Boeing to integrate aft radar for India's P-8I

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Boeing to integrate aft radar for India's P-8I

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 APY-10 provides 240° coverage from the P-8's nose section, leaving a 120° coverage gap behind the aircraft.

SINGAPORE 2010: Boeing to integrate aft radar for India's P-8I

 

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India is looking to order P-8s,

India has already placed an order for 8 P-8I's deliveries for which should begin from 2013 to 2015.

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The Indian Navy currently relies on its fleet of around 15 Dornier 228-101 aircraft and 12 Israeli Searcher Mark II and Heron unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor India’s 7,516 km long coastline, 1,197 islands and a 2.01 square km exclusive economic zone.

Additional patrols and interdiction within and beyond that area are undertaken by its 8 ultra-long-range TU-142 Bear aircraft and its 2 remaining IL-38 May Maritime Surveillance Aircraft upgrades to IL-38SD status. Another 3 upgraded IL-38SDs were expected to enter service by end-2008

 

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India is doing all possible thing to equip its forces with the best...

 

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The Indian Navy currently relies on its fleet of around 15 Dornier 228-101 aircraft and 12 Israeli Searcher Mark II and Heron unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor India’s 7,516 km long coastline, 1,197 islands and a 2.01 square km exclusive economic zone.

Additional patrols and interdiction within and beyond that area are undertaken by its 8 ultra-long-range TU-142 Bear aircraft and its 2 remaining IL-38 May Maritime Surveillance Aircraft upgrades to IL-38SD status. Another 3 upgraded IL-38SDs were expected to enter service by end-2008

all 5 Il-38 have reached to SD standards and all 5 are in active service.

I am trying to find the image of the 5th aircraft IN-301. The moment I get it, I will post it here.


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NEW DELHI: The last hurdle for the execution of the biggest-ever defence deal with US, the $2.1 billion contract for eight Boeing P-8I long-range has now been cleared

The US and Indian governments have finalised the technical assistance agreement (TAA) for the P-8I contract after exchange of a few drafts and the formal approval by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).

This, in effect, means the "direct commercial sales contract'' inked with Boeing seven months ago "has now become effective'', with US assuring India of providing the requisite support and maintenance for the P-8Is

Customised for India and based on the Boeing 737 commercial airliner, the P-8I will actually be a variant of the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft currently being developed for US Navy, which has ordered 108 of them to replace its P-3C Orion fleet

 

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India inks largest-ever defence deal with US - India - The Times of India

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