EADS DS and Indian Authorities Develop Missile Warning System

- Joint Local production with Alpha Technologies, Bangalore
- Reliable protection of several hundred helicopters and aircraft

(May 27, 2008) -- EADS Defence & Security (DS) together with the Indian Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) has successfully developed a missile warning system which will enter series production in India soon. As reported by the company during the Berlin Airshow, the system has passed successfully extensive flight trials which paved the way to equipping several hundred Indian Armed Forces' rotary wing and wide body aircraft.

The system is based on the proven MILDS Missile Launch Detection System provided by Defence Electronics, an integrated Business Unit of EADS Defence & Security. During the flight trials onboard an Indian Air Force test platform (AVRO 748) which were supported by Alpha Technologies, Bangalore and EADS Defence Security, the system with six sensors fulfilled all the requirements in terms of detection probability, accuracy, false alarms and reliability. Due to this success, the missile warning system has been accepted as "indigenious equipment" by the Indian authorities. It is planned to equip several hundred rotary wing and wide body aircraft of various types. After initial production in cooperation of Defence Electronics and Alpha Technologies which already has been started, the transition to series production at the Alpha site in Bangalore is foreseen in the near future.

"We are proud to have a perfectly working cooperation with Alpha Technologies in place", explained Bernd Wenzler, CEO of Defence Electronics. "With Alpha's and DARE's high technology standards and our proven products we are confident to fulfill the Indian armed forces' needs for reliable protection against increasing threats".

Source : EADS

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