The Indian Navy has decided not to lease two US Navy P-3C Orion maritime reconnaissance aircraft (MRA) because they are too expensive.
Sources said that the 18 to 24 months the US Navy would have taken to retrofit the two aircraft to the Indian Navy’s specifications also contributed to New Delhi opting out of the deal. “The lease (of two P-3C Orions) is off. It was expensive and time-consuming,” a senior Indian official said on Sunday. The US Navy is believed to have demanded Rs 8 billion for the lease via the foreign military sales programme, the Indo-Asian News Service reported.
The Indian Navy has now sent out proposal requests to MRA manufacturers in the US, France, Britain and Russia for the purchase of eight MRAs.
India’s P-3C Orion lease was to be a precursor to purchasing eight others to augment its reconnaissance requirements, which the navy considers “highly inadequate” for anti-piracy operations, narcotics control and to counter natural and ecological disasters such as tsunamis and oil and chemical spills.
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