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 Raytheon's
Vice President for Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconaissance Systems at the company's Space
and Airborne Systems Business, Tim Carey, said,
"Our APY-10 Radar will provide the Indian
Navy with proven, low risk tecnology built on
generations of successful Raytheon maritime radar
systems".
Built to the Indian Navy's specifications, this
radar offers air-to-sea, air-to-air and weather
monitoring capabilities. Indian government has
a requirement corresponding to varied terrain
and climatic conditions. The radar hence has an
interleaved weather and surface search capability
in-built to provide the cockpit with up-to-date
weather avoidance information while performing
surveillance missions. Carey observed: “The
APY-10 is in the nose of the aircraft, forward
looking and 240 degrees surveillance. There is
no separate type designation for India. It is
the same product which is sold to other governments.
With reduced weight and power consumption, the
APY-10 radar has improved the average mean time
between failures by six times over earlier generation
radars. The design offers significant growth possibilities.”
Pointing out that customers are looking for
proven capability and an upfront industry. he
said that the Asia-Pacific region is Raytheon
biggest market right now, and that the P8I radar
sold to India will definitely attract the attention
of other navies in the region. Maritime surveillance
is a key issue, and onboard the P-8I, the radar
will give a tremendous capability to the Indian
Navy against multiple threats from small hostile
vessels to submarines.
"The radar has tremendous multi-mission
capabilities. It can be used for border security,
disaster relief, maritime surveillance, medical-evacuation
and environmental monitoring. The region would
be expected to place orders for 100 new maritime
patrol aircraft within the next three to five
years. About 1,000 are in operation worldwide
currently," said Carey.
The APY-10 can fly on all types of platforms
and the smallest platform it flies on is a UAV
like the Predator. It has been ordered by the
Indian Navy for all its 12 P8Is currently.
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