Major Shaitan Singh
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Following approval from the Defence Acquisition Council in February this year, the Indian Navy has sent out a long anticipated request for proposal (RFP) to vendors across the world for nine medium-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. This acquisition looks to give the Navy aircraft with an operating range of at least 350nm and patrol time of at least 3.5-hours, clearly to augment mission profiles that will be served by 12 (8+4) new Boeing P-8Is.
The roles specified for the contending aircraft include maritime patrol, anti-surface warfare (two anti-ship missiles and jammer pod minimum), ELINT/ESM/ECM/COMINT and search and rescue. The likely contenders for this competition are likely to be IAI-Bombardier Q400 MP, the Saab 2000 MP, Embraer P99, Alenia ATR-72 MP, Dassault Falcon 900 MPA, Lockheed-Martin C-130J Sea Hercules, Boeing P-8I and EADS CASA C-295 MP.
Bombardier Q400 MP
Saab 2000 MP
EMBRAER-P99
Alenia ATR-72MP
DASSAULT-FALCON
SEA-HERCULES
Boeing P-8I P8I
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The roles specified for the contending aircraft include maritime patrol, anti-surface warfare (two anti-ship missiles and jammer pod minimum), ELINT/ESM/ECM/COMINT and search and rescue. The likely contenders for this competition are likely to be IAI-Bombardier Q400 MP, the Saab 2000 MP, Embraer P99, Alenia ATR-72 MP, Dassault Falcon 900 MPA, Lockheed-Martin C-130J Sea Hercules, Boeing P-8I and EADS CASA C-295 MP.
![MRMR1-IAI-BOMBARDIER-Q400.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fspsmai.com%2Fexclusive%2Fimages%2FMRMR1-IAI-BOMBARDIER-Q400.jpg&hash=d53d7f4545661a341722d26e91e8471c)
Bombardier Q400 MP
![MRMR2-SAAB-2000-MP.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fspsmai.com%2Fexclusive%2Fimages%2FMRMR2-SAAB-2000-MP.jpg&hash=a44808febbae58d4d0365ddba20a5ea9)
Saab 2000 MP
![MRMR3-EMBRAER-P99.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fspsmai.com%2Fexclusive%2Fimages%2FMRMR3-EMBRAER-P99.jpg&hash=7330b18f414710662e003fe2abe253aa)
EMBRAER-P99
![MRMR5-ATR-72MP.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fspsmai.com%2Fexclusive%2Fimages%2FMRMR5-ATR-72MP.jpg&hash=89f8e4d78221c1db5b6a14b5a07f499b)
Alenia ATR-72MP
![MRMR6-DASSAULT-FALCON-MP.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fspsmai.com%2Fexclusive%2Fimages%2FMRMR6-DASSAULT-FALCON-MP.jpg&hash=662dd5d9222f09ebfa874286f742aa91)
DASSAULT-FALCON
![MRMR7-SEA-HERCULES.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fspsmai.com%2Fexclusive%2Fimages%2FMRMR7-SEA-HERCULES.jpg&hash=51bca1d75daa61ec5f14ed48df4d505d)
SEA-HERCULES
![MRMR8-P8I-at-INS-Utkrosh.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fspsmai.com%2Fexclusive%2Fimages%2FMRMR8-P8I-at-INS-Utkrosh.jpg&hash=b487fb197944e878e7f18d099021684d)
Boeing P-8I P8I
http://astrashastra.blogspot.in/