The Indian Navy is pushing to increase the use of local content in its warships and submarines amid a 2047 deadline to achieve 100 per cent indigenisation in all forms of naval power.
The South Asian country's blue-water navy has announced yet another deal. This time, it will purchase Reeled Compressed Air Foam (RCAF) for its naval vessels.
"The Indian Navy has signed a contract with iDEX developer M/s Adisan Systems LLP for the supply of Reeled Compressed Air Foam (RCAF) system to replace imported systems on board naval vessels," it said in a statement.
Recently, Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar emphasised the nation's self-reliance in building naval vessels, including aircraft carriers.
"A ship has three components - swimming, movement and combat. In the swimming component, we have achieved almost 95 per cent (self-sufficiency). In the 'movement' component, we are somewhere around 65 per cent and in the 'combat' component, we are at 55 per cent," Kumar said at a public event in Pune city last month.