India has decided to build six new Airborne Early Warning and Control Planes to further strengthen the surveillance capability along the Line of Actual Control with China and the Line of Control with Pakistan. Six new Air India aircraft will be used for this. The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will develop these aircraft and is expected to give a boost to the indigenous defence industry as well. Also, after getting six new surveillance aircraft, the monitoring capability of the Air Force will increase tremendously. According to government sources, the AEW&C Block-2 aircraft will be developed through DRDO under