Indian Army Scouts For Medium Range Loitering Missile

[sudhir007]

Indian Army Scouts For Medium Range Loitering Missile | NeWs @ UniUrs

The Indian Army has said it is interested in procuring unspecified numbers of a new medium range Loitering Missile (LM) system, and has sent out Requests for Information to firms in Israel (IAI Malat), France (MBDA) and the US (Raytheon). A glance through the RFI shows the Army is interested in a system with capabilities that include top-attack and the ability to abort an attack after target lock (and re-designate). The Army wants a system where the launcher can be mounted on a Tatra truck. More soon.

 

[jha]

bring more on this sir...

 

[Bang Galore]

The army is probably just going thro the motions before they buy what they really want - the HAROP/HARPY-2 from IAI. Guess they don't want the CAG to write an adverse report over single vendor purchases.

Harop/Harpy-2

 

[Raje amar]

Hay Guys found This a bit old.

Harpy Loitering Munition (LM) doing fine


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Harpy Loitering Munition (LM) doing fine
Posted by vkthakur on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 (EST)
Harpy missile purchased from Israel, anti sea-eagle missile, anti-radiation missiles and some types of cluster bombs are in a high state of serviceability Defense Minister AK Antony told the Lok Sabha today.

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Harpy missile purchased from Israel, anti sea-eagle missile, anti-radiation missiles and some types of cluster bombs are in a high state of serviceability Defense Minister AK Antony told the Lok Sabha today.
December 16, 2009, (Sawf News) - Harpy missile purchased from Israel, anti sea-eagle missile, anti-radiation missiles and some types of cluster bombs are in a high state of serviceability Defense Minister AK Antony told the Lok Sabha today.

The Harpy 'suicide' UAV acquired by the Indian army is a fire-and-forget all-weather, day/night autonomous anti radar system. It can loiter over a suspected enemy radar or missile site and attack any transmitting radar.

Harpy is designed to take out SAM and radar sites for long duration, by detecting, attacking and destroying radar emitters with a very high hit accuracy.

The 135 kg drone is 2.1 meter long, 2.7 meter span and with range of 500 km.

It is launched from a sealed container to endure harsh battlefield conditions. It can be fueled or defueled within the launcher container ensuring readiness at all time. The system uses periodical built-in test to maintain full readiness.

The Indian Air Force is set to acquire 10 Harop loitering drones from Malat, the UAV division of Israel Aerospace Industries, under a $100 million deal.

The Harops, aka Harpy-2, will be inducted into service by 2011.

For more on the IAF acquisition please see my knol Harop Loitering Munition (LM) system.