Wipro to develop software for Saab’s e-warfare system

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Wipro Ltd has entered into a strategic alliance with Saab AB to develop and market protective software for the Swedish major’s Land Electronic Defence System (LEDS) in the country, the IT bellwether said Thursday.

LEDS provides protection to light and medium combat vehicles and main battle tanks against rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles, mortars and artillery shells.

‘We will pursue opportunities for LEDS in the domestic market with Indian defence establishments and original equipment manufacturers,’ Wipro infrastructure engineering division president Pratik Kumar said on the margins of the Defence & Security equipment International (DSEi) 2011 trade fair being held in London.

DSEi is the world’s largest integrated defence and security exhibition providing a single platform to showcase the latest equipment and systems.

Wipro will develop, manufacture and integrate the equipment to address the Indian market for land-based active protection systems (APS).

‘The primary objective of the partnership with Saab is to serve the Indian market with state-of-the-art APS solutions. The partnership will include component sourcing within the country, technology transfer and manufacture and integration of APS,’ Kumar said.

The global software major hopes the strategic alliance will put India on the global map as a cost-effective and reliable defence manufacturing hub.

Both the firms also partnered in 2008 and 2010 to address the Indian survivability technology market.

‘India is an important market for us and a cornerstone of our global strategy. The new collaboration marks our next step towards consolidating our position in the Indian defense market,’ Saab’s business head for LEDS Micael Johansson said on the occasion.

The e-warfare system combines active signature management and soft-kill and hard-kill mechanisms to provide full spectrum active protection to land vehicles. The specifications include hemispherical coverage to detect incoming threats and alert the crew.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Same system that has been picked for the T-90/T-72 UPG, part of offsets possibly?

 

[Abingdonboy]

+ does anyone else find it odd that the SAAB APS has been picked for T-90/T-72 but IRON FIST has been picked for Arjun Mk.ii? Weight factors perhaps.

 

[Kinetic]

+ does anyone else find it odd that the SAAB APS has been picked for T-90/T-72 but IRON FIST has been picked for Arjun Mk.ii? Weight factors perhaps.

I think both are good and IA wanted to rely on multiple solutions than just a single one. Is the passive protection system/jammer are part of Iron Fist/LEDS-150? I think they are separate.


One more advantage of these active protection systems are they also acts as a situational awareness system for the tank due to the EO and radar sensor mounted on it.

 

[Indian_Gem]

Wipro Ltd has entered into a strategic alliance with Saab AB to develop and market protective software for the Swedish major’s Land Electronic Defence System (LEDS) in the country, the IT bellwether said Thursday.

LEDS provides protection to light and medium combat vehicles and main battle tanks against rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles, mortars and artillery shells.

‘We will pursue opportunities for LEDS in the domestic market with Indian defence establishments and original equipment manufacturers,’ Wipro infrastructure engineering division president Pratik Kumar said on the margins of the Defence & Security equipment International (DSEi) 2011 trade fair being held in London.

DSEi is the world’s largest integrated defence and security exhibition providing a single platform to showcase the latest equipment and systems.

Wipro will develop, manufacture and integrate the equipment to address the Indian market for land-based active protection systems (APS).

‘The primary objective of the partnership with Saab is to serve the Indian market with state-of-the-art APS solutions. The partnership will include component sourcing within the country, technology transfer and manufacture and integration of APS,’ Kumar said.

The global software major hopes the strategic alliance will put India on the global map as a cost-effective and reliable defence manufacturing hub.

Both the firms also partnered in 2008 and 2010 to address the Indian survivability technology market.

‘India is an important market for us and a cornerstone of our global strategy. The new collaboration marks our next step towards consolidating our position in the Indian defense market,’ Saab’s business head for LEDS Micael Johansson said on the occasion.

The e-warfare system combines active signature management and soft-kill and hard-kill mechanisms to provide full spectrum active protection to land vehicles. The specifications include hemispherical coverage to detect incoming threats and alert the crew.

Not sure if its a new or a old stuff. But it shows we are progressing.

 

[zer_0]

hey GUYS i FOUND this news
SAAB offers air defence system to Indian Army - Hindustan Times
Swedish defence major Saab on Thursday said it is offering its RBS 70NG man-portable air defence system to the Indian Army for its requirements for shoulder fired missiles. "The RBS 70 NG is a contender for procurement of Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) manportable air defence


(MANPAD) missile for Indian Army," Saab said in a release in New Delhi.
The Indian Army at present uses the Russian origin Igla missile systems and is looking for its replacements. It had recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) in this regard and is expected to issue a formal tender very soon.

"We believe the RBS 70NG meets requirements of Indian Army for a system that has multiple target seeking and tracking capabilities, multi-launcher capability, ability to deploy from high mobility vehicles and ship and submarine naval vessels and aerial target detection capability", Saab India head Inderjit Sial said.

Saab said the RBS 70NG has been equipped with "a new sighting system, improved precision and increased all-target capability." The company claims the RBS 70NG has an effective intercept range of 8 km, with altitude coverage in excess of 5 km.