The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by defence minister accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for procurement of Advanced Land Navigation System (ALNS) for Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) of the Army and 22 Interceptor Boats for the Coast Guard.
- Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) is the first step of the procurement process.
- The ALNS Mk-II offers compatibility with defence series maps resulting in very high accuracy in navigational applications for AFVs.
- This equipment will be procured from Bharat Electronics Limited, Chennai under Buy [Indian-Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured (lDDM)] category of the procurement procedure.
- The Advanced Land Navigation System (ALNS) is an equipment mounted in ‘A’ vehicles for the purpose of Land Navigation in featureless terrain.
