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In view of the aggressive marketing of military hardware by Americans to India, Russians are desperate not to be outdone.
Russia is hard selling a range of helicopters and a short-range air defence, using Aero India 2011 as the platform for pushing the sale for India which is keen on this segment of military equipment to replace old systems.
The Indian Army is looking at replacing the existing fleet of indigenously manufactured Cheetah and Chetak helicopters. Both of these are based on Eurocopter Alouette II and III rotary-wing aircraft.
Russias state-owned arms manufacturer, Rosboronexport, is banking on its recent deliveries of Mi-17 military transport helicopters to Indian Air Force to further push the sale of a range of choppers. This includes Mi-28NE, the new export version of Night Hunter combat helicopter inducted into the Russian Army in 2009.
The Mi-28NE is in intense competition with the American AH-64D Apache to win the Indian tender for the supply of 22 attack helicopters.
Aero India 2011 will especially witness rivalry between the two as Eurocopter Tiger and Italian Augusta-129 Mangusta (Mongoose) have pulled out of the race for the Indian tender.
Mi-28NE is not the only one; Russia is also pushing the Ka-226T light multi-role helicopter to compete for the Indian Army multi-role helicopter tender, besides the Mi-26T2 which is acclaimed to have the worlds heaviest load-carrying capacity of 20 tonnes.
Also in the race is Eurocopters AS550 C3 Fennec, which will look at exploiting the familiarity of the Indian armed forces personnel with Cheetah and Chetak choppers which are similar in design to Eurocopter Alouette II and III.
The AS550 C3 Fennec helicopter recently conducted field trials for the Indian armed forces with full mission equipment for surveillance and reconnaissance applications. It has demonstrated landings and lift-offs at the high-altitude Siachen glacier.
Russia is hard selling a range of helicopters and a short-range air defence, using Aero India 2011 as the platform for pushing the sale for India which is keen on this segment of military equipment to replace old systems.
The Indian Army is looking at replacing the existing fleet of indigenously manufactured Cheetah and Chetak helicopters. Both of these are based on Eurocopter Alouette II and III rotary-wing aircraft.
Russias state-owned arms manufacturer, Rosboronexport, is banking on its recent deliveries of Mi-17 military transport helicopters to Indian Air Force to further push the sale of a range of choppers. This includes Mi-28NE, the new export version of Night Hunter combat helicopter inducted into the Russian Army in 2009.
The Mi-28NE is in intense competition with the American AH-64D Apache to win the Indian tender for the supply of 22 attack helicopters.
Aero India 2011 will especially witness rivalry between the two as Eurocopter Tiger and Italian Augusta-129 Mangusta (Mongoose) have pulled out of the race for the Indian tender.
Mi-28NE is not the only one; Russia is also pushing the Ka-226T light multi-role helicopter to compete for the Indian Army multi-role helicopter tender, besides the Mi-26T2 which is acclaimed to have the worlds heaviest load-carrying capacity of 20 tonnes.
Also in the race is Eurocopters AS550 C3 Fennec, which will look at exploiting the familiarity of the Indian armed forces personnel with Cheetah and Chetak choppers which are similar in design to Eurocopter Alouette II and III.
The AS550 C3 Fennec helicopter recently conducted field trials for the Indian armed forces with full mission equipment for surveillance and reconnaissance applications. It has demonstrated landings and lift-offs at the high-altitude Siachen glacier.
