Israel Aerospace Industries to MAKE DRONES in INDIA in tie up with a Private Sector Company

[Stephen Cohen]

Tata, M&M, Rel Group in race for tie-up with Israel’s IAI

http://www.hindustantimes.com/busin...srael-s-iai/story-zm4rLm4IP4x3N9rUoZW9uN.html


NEW DELHI/LOD (ISRAEL): Israeli defence and aerospace major IAI said it has shortlisted three Indian companies for setting up a joint venture to make military drone aircraft under the “Make in India” initiative, with plans to roll out UAVs within two years of a deal being finalised.

Officials of the state-run Israel Aerospace Industries said Make in India is central to the company’s plans to expand in India, a key market for their unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as Searcher, Heron and Harop.

“The next batch of UAVs will be made in India. We are in the process of picking a partner to make in India,” Eli Alfassi, IAI’s corporate vice-president for India operations, told a group of Indian journalists and experts that recently visited the firm’s headquarters in Lod.

“We have shortlisted three Indian companies, and once we finalise a partner, we will be ready to ‘make in India’ in two years,” he said.

Alfassi and Shalom Revivo, IAI’s corporate director for sales and marketing in India, declined to name the shortlisted Indian companies.

However, industry sources said Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata and the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group’s defence and aerospace section were in the race to partner IAI, whose annual global sales are to the tune of $4 billion.


The IAI officials acknowledged they had “some interaction with the Reliance Group but nothing has been signed”.

IAI has had a presence in India for 25 years, and its officials say the firm’s UAVs, strategic radar systems and sensors are currently used by India’s armed forces from “Kashmir to Thiruvananthapuram, Assam to Gujarat and the Andaman and Nicobar islands”.

The Indian army, navy and air force currently operate over 150 Israeli-made UAVs, including Searcher and Heron surveillance UAVs and Harop unmanned combat air vehicles.

The firm’s strategic radars have been deployed in areas such as Kutch in Gujarat and its homeland security and port protection systems are in use at several other places. The medium range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) successfully tested off the Odisha coast on Thursday too was developed jointly by DRDO and IAI.

Reliance Group, Tata Group and Mahindra and Mahindra are at the forefront of Indian companies vying for defence production capacity.

 

[kasper95]

I know its off topic but I want these private companies to JV with GE Rolls-Royce and others for jet engine's

 

[Stephen Cohen]

I know its off topic but I want these private companies to JV with GE Rolls-Royce and others for jet engine's

Jet Engine Technology is NOT available like that

And above all they are restricted technologies ;
the GOVERNMENT of US / Russia / France/ UK has to approve it

It will take years before India can get them

 

[Ankit Kumar]

It will be M&M , TATA will now be more or less said to be in partnership with the Americans , even on UAVs, while Reliance is closer to the Russian solutions ( at least it seems ) , its M&M which can be expected to get Israel in the UAV segment.

 

[danger007]

It will be M&M , TATA will now be more or less said to be in partnership with the Americans , even on UAVs, while Reliance is closer to the Russian solutions ( at least it seems ) , its M&M which can be expected to get Israel in the UAV segment.

Definitely it shouldn't be reliance...blood sucking..

 

[Abingdonboy]

It will be M&M , TATA will now be more or less said to be in partnership with the Americans , even on UAVs, while Reliance is closer to the Russian solutions ( at least it seems ) , its M&M which can be expected to get Israel in the UAV segment.

This isn't how business decsions work, there are not affiliations. Make no mistake the call will be made on pure merit and with cold hard logic from IAI. If TATA presents a more viable model then IAI will be happy to tie up with them.

 

[Ankit Kumar]

This isn't how business decsions work, there are not affiliations. Make no mistake the call will be made on puterit and with cold hard logic from IAI. If TATA presents a more viable model then IAI will be happy to tie up with them.

Not exactly talking about affiliations rather partnerships .

The UAV market in India will be split between Indian , Israeli and American Options.

All I was intending to say that TATA will not be pitching in UAV solutions for both IAI and American partners simultaneously , not that TATA can't, just that the companies involved will not agree. (LM, Boeing , GA, etc ) already have or moving to have varying level of tieups with TATA , in this case IAI will not want to tie up with an vendor which is already endorsing its biggest rivals products

 

[Tshering22]

Jet Engine Technology is NOT available like that

And above all they are restricted technologies ;
the GOVERNMENT of US / Russia / France/ UK has to approve it

It will take years before India can get them

I am rather keen to see the research continue on jet engines.

If they could make it, so can we.

Beating around the bush and cutting R&D budget won't get us anywhere.