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India Cancels Medium-Range Sea Patrol Tender

Contributor: Defence IQ Press
Posted: 01/12/2010  2:42:00 PM EST

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Tags:   India | Navy | Embraer

India has cancelled a request for proposals (Rfp) for six medium-range maritime patrol aircraft it planned to operate alongside eight Boeing P-8Is bought earlier in 2009. The Indians had been assessing medium-range aircraft to replace the Indian navy’s 12 Britten-Norman Islanders, which the service hopes to begin retiring from around 2013. It had planned to either transfer the Islanders to the Indian coastguard, or convert them for use as trainers.

Both jets and turboprops had been assessed for the requirement. Embraer, which already has a maritime patrol version of its EMB-145 and is helping to modify the same type for an indigenous Indian Air Force airborne early warning and control requirement, was believed to be a possible contender. Boeing offered a modified version of the P-8I, while Israel’s Elta Systems has been pushing a maritime patrol variant of the Dassault Falcon 900. Northrop Grumman was also hoping to compete with its E-2D Hawkeye, while other turboprop alternatives under consideration were maritime variants of the ATR-72 and the EADS CCASA C-295.


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