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Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhary on Saturday visited the 'Maharashtra MSME Defence Expo' in Pune and said that the time has come to move on to newer technologies and with better quality radars and the Air Force will sign a new deal with L&T in a couple of days for the same...
It is one of the major roles of the Air Force..
"They will fill the voids that have existed in some places in our air defence network, and overall, they'll strengthen the air defence capabilities of the country," he added.. Further, speaking on the closed-in weapon system, VR Chaudhary said that this system provides a wider link in the air defence network...
Meanwhile, the Indian Air Force's Made in India Samar-II and Akash surface-to-air weapon systems are being showcased at the Defence Expo being held at Pune from February 24 to 26..
The Samar-II system has been developed using the R-27 beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles, which can now intercept targets at longer ranges than its previous version, the Samar-1 air defence missile system...
