The state-of-the-art aircraft were brought around the cost of over Rs 4,500 crore.
A special 'Air India One' aircraft built in America for the Prime Minister and President of the country arrived in India on October 1, 2020. Teams of Air India engineers and pilots of the Indian Air Force fly the Boeing-777 equipped with both missile defence systems from the US.
Although Air India would receive the plane, it will be operated by IAF. It has its own missile defence system, called the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) and Self-Protection Suites (SPS) besides the state-of-the-art communication system.
The state-of-the-art aircraft were brought around the cost of over Rs 4,500 crore.
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In a break from over a decade long practice, an Indian Prime Minister is not making a stopover in Frankfurt en-route to the US. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plane--Air India One-- is not making a stopover in Frankfurt, as has been the case in the past, as he reaches the US for the Quad summit in Washington and United Nations General Assembly address in New York.
The key reason for the development is the new capabilities of the Air India One.
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