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Boeing to integrate aft radar for India's P-8I
By Leithen Francis
Boeing, in an effort to sell to India, plans to put a radar on the aft section of its P-8 multi-mission maritime aircraft and rope in Raytheon to give the platform a new air-to-air capability.
"We are in the process of integrating an aft radar," confirms Tim Norgart, Boeing's director of business development for airborne battle management.
Noting that Raytheon already makes the APY-10 radar for the P-8, he adds: "we are now exploring [incorporating] an air-to-air mode into that radar".
India is looking to order P-8s, but has asked that the aircraft have an air-to-air capability and a 360° radar.
The Raytheon Fish Hawk programme integrates a wingkit, flight-control surfaces and a guidance system to a Mk 54 or Mk 46 torpedo, says Mark "Smoke" Borup, senior business development manager for Raytheon's advanced missiles and unmanned aircraft systems unit.
The stand-off distance protects the P-8 from an emerging new class of submarine-launched, anti-aircraft missiles. The concept also would reduce the stress caused by diving to low altitude on the P-8 airframe.
Raytheon's approach with the Fish Hawk is unique among its competitors in a key area, Borup says. Instead of modifying an existing wing-kit for the Fish Hawk, Raytheon developed an all-new design over the last three years, he says. The purpose-built design allows the Fish Hawk to be loaded on each of the P-8's internal and external weapons stations.
The Raytheon design also includes a unique pivot-wing, with a spring-loaded mechanism releasing the wing into position after the torpedo is launched. The Fish Hawk is designed to be launched upside-down and right itself after the wing deploys. A tail guidance section, which includes four fins, is also deployed at the same time as the wing.
Raytheon has performed a single flight test in March 2008 to demonstrate that the technology works, Borup says. Raytheon had planned to perform two flight tests, but the single event achieved all of the desired test results, he adds.
The Fish Hawk uses a global positioning/inertial navigation system to glide to a location in the proximity of the targeted submarine. As the weapon reaches a specific point in space, the wingkit and guidance section is jettisoned. The torpedo drops into the water, using its terminal guidance system to fix the position of the target.
SINGAPORE 2010: Boeing to integrate aft radar for India's P-8I
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/03/337988/singapore-2010-raytheon-unveils-long-range-torpedo-for.html
Hindustan Aeronautics is to produce weapons bay doors for the Indian navy's future fleet of eight Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, under a new deal worth $4.7 million.
"A contract has been signed with HAL, and the first delivery will be by the end of 2010," says Vivek Lall, vice-president and India country head for Boeing Defense, Space and Security. "This is the first P-8I offset package that Boeing has directly executed with India's largest aerospace company."
By Leithen Francis
Boeing, in an effort to sell to India, plans to put a radar on the aft section of its P-8 multi-mission maritime aircraft and rope in Raytheon to give the platform a new air-to-air capability.
"We are in the process of integrating an aft radar," confirms Tim Norgart, Boeing's director of business development for airborne battle management.
Noting that Raytheon already makes the APY-10 radar for the P-8, he adds: "we are now exploring [incorporating] an air-to-air mode into that radar".
India is looking to order P-8s, but has asked that the aircraft have an air-to-air capability and a 360° radar.
The Raytheon Fish Hawk programme integrates a wingkit, flight-control surfaces and a guidance system to a Mk 54 or Mk 46 torpedo, says Mark "Smoke" Borup, senior business development manager for Raytheon's advanced missiles and unmanned aircraft systems unit.
The stand-off distance protects the P-8 from an emerging new class of submarine-launched, anti-aircraft missiles. The concept also would reduce the stress caused by diving to low altitude on the P-8 airframe.
Raytheon's approach with the Fish Hawk is unique among its competitors in a key area, Borup says. Instead of modifying an existing wing-kit for the Fish Hawk, Raytheon developed an all-new design over the last three years, he says. The purpose-built design allows the Fish Hawk to be loaded on each of the P-8's internal and external weapons stations.
The Raytheon design also includes a unique pivot-wing, with a spring-loaded mechanism releasing the wing into position after the torpedo is launched. The Fish Hawk is designed to be launched upside-down and right itself after the wing deploys. A tail guidance section, which includes four fins, is also deployed at the same time as the wing.
Raytheon has performed a single flight test in March 2008 to demonstrate that the technology works, Borup says. Raytheon had planned to perform two flight tests, but the single event achieved all of the desired test results, he adds.
The Fish Hawk uses a global positioning/inertial navigation system to glide to a location in the proximity of the targeted submarine. As the weapon reaches a specific point in space, the wingkit and guidance section is jettisoned. The torpedo drops into the water, using its terminal guidance system to fix the position of the target.
SINGAPORE 2010: Boeing to integrate aft radar for India's P-8I
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/03/337988/singapore-2010-raytheon-unveils-long-range-torpedo-for.html
Hindustan Aeronautics is to produce weapons bay doors for the Indian navy's future fleet of eight Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, under a new deal worth $4.7 million.
"A contract has been signed with HAL, and the first delivery will be by the end of 2010," says Vivek Lall, vice-president and India country head for Boeing Defense, Space and Security. "This is the first P-8I offset package that Boeing has directly executed with India's largest aerospace company."
