AEW helos for India!

India Orders AEW Helicopters

(Source : Indian Ministry of Defence; issued Aug. 8, 2002)

NEW DELHI—The Government has signed two contracts with a Russian firm for the acquisition of nine special purpose helicopters to equip the Navy with the Airborne Early Warning capability.

These helicopters were evaluated by a Naval Team in 1996 and were found to meet the Naval Staff Qualitative Requirements.

The price and other terms and conditions were negotiated by the duly constituted Price Negotiation Committee before the contracts were signed.

This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written reply to Col (Retd) Sona Ram Choudhary in Lok Sabha today.

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