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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Indian Navy to float global tender for maritime patrol aircraft

The Indian Navy will soon float a long-delayed global tender for maritime reconnaissance aircraft (MRA), a top military commander said Monday.

The navy is also in talks with the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for developing a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to enhance its maritime surveillance capabilities, Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta said.

"We have completed our evaluations of various long range maritime patrol aircraft and a request for proposals (RFPs) should go out very soon," Mehta told reporters here ahead of the annual Navy Week celebrations from Tuesday.

The navy needs the aircraft to replace its ageing fleet of eight Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-142s that are on the verge of completing their service life.

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