Saab India and Ashok Leyland team up for SRSAM

[jarves]

The Swedish defence and security company Saab Group and India’s transport specialist Ashok Leyland have joined forces to compete for the Indian Army Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM) air defence programme. Saab and Ashok Leyland are teaming to meet the SRSAM requirement with a new solution that combines the Saab BAMSE missile system with Ashok Leyland high-mobility vehicles.

Saab’s Head of Market Area India Lars-Olof Lindgren says, “the tie-up brings together two great engineering companies with front-end technologies that together could serve the Indian Army well. The BAMSE is a proven air defence missile system and the Ashok Leyland platform is a very suitable all-terrain vehicle. The need for mobility for air defence units is essential for flexible and optimal deployment. We are very happy to find a robust vehicle in Ashok Leyland’s product range that meets the requirements. We look forward to working closely with the company to deliver to the needs of the Indian Army.”

The Saab BAMSE SRSAM is an all-weather, all-target, air defence missile system that can be deployed to protect fixed and mobile assets. The BAMSE SRSAM is a purpose-built ground-based air defence missile and is the latest in a long line of successfully developed and deployed Saab missile systems.

Ashok Leyland will deliver high-mobility vehicles to transport the BAMSE SRSAM solution. All sub-units within the BAMSE SRSAM are being integrated with the Ashok Leyland Super Stallion 8×8, a high-mobility vehicle capable of operating in all types of terrain under all weather conditions.



Dr. V. Sumantran, Vice-Chairman of Ashok Leyland says: “we are pleased to announce this cooperation with Saab and together we are able to offer the Indian defence forces, state-of-the-art air defence systems based on proven technologies. Saab is a recognised technology leader and in the BAMSE Saab has a very advanced and capable system. Ashok Leyland has a proven track record of serving the mobility needs of the Indian armed forces for over three decades. Our Super-Stallion 8×8 platform will offer the best combination of performance and reliability”.

The complete SRSAM system includes the GIRAFFE AMB, a powerful 3D surveillance radar and command and control system intended for short and medium-range ground based air defence and the BAMSE MCC missile launcher with six ready-to-fire missiles.



Source: http://defense-update.com/20140205_s...ias-srsam.html

 

[OrionHunter]

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[Excelias]

On one hand involvement of private industry is a welcome news in Indian defense industry,but on the other hand,more worrying is the retagging of imported screwdriver products to pass them off as Indian.It brings little actual R&D know how to Indian MIC as compared to actually developing new systems from the ground up.This trend is no different from public companies passing off substandard imported products as indigenous.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

On one hand involvement of private industry is a welcome news in Indian defense industry,but on the other hand,more worrying is the retagging of imported screwdriver products to pass them off as Indian.It brings little actual R&D know how to Indian MIC as compared to actually developing new systems from the ground up.This trend is no different from public companies passing off substandard imported products as indigenous.

Ashok Leyland isnt calling this system their own. It's using their super stallion as a mount for the Swedish system.

 

[Excelias]

Ashok Leyland isnt calling this system their own. It's using their super stallion as a mount for the Swedish system.

But is it being seen as indigenous or not ?The Private sector involvement in Indian MIC by big players is mostly retagging foreign products as indigenous.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

But is it being seen as indigenous or not ?The Private sector involvement in Indian MIC by big players is mostly retagging foreign products as indigenous.

No, it's just a Swedish system on an Ashok Leyland truck.

 

[Excelias]

No, it's just a Swedish system on an Ashok Leyland truck.

Then it is fine.

 

[Roybot]

That looks neat, although they could probably mount few more missiles there, plenty of space.

 

[RPK]

COMMANDER SAAB

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[Water Car Engineer]

BAMSE - Air Defence Missile System

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

But is it being seen as indigenous or not ?The Private sector involvement in Indian MIC by big players is mostly retagging foreign products as indigenous.

True. Even this kind of collaboration will lead to significant reduction in dollar outflow for defence. They shall produce in the country, help in exports, and AL, can produce a indigenous version of whole SRSAM thing by its own by 2020's. Its just Tot.