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Israel signs $1.1-billion deal with India
By SP's Special CorrespondentPhoto Credit : IAF Aerospace Safety Journal
January 11, 2012: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has notified the Tel Aviv stock exchange of a $1.1-billion defence contract with an Asian customer for "intelligence gathering systems, anti-missile defence platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles and other platforms". While neither side is willing to confirm, it is well known that this is a deal with the Indian government (Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visited Israel shortly after the notification) for unspecified numbers of IAI Aerostats sporting the EL/M-2083 long range air defence radar, Barak point defence systems for the Navy, surveillance UAVs to augment the existing all-Israeli fleet and certain other systems.
It may be remembered that India is currently processing a solicited IAI proposal to supply two more Phalcon AWACS systems. India-Israel defence ties have grown from strength to strength in the last decade, currently underscored by three major joint-development efforts for a naval rotory UAV (NRUAV), medium range surface to air missile (MR-SAM) system and the LR-SAM (Barak 8 NG).
Apart from several billions of dollars worth of equipment for the three services, a raft of proposed equipment is currently being considered by the Indian government. This includes Spike man-portable anti-armour systems, Delilah-II anti-radiation loitering munitions, Gabriel Mk.3 anti-shipping missile, submerged launch vehicle, bomb guidance kits and sundry avionics packages.
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