OVER A year after it first projected the need to procure fast patrol boats and Landing Craft Assaults to be used for deployment in Sir Creek, the Brahmaputra river basin and in eastern Ladakh, the Army recently went a step further towards these acquisitions and floated two Request for Proposals (RFPs) from vendors for the purchase of the two platforms.

Last week, the Army invited technical and commercial proposals to procure eight Landing Craft Assaults for employment at sea as well as in shallow creek areas — the Brahmputra River, the Sunderban Delta of West Bengal and Eastern Ladakh.

Similarly, last month, it floated an RFP for the purchase of six fast patrol boats that will be primarily used for small team insertion for surveillance and reconnaissance, patrolling and domination of wat

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