Aatmanirbhar Bharat: MoD & BEL sign Rs 1,950 crore contract for Mountain Radars for IAF

• Capital acquisition contract signed by Ministry of Defence (MoD) with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for two Mountain Radars plus associated equipment & infrastructure for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at ~₹1,950 crore.
• Procured under the Buy (Indian–Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) [Buy (IDDM)] category — highest priority category under DAP 2020.
• Designed & developed by Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), DRDO, Bengaluru; manufactured by BEL.
• UPSC relevance: case-study of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in Defence, DRDO-BEL-IAF triad, Make-in-India procurement categories, and mountain/high-altitude air defence post-Galwan.