signature technology," said Harry Schulte, vice president of Air Warfare Systems for Raytheon Missile Systems.

"This weapon will provide unprecedented capability and flexibility to the U.S. Air Force and improve the survivability of our airmen and their aircraft."

MALD is a modular, air-launched and programmable flight vehicle that protects aircraft by duplicating the combat flight profiles and radar signatures of U.S. and allied aircraft. A unit weighs 300 pounds and has a range of about 500 nautical miles

Nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky

MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti)

The flagship of Russia’s Northern Fleet, the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky made a simulated detection of a foreign submarine in the Barents Sea during a recent exercise and guided other assets to track it, Fleet spokesman Vadim Serga said on Monday.

The simulated submarine contact was located in international waters north of Kildin Island, and an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship and two ASW aircraft, an Il-38 and Tu-142, were sent to the area to track and “engage” it, he said.

Serga did not say when the exercise began.

On Monday, the Pyotr Veliky will continue practising ASW missions in conjunction with other Northern Fleet warships, including a live fire exercise.

The war games are being conducted to test the combat readiness of the Northern Fleet’s ASW assets on alert duty.

The Pyotr Veliky's armament includes 20 P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles, 48 S-300F Fort and 46 S-300FM Fort-M (SA-N-20 Gargoyle) medium-range surface-to-air missiles, with an effective range of up to 200 kilometers(120 miles), 128 3K95 Kinzhal (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) short-range SAMs, and six CADS-N-1 Kashtan gun/missile systems. The cruiser also has its own anti-submarine component of three Ka-27 Helix helicopters.

Its radars are capable of detecting and tracking aerial targets at an altitude of 30 km (100,000 feet) and a range of 300 km (180 miles).

22 April 2013 by Kim Helfrich - defenceWeb

The South African defence industry’s best known secret – the takeover of troubled ATE by the Paramount Group - looks set to become reality before mid-year.

In June last year Midrand-based ATE issued a statement saying it was back in business after the North Gauteng High Court declared a resolution to commence business rescue proceedings had “lapsed and become a nullity”.

At that time ATE said its board of directors was “actively in focused negotiations with a number of highly credible international investors from the aviation industry of significant financial substance, who are acutely interested in making a significant investment in ATE on an urgent basis. Such investment will enable ATE to be restored to full health and make an offer to creditors, suppliers and other stakeholders of ATE which will surpass the offer in the former so called business rescue plan to a significant and material degree”.

This has now advanced to the stage where the ATE website carries a 60 page “Business Rescue Plan” compiled by senior business rescue practitioner Gavin Gainsford of KPMG.

The plan includes only a proposal from the Paramount Group. With no other white knights on the horizon it seems just about a done deal for Ivor Ichikowitz’ group to cement its position as the largest privately owned defence industry company in South Africa.

Details of exactly how and what the merger/take-over will mean in terms of products, support, research and technology will only be announced once the business rescue plan has been signed off by both parties.

For Paramount it will be the addition of a specialist aeronautical engineering capability to its already impressive line-up of aerospace, land and maritime-based defence and security products. The ATE unmanned aircraft systems business unit will come into the Paramount stable at a time when these aerial platforms are making their presence felt more and more in military and other security applications such as anti-poaching and maritime patrolling.

For the SA Air Force the impending coalition between ATE and Paramount means it will still have a local supplier of the Hawk navigation and weapon system. ATE developed the system which has been certified by both BAE Systems and Armscor.

Multi-mission integration kits for helicopters are another speciality ATE brings to the Paramount table as are the manufacture of composite rotor blades.

Paramount prides itself on providing integrated turnkey solutions to global defence, peacekeeping and internal security forces. This has seen it develop a range of security vehicles today in service in many countries, with the Brazilian police becoming the newest user.

It is also a partner in the development of AHRLAC (Advanced High-Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft) with Centurion-based Aerosud. The high-wing, single-engined aircraft is at an advanced stage and work is underway on a full scale prototype following 80 successful flights of a quarter size scale model. September has been set down as a potential date for the first prototype flight.

19.04.2013 Boursorama

Le Document de Référence du Groupe ECA a été déposé auprès de l'AMF et peut être consulté sur :

• le site internet du Groupe ECA : http://www.ecagroup.com
• le site Internet de l'AMF : http://www.amf-france.org
• le site internet Actusnews.com : http://www.actusnews.com

Le document de référence comprend notamment :

• Les comptes sociaux et consolidés
• Le rapport de gestion
• Les rapports des commissaires aux comptes
• Les informations relatives aux honoraires des commissaires aux comptes
• Le rapport du président sur le fonctionnement du conseil et sur le contrôle interne

A propos d'ECA
Leader dans la protection des vies humaines par la robotique, la simulation et les systèmes de contrôle et de sécurité, le Groupe ECA a acquis des positions de leader dans des applications dédiées aux « milieux hostiles et contraints », des marchés de niche à fort contenu technologique et aux cycles complémentaires tels que la défense, la Sécurité Intérieure, le Nucléaire, l'Offshore ou l'Aéronautique. A la pointe de l'innovation, ECA est le N°1 mondial dans la robotique de déminage sous-marin avec 70% du parc installé et le N°1 français pour la robotique terrestre et les systèmes d'assemblage (aéronautique).

En 2012, le groupe a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de 99,0 M€ qui se répartit ainsi :

· Défense / Robotique (50,3%): robots d'identification et de destruction de mines, robots autonomes de détection/cartographie, drones de surface, simulateurs navals, robots terrestres, systèmes de contrôle pour les navires, etc. ;

· Civil / Aéronautique (49,7%): Systèmes de contrôle/sécurité et simulateurs d'entraînement pour l'Aéronautique, simulateurs terrestres, etc.

Retrouvez l'ensemble de notre communication financière sur www.ecagroup.com

Suite de l'article

April 20, 2013 by Shiv Aroor - Livefist

Full text of press release: With the twin objective of infusing greater efficiency in the procurement process and strengthening the defence manufacturing base in the country, the Defence Acquisition Council, the apex decision making body of the MoD, took a series of decisions today, including amendments to Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP).

Defence Minister AK Antony, who chaired the Council meeting, said the only way forward for the country is rapid indigenization of defence products, with both the public and the private sectors playing  pivotal roles in this endeavour. Antony said the government will make all efforts to create genuine level playing field for Indian manufacturing industries vis-à-vis Global Players.

Following are the highlights of the amendments to the DPP-2011:

1.  Prioritisation of Various Categories for Capital Acquisitions under Defence Procurement Procedure: Preference for indigenous procurement in the Defence Production Policy 2011 has now been made a part of DPP through an amendment that provides for a preferred order of categorisation, with global cases being a choice of last resort. The order of preference, in decreasing order, shall be: (1) “Buy (Indian)”; (2) “Buy & Make (Indian)”; (3) “Make”; (4) “Buy & Make with ToT”; and (5) “Buy (Global)”. Any proposal to select a particular category must now state reasons for excluding the higher preferred category/ categories.

2.  Release of Public Version of Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP): The DAC has approved the release of a public version of its 15-year perspective document (LTIPP), outlining the “Technology Perspective and Capability Roadmap” (TPCR) against LTIPP 2012-2027. The TPCR will provide useful guidance to the Indian Defence Industry for boosting its infrastructural capabilities and directing its R&D and technology investments.

3.  Maintenance ToT (MToT) no longer through Nomination: MToT has been hitherto reserved largely for OFB and DPSUs through the nomination process. A DPP amendment has been approved that does away with nomination by Department of Defence Production and facilitates selection of MToT partners by Indian bidders. This measure is expected to have a positive impact on private sector participation in maintenance, repairs and overhaul work.

4.  Advance Consultations for “Make” Procedure: The DAC has approved an amendment mandating consultations to begin sufficiently in advance of actual procurement by Service Head Quarters (SHQs), so that capital acquisition plans can be translated into national defence R&D and production plans. In addition, a high-level Committee has also been constituted for simplification of “Make” procedures, with a view to unleash the full potential of this important category.

5.  Simplification of  “Buy & Make (Indian)” Procedure: The DAC has approved an amendment further simplifying this complex category. Its procedures have been brought on par with other categorisations, resulting in faster processing of cases under this category.

6.  Clear Definition of Indigenous Content: Increased indigenisation is important for our Armed Forces, in order that they have access to reliable supply chains in times of urgent need. Indigenous content has now been defined in an unambiguous manner, providing requisite clarity and a common understanding.

7.  Ensuring faster progress in “Make” and “Buy & Make (Indian)” cases: The Ministry has a limited number of acquisition cases under “Make” and “Buy & Make (Indian)” categories, with an estimated value of Rs. 1,20,000 crore. Instructions have been issued for speedier conclusion of these cases.

8.  Defence Items List: Indian defence industry was opened up in May 2001 for 100% private sector participation subject to licensing. The Defence Items List has been finalised by the Ministry and sent to DIPP for notification, which will bring required clarity in the licensing process.

9.  Licensing for Dual Use Items: The Ministry has categorically clarified to DIPP that dual-use items will not require licensing, thereby bringing added clarity to the licensing process.

10. Consultations on Security Guidelines for Indian Defence Industry: Draft Security Guidelines that will apply to all licensed defence industries have been circulated for consultations with various stakeholders. It is expected that a complete security framework for Indian private industries participating in defence cases will be in place in the near future.

11. Resolution of Tax-related Issues: Resolution of deemed exports status for certain defence projects and rationalisation of tax and duty structures impinging on the Indian defence industry has been taken up by the MoD with the Ministry of Finance.

12. Funds for MSMEs in the Defence Sector: The Defence Production Policy 2011 requires the setting-up of a fund to provide necessary resources for development of defence equipment. In order to ensure regular supply of funds to MSMEs involved in manufacturing of defence products, SIDBI has decided to earmark an amount of Rs. 500 crore for providing loans, and further, a fund of Rs. 50 crore for equity support out of “India Opportunities Fund” managed by its subsidiary, namely, SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd.

13. Efficiency and Transparency in Defence Procurement: A stipulation to freeze the SQRs before the “Acceptance of Necessity” (AoN) stage has been accorded, and the validity of AoN has also been reduced from two years to one year. These measures are expected to expedite the acquisition process and increase transparency.

14. Enhanced Delegation of Financial Powers: The financial powers of Service Chiefs/ DG Coast Guard have been enhanced from Rs. 50 crore to Rs. 150 crore for capital acquisition cases.

15. Powers to DAC: Approval for all deviations from the Defence Procurement Procedure will henceforth be sought from the Defence Acquisition Council instead of the Defence Minister.

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