The government plans to procure six fast patrol boats for the armed forces, essentially required to acquire the capability of small team insertion for surveillance and reconnaissance, according to the Request for Proposal (RFP) issued for it.

The opening date for the ‘Request for Technical and Commercial Proposal for Procurement of six fast patrol boats (FPBs) under Buy (Indian-IDDM) category’ is October 21, and the closing date is January 13, 2026.

‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ category refers to the procurement of products from an Indian vendor that have been indigenously designed, developed and manufactured with a minimum of 50 per cent indigenous content on a cost basis of the total contract value.

According to the salient aspects and timelines of the acquisition mentioned in the RFP, the min

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