Report: India Set to Buy More Harop Suicide Drones
Israel’s Prime Minister and his National Security Advisor are working to promote additional arms deals with India, as France attempts to push the Israeli manufacturers aside with a package deal that includes aircraft, ATGMs and artillery guns
Ami Rojkes Dombe | 31/01/2019
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The Indian Air Force is planning to acquire 15 more Harop suicide from IAI, local media reported earlier this week.
"A proposal to acquire these attack drones is expected to be discussed by the Defense Ministry at a high-level meeting in the coming week to strengthen the fleet of such drones in the Air Force," ANI cited defense sources as saying.
According to the report, India has already purchased more than 100 of these UAVs over the years.
Moreover, the two countries are reportedly also discussing “Project Cheetah” that includes the upgrading of nearly all Indian UAVs, which would be turned into high-quality attack drones with enhanced surveillance capabilities.
Meanwhile, the times of India reports that New Delhi is close to approving a deal for two more Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with ELTA radars. The deal is estimated at over $800 million.
It should be recalled that Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat visited in India earlier this month, and there are talks that Prime Minister Netanyahu will fly to meet his Indian counterpart sometime next month. There are two more deals on the table: one for Rafael’s Spike missiles and the other for Elbit Systems’ artillery guns, competing against the French Nexter.
It seems that in addition to the United States, France is also trying to push Israel out of the Indian market. While the US has offered the Javelin missile that competes against the Spike, France has already sold India one batch of Milan anti-tank guided missiles, according to the Economic Times.
https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/37312
Israel’s Prime Minister and his National Security Advisor are working to promote additional arms deals with India, as France attempts to push the Israeli manufacturers aside with a package deal that includes aircraft, ATGMs and artillery guns
Ami Rojkes Dombe | 31/01/2019
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The Indian Air Force is planning to acquire 15 more Harop suicide from IAI, local media reported earlier this week.
"A proposal to acquire these attack drones is expected to be discussed by the Defense Ministry at a high-level meeting in the coming week to strengthen the fleet of such drones in the Air Force," ANI cited defense sources as saying.
According to the report, India has already purchased more than 100 of these UAVs over the years.
Moreover, the two countries are reportedly also discussing “Project Cheetah” that includes the upgrading of nearly all Indian UAVs, which would be turned into high-quality attack drones with enhanced surveillance capabilities.
Meanwhile, the times of India reports that New Delhi is close to approving a deal for two more Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with ELTA radars. The deal is estimated at over $800 million.
It should be recalled that Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat visited in India earlier this month, and there are talks that Prime Minister Netanyahu will fly to meet his Indian counterpart sometime next month. There are two more deals on the table: one for Rafael’s Spike missiles and the other for Elbit Systems’ artillery guns, competing against the French Nexter.
It seems that in addition to the United States, France is also trying to push Israel out of the Indian market. While the US has offered the Javelin missile that competes against the Spike, France has already sold India one batch of Milan anti-tank guided missiles, according to the Economic Times.
https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/37312
