Israel, EU in contention to co-develop Next Gen AESA radars for LCA Tejas

[Mogambo]

Israel, EU in contention to co-develop Next Gen AESA radars for LCA Tejas

India is close to finalising a developmental partner for a next generation radar that will be the eyes and ears of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in the future. With other contenders falling off the race due to different reasons, the race now is between European Consortium EADS and Israeli company Elta that are vying for the initial contract to co-develop 10 prototypes of an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar with India.

While the initial contract is for 10 prototypes, industry estimates put the requirement of the Indian defence forces at close to 600 radars for different types of fighters, making the deal potentially worth over $ 3 billion over the next decade. The tenders for co-development were issued by DRDO’s Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) in December last year for the LCA Mk II that has already been approved by the government.

Israel, EU in contention to co-develop radars for Tejas - Indian Express

 

[WAQAS119]

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[farhan_9909]

Good news.......

 

[gowthamraj]

Again no time frame so for prototype itself they make 10 years

 

[Kinetic]

They can develop a common base technology for all future upgrades like AMSAR and then can develop two or three radars based on it for Tejas, MKI and other aircrafts.