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ndia Defence Online, New Delhi Indias futuristic plans concerning the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) are taking shape as a co-development project with an international major is on the cards. India is on the verge of finalising a foreign firm for an initial contract to co-develop ten prototypes of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars with India.
The two majors who are in the race for this next generation AESA radars are the European Consortium EADS and Israeli company Elta. Although the initial requirement is of ten radars, this co-development deal is expected to be to the tune of $3 billion over the next ten years. This is because the estimates reveal that the Indian defence forces will need close to 600 radars for different types of fighters in the near future.
The tenders for the co-developmental project of advanced radars were floated in December 2009 and only EADS of Europe and Elta of Israel are left in the race following the elimination of other majors like Selex of Italy and Thales of France. While EADS is showcasing its X band technology, Elta specialises in the L band technology and is promoting its new generation X band antenna. The radar will also be considered for the SU 30 MKI upgrade and modernisation projects for front line fighters of the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force
It seems that Israeli firm Elta stands a better chance to win this contract since India and Israel have defence interactions based on radar acquisitions in the past. Israel has supplied radars in the past to India as well.
Elta, EADs to Pitch for LCA Radar | India Defence Online
The two majors who are in the race for this next generation AESA radars are the European Consortium EADS and Israeli company Elta. Although the initial requirement is of ten radars, this co-development deal is expected to be to the tune of $3 billion over the next ten years. This is because the estimates reveal that the Indian defence forces will need close to 600 radars for different types of fighters in the near future.
The tenders for the co-developmental project of advanced radars were floated in December 2009 and only EADS of Europe and Elta of Israel are left in the race following the elimination of other majors like Selex of Italy and Thales of France. While EADS is showcasing its X band technology, Elta specialises in the L band technology and is promoting its new generation X band antenna. The radar will also be considered for the SU 30 MKI upgrade and modernisation projects for front line fighters of the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force
It seems that Israeli firm Elta stands a better chance to win this contract since India and Israel have defence interactions based on radar acquisitions in the past. Israel has supplied radars in the past to India as well.
Elta, EADs to Pitch for LCA Radar | India Defence Online
