(Asien) Indische Marine

[hawkeye87]

ergänzend zu dem von Erich geposteten artikel zur suche der indischen marine nach einem neuen seefernaufklärer von defense industry daily:

[b]India's Navy Holding Maritime Patrol Aircraft Competition[/url]
In an earlier article, DID noted India's $133 million deal for two P-3C Orion maritime-optimized patrol and surveillance planes. As it happens, that deal fell through on grounds of expense, support costs, and timing. Apparently, it would have taken 18-24 months for the US Navy to retrofit the two aircraft to the Indian Navy specifications once the lease had been finalized. DID noted that in an article update, but there has been a subsequent development. [...]

in der ausschreibung treten sowohl bemannte aufklärungsflüge als auch drohnen an: nimrod mra4 (bae), p-8 mma (boeing), global hawk (northrop-grumman) und at3 atlantique (eads) sowie il-38 "may" und tu-142 "bear (beide rosoboronports).

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