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U.S. Pressures Israel to Block IAI AESA Radar Sale to India

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2011-01-11 A report in Flight Global by Arie Egozi reveals that the United States has arm twisted Israel to withdraw the offering and block a potential sale of IAI's EL/M-2052 AESA radars to India. It is said that this action would have immediate impact. The U.S. Government is said to have been pressuring Israel for the ban for over two years.


"Washington's position is driven by an assumption that exporting IAI's advanced radar would undermine the sale of US-made systems on the international stage, sources say."

"Saab had considered offering the EL/M-2052 as part of its Gripen NG proposal for the Indian air force's medium multi-role combat aircraft requirement, but instead opted for Selex Galileo's ES05 Raven AESA."

The Elta 2052 is an advanced airborne Active electronically scanned array fire control radar for fighter aircraft. It is suitable for F-15, MiG-29, Mirage 2000, LCA Tejas. The EL/M-2052 is an advanced Airborne Fire Control Radar (FCR) designed for air superiority and advanced strike missions.

The FCR is based on fully solid-state active phased array technology. This new technology enables the radar to achieve a longer detection range, high mission reliability and a multi-target tracking capability of up to 64 targets. The EL/M-2052 radar incorporates Elta's decades of field-proven experience with real operational feedback from Israeli Air Force combat pilots.

The radar introduces new dimensions to the Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Sea operation modes of the aircraft. In the Air-to-air mode, the radar enables a very long-range multi targets detection and enables several simultaneous weapon deliveries in combat engagements.

In Air-to-ground missions, the radar provides very high resolution mapping (SAR), surface moving target detection and tracking over RBM, DBS and SAR maps in addition to A/G ranging. In Air-to-Sea missions the radar provides long-range target detection and tracking, including target classification capabilities (RS, ISAR).

Global Defence: Israel bars AESA radar export to India
 
Its disappointing... We make better toys than the US in certain fields and they don`t want us to sell it to an Ally that should clearly be the US`s one as well...
 
I bet the moment India selects one of the American fighter jets for MMRCA it would have no problem whatsoever with Israel selling the radar. Am sure India-Israel will come up with some "joint venture" soon to bypass the American arm twisting :lol:
 
That is good AESA radar, this is the price that we have to pay, Americans have control on aid we get, they investing in our R&D, recently they approved budgeting 250mil purchasing Iron Dome for IDF etc
 
The only winners of the MMRCA deal will be IAF and Israel.
Why?,because if we select American jets,then the communication equipments and IFF will be from Israel and if we select european jets,then weapons,EW suites,jammers etc...will be Israeli............:)
 
Lol they barred Israel selling us Green Pine radars and we developed the SwordFish LRTR as a JV with Israel. There are always ways my friend for people with money.
 
Relax guys this is the carrot and stick approach for the MMRCA competition and just like the bar on Green Pine was overcome , if need be, this will also be overcomed with a 'JV'. ;)
 

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