{"id":58740,"date":"2024-12-13T05:52:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=58740"},"modified":"2024-12-13T05:52:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:52:43","slug":"defence-ministry-signs-rs13500-crore-deal-with-hal-for-12-sukhoi-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/defence-ministry-signs-rs13500-crore-deal-with-hal-for-12-sukhoi-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence Ministry Signs Rs13,500 Crore Deal with HAL for 12 Sukhoi Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Defence Ministry<\/strong> on Thursday announced that it has signed a significant deal worth \u20b913,500 crore with <strong>Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)<\/strong> for the procurement of <strong>12 Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets<\/strong>. This deal is part of efforts to enhance the capabilities of the <strong>Indian Air Force<\/strong> and strengthen India&#8217;s defence infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian-origin <strong>Su-30MKI<\/strong> jets, which are crucial for India&#8217;s air dominance, will now be manufactured by HAL under an intergovernmental framework. The deal is particularly noteworthy as the jets will feature <strong>62.6% domestic content<\/strong>, with key components being produced by the Indian <strong>defence industry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on <strong>X<\/strong> (formerly Twitter), the Ministry of Defence stated, &#8220;MoD signed a \u20b913,500 Cr deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (#HAL) to procure 12 Su-30MKI fighter jets. These aircraft will feature 62.6% domestic content, with key components to be manufactured by the Indian #defenceindustry.&#8221; The Ministry added that this deal is a <strong>milestone<\/strong> in India\u2019s pursuit of <strong>self-reliance<\/strong> in defence manufacturing, aligning with the country\u2019s broader goals of <strong>Atmanirbhar Bharat<\/strong> (self-reliant India).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement highlights India\u2019s growing capabilities in <strong>aerospace manufacturing<\/strong> and reinforces the government&#8217;s commitment to <strong>boosting indigenous defence production<\/strong> to meet the needs of the Indian armed forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defence Ministry on Thursday announced that it has signed a significant deal worth \u20b913,500 crore with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for the procurement of 12&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58740","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58742,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58740\/revisions\/58742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}