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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Shortage of aircrafts in Indian Navy

The Indian Navy has been facing a shortage of sea Harriers, the carrier-based vertical take off jet fighter aircraft.

Introduced in the Navy over two decades ago, it was decided to upgrade the aircraft in 2005.

A Contract for the limited upgrade of Sea Harrier aircraft was concluded with M/s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in March 2005 at a cost of Rs. 4766.9 million. The upgradation programme is expected to be completed by 2009.

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