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To Secure Coastal Borders Forces Mulling to Induct 38 More Aircrafts

[New Delhi] To Secure Coastal Borders Coast Guard Mulling to Induct 38 More Aircrafts by 2020
The CG at present has a fleet of 62 airplanes and helicopters.
This Is To boost surveillance and search and rescue capabilities,
This expansion plan will see the maritime security force acquire Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), Twin-engine Helicopters and Maritime Multi-mission Surveillance Aircraft (MMSA).
In the next three-four months, it is going to sign a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for procuring 16 ALHs,
It is also exploring options to buy 14 twin-engine heavy helicopters.
The Coast Guard is eyeing Airbus’s Eurocopeter but it may take a couple of years to actually acquire these as a proposal in this regard is pending with the Ministry of Defence.
Air assets have often played a crucial role in the Indian Coast Guard’s operations. When the suspicious Pakistani boat carrying explosives blew itself up on the night of December 31, 2014, off the Gujarat coast, the operation was conducted jointly by the air and sea wings of the maritime security force.