Israeli Companies May Compete to Supply EW Systems to India

Israeli Companies May Compete to Supply EW Systems to India

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The Indian Ministry of Defense has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to procure electronic warfare (EW) suite for all Mi-17 V5 helicopters.

According to the RFI, the EW suite meant for Mi-17 V5 will comprise of Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS) and CounterMeasure Dispensing System (CMDS) and a limited number of Laser Warning Receiver (LWR) and Directed Infrared CounterMeasure (DIRCM) for some Mi-17 helicopters.

India has 148 Mi-17 V5 helicopters ordered in 2012. Earlier this month it approved purchase of additional 48 Mi-17 V5 helicopters for US $1.1billion of which 16 will be used for VVIP transport.

The Integrated EW suite is intended to provide capability of intercepting, identifying, prioritizing and displaying airborne and ground based threat from radars and missiles to the pilot and effectively provide self-protection to the helicopter against radar controlled weapon and IR seeking missiles by employing different countermeasures (Chaffs, flares, directed infra-red, etc.).

Integrated EW Suite would comprise RWR, MAWS and cued CMDS.

The Missile Approach Warning System (MAWS) is intended to provide the capability of detecting, identifying warning and prioritizing air to air and ground to air threat missiles to the pilot. It should be passive and be able to cue CounterMeasure Dispensing System and allow integrated functioning with DIRCM, if required. Display has to be compatible/ integrated with RWR display on MFD/DU., the RFI said.

A programmable CounterMeasure Dispensing System (CMDS) is intended to effectively provide self-protection to the helicopter against radar controlled weapon and IR seeking missiles.

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