US firm Raytheon locks onto India

[SpArK]

MRCA tender: US firm Raytheon locks onto India​

Monday, Jun 20, 2011,

Vying for a pie in India's planned procurement of 126 MMRCA fighters, US defence major Raytheon today said it was eager to supply weapons systems for being integrated onto the jets to be selected from among two shortlisted European companies.


Harry Schulte, Raytheon vice-president of Air Warfare Systems said the company has a suite of air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons systems that could be integrated on Rafale or Eurofighter, the two shortlisted plane makers by India, subject to US government approval.


"Raytheon is prepared to meet India's national security needs and support the protection of India's sovereign interests with our air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons," he said at the Paris Air Show here.

India has shortlisted two European contenders, French Dassault Rafale and European Eurofighter for procuring 126 Medium-Multirole Combat Aircraft (M-MRCA) deal for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in April.

He said Raytheon's Paveway systems with proven track record could be integrated into the 126 MMRCA. Raytheon's Paveway is a kit that transforms "dumb" bombs into precision-guided munitions; Paveway is currently in the inventory of the Indian Air Force and 41 other countries.

The Paveway family of weapons are platform independent and integrated on more than 27 aircraft.

Noting that India was a priority country for Raytheon, he also announced the firm's desire to integrate the combat-proven Paveway systems on India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).

"Raytheon has been a trusted partner to India for more than three decades, and we hope to deepen this relationship by providing the Indian Air Force the tools it needs to defend India's sovereign interests," said Harry Schulte, Raytheon vice-president of Air Warfare Systems.


"India's air warriors deserve the world's most accurate direct-attack precision guided munition, which is why Raytheon's Paveway is a perfect fit for the LCA.

Integrated on the Rafale and Eurofighter, Paveway has been extensively used in several ongoing contingency operations. Raytheon's battle-tested Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile is integrated on the Eurofighter.

Raytheon officials also indicated that subject to the approval of the US and Indian governments, Raytheon is looking for partnership opportunities to produce critical components of Paveway with Indian industry.

"Raytheon has the utmost respect for the capabilities of India's defense industry," said Peter Wray, vice president of business development for Raytheon Missile Systems in India.

"If Raytheon were to receive the proper authorisations and find the right partner, we'd be eager to pursue co-production opportunities".


MRCA tender: US firm Raytheon locks onto India - India - DNA

 

[Skull and Bones]

Noting that India was a priority country for Raytheon, he also announced the firm's desire to integrate the combat-proven Paveway systems on India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).

Thus making LCA even more deadlier.

But i was expecting AESA radars from Raytheon.

 

[koushik]

Thus making LCA even more deadlier.

But i was expecting AESA radars from Raytheon.

yes Tejas will get the Paveway-II/III All weather LGB Kit.
However I am against choosing American weapons for MRCA.As far as MRCA is concerned the MBDA weapons package including the Meteor,Scalp-EG,ASRAAM,HOPE/HOSBO etc. would be gr8.

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Thus making LCA even more deadlier.

But i was expecting AESA radars from Raytheon.

yes Tejas will get the Paveway-II/III All weather LGB Kit.

However I am against choosing American weapons for MRCA.As far as MRCA is concerned the MBDA weapons package including the Meteor,Scalp-EG,ASRAAM,HOPE/HOSBO etc. would be gr8.

 

[Skull and Bones]

yes Tejas will get the Paveway-II/III All weather LGB Kit.

However I am against choosing American weapons for MRCA.As far as MRCA is concerned the MBDA weapons package including the Meteor,Scalp-EG,ASRAAM,HOPE/HOSBO etc. would be gr8.

European weapons are very expensive compared to US weapons, integrating US weapons with European aircraft is the best choice.

Best of both world.

 

[Mujraparty]

dont we make our own pgm's ...??
's mentions something about ER-PGM by drdo (Enhanced-Range-Precision-Guided-Munition) wtf hapnd to that...?

wtf ..i cant write Ja#$S....

 

[koushik]

Thus making LCA even more deadlier.

But i was expecting AESA radars from Raytheon.

yes Tejas will get the Paveway-II/III All weather LGB Kit.

However I am against choosing American weapons for MRCA.As far as MRCA is concerned the MBDA weapons package including the Meteor,Scalp-EG,ASRAAM,HOPE/HOSBO etc. would be gr8.

 

[koushik]

European weapons are very expensive compared to US weapons, integrating US weapons with European aircraft is the best choice.

Best of both world.

Yes the expensive weapons belong but they are more modern than American systems.

The MBDA meteor is a next gen BVRAAM which has lot of advantages over the AMRAAM. For e.g the Meteor has a throttalable ducted rocket engine which is more better the AMRAAM's propulsion.
The Meteor has fuel till its maximum range thus it doesnt coast to its target like AIM-120 and the meteor even speeds up while approaching its target which enhances kill rates,the Meteor has multishot capability along with an advanced active seeker plus it has 100+ km range.

Even the MBDA AIM-132 ASRAAM is a great heat-seeking AAM which has 20km max range.It is equipped with TVC system along with an 320 x 240 pixels Imaging Infrared Seeker and coupled with an offbore sight of nearly 90 degrees it can beat any modern short range AAM.thats why i feel MBDA should be selected.

 

[Jon Snow]

paveway for lca is a brilliant idea, along with indigenous sudarshan lgb it will give the lca potent strike capability....... As for a2a missiles, i think if we chose eft we will certainly get the amraam(which is good as we can then find out the limitations of this missile which is also used by the paf) and the meteor, if we go for rafale then it will be mica + meteor and maybe the amraam but its chance wont be high

 

[SpArK]

Paveway III

 

[SpArK]

 

[SpArK]

What is this RACR Aesa radar which is stated as "exportable'?

Can it be made available for LCA's?

 

[jha]

What is this RACR Aesa radar which is stated as "exportable'?

Can it be made available for LCA's?

Basically downgraded APG-79..

This has been on offer for LCA since Aero_india -09...

 

[angeldemon_007]

Thus making LCA even more deadlier.

But i was expecting AESA radars from Raytheon.

US cleared the sales of Aesa radars to India in 2007 but the thing with US radars is that, we still might not have full independence....

 

[Frank Martin]

The Pave way for lca and mmrca is a great offer

 

[tvsram1992]

AESA with good electronic warfare can be bought.