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New Delhi: The Indian government has taken a big decision amid the ongoing Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. The Defense Ministry is going to bring a proposal to buy 3 high-tech spy planes at a cost of Rs 10 thousand crore. These aircraft will provide the Indian Air Force (IAF) with a clear air-to-ground picture to carry out accurate attacks on enemy ground targets (such as radar stations, air defense units and other mobile objects).
Defense officials said that this Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (I-STAR) project will be presented for approval in the high-level meeting of the Defense Ministry to be held in the fourth week of June.
The I-STAR system provides air-to-ground surveillance to the forces, which helps in carrying out accurate attacks. This spy plane project is being developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), in which three aircraft will be purchased through open tender from foreign manufacturers like Boeing and Bombardier.
The onboard systems installed on the aircraft will be completely indigenous, as DRDO's Center for Airborne Systems has already developed them. Officials said that this system has already been tested. Now they will just be added to the three aircraft that will be purchased and modified. Features of I-STAR system
With the completion of the I-STAR system, India will be included in the list of select countries that have such capability. These include America, Britain, Israel and a few other countries. The I-STAR system provides dynamic and time-sensitive targeting capability and plays an important role in fulfilling the country's security goals.
This system will help limit the scale and complexity of undetected hostile threats. It has multi-spectral surveillance capability, which can detect, locate and monitor irregular forces. This system will be for intelligence gathering, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting from stand-off ranges, day and night. These aircraft will operate from large stand-off ranges at high altitudes.
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