The Defence Ministry introduced the pact for 2 MQ-9B Sea Guardian Excessive-Altitude Lengthy-Endurance (HALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for the Indian Navy for a interval of 30 months.
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The pact was signed within the presence of Further Secretary & Director Common (Acquisition), Division of Defence, A. Anbarasu, at Kartavya Bhawan-2, New Delhi.
The MQ-9B Sea Guardian HALE RPAS is supplied with superior techniques, state-of-the-art sensors and complicated payloads. The plane is claimed to considerably improve the Indian Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness capabilities.
“The techniques will present persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance protection over huge areas of the maritime area, strengthening India’s capacity to watch and reply to developments throughout the Indian Ocean Area,” the ministry mentioned in a launch.
