4th December, 2003
Ministry of Defence  


PROCUREMENT OF SPARES FOR SEA HARRIERS AND SEA KING HELICOPTERS


LOK SABHA

The spares for the Sea Harrier aircraft are being procured from the Original Equipment Manufacturer of the aircraft in the UK. No spares for the Sea Harrier are being procured from the US.

Ninety-eight spares of Sea King Aircraft have been ordered through the Foreign Military Sales Scheme of US Navy. Of these, eighty spares have already been supplied.

This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written reply Shri GS Basavaraj in Lok Sabha today.