MBDA bags Euro 950 million missile deal for Indian Mirage 2000 upgrade

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MBDA bags Euro 950 million missile deal for Indian Mirage 2000 upgrade

India will procure 500 air-to-air missiles from French firm MBDA for IAF's Mirage 2000 aircraft fleet which are being upgraded by Dassault-Thales. The missiles are worth Euro 950 million, nearly three fourths as much as what the aircraft upgrade will cost. A Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared the procurement of 490 MICA missiles, agency reports said quoting Indian Defence Ministry sources in New Delhi.

The missiles would be deployed on the 51 Mirage 2000 aircraft, which are already undergoing upgrades at French facilities under a Euro 1.47 billion deal signed earlier this year.

Under the deal, MBDA will have to do offsets worth 30 per cent of the deal meaning that they will have to invest 315 million Euros back in the Indian defence sector.

MBDA already has a tie up with Indian government owned missile manufacturer, Bharat Dynamics Limited as the offsets will most likely be executed through this venture.
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http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?id=6428&h=MBDA bags Euro 950 million missile deal for Indian Mirage 2000 upgrade
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...w/11363887.cms
 

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2 urgent deals cleared today, basic trainer & M2K missile. Good going. Waiting for the MRCA now :namaste:
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Thats a good beginning of a new year. This year looking awesome for Indian defence establishment.
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Lets keep our fingers crossed and hope for best..
 

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what is unit cost of the missile in international market.
 

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But its the best SRM is market.. :)

R-73 is now old school..
 

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490 units ordered for 51 M2Ks.
 

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2 urgent deals cleared today, basic trainer & M2K missile. Good going. Waiting for the MRCA now :namaste:
basic trainer deal is still left...not yet cleared....!!

btw...can u use this missile on any other IAF platform...??
 

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basic trainer deal is still left...not yet cleared....!!

btw...can u use this missile on any other IAF platform...??
it will be cleared, as reported by same source.
 

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There is more in this deal than just MICA AAM ..may be ToT of SCALP EG :hmm:
also 490 MICA for 51 M2000 ..RAFAEL has won the MMRCA
 

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The number of missiles comes per plane close to 10. So does MICA will be both WVR and BVR for Mirage?
 

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The number of missiles comes per plane close to 10. So does MICA will be both WVR and BVR for Mirage?
I Assume yes, Earlier MIR-2000 BVR had a range of just 40kms..

MICA comes in ranges till 80km, Different variants..
 

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MICA seems elder cousin of Astra :)
 

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The Vajra Upgrades

Word is that the upgrade will bring India's Mirages to the full Mirage 2000v5 Mk 2 standard, including a new RDY-3 radar with greater air-air and air-ground capability, a new night vision compatible all-digital cockpit, and improved electronic warfare systems. These will be tied into a joint tactical information data link system (JTIDS, usually Link 16 compatible but not always), plus helmet-mounted sights for wide-angle heat-seeking missiles. As part of the upgrade, the aircraft will also be equipped with MBDA's Mica family of medium range missiles.MBDA was probably unamused by India Defence's December 2006 description of its wares as "an advanced medium-range missile that is the French counterpart to the more capableAmerican AMRAAM missile [link added]". MICA would actually replace both the radar-guided Super 350 MRAAM and Magic-II short-range infrared missiles on Indian Mirages, offering better performance and range. While the MICA-RF does have mediocre range compared to the AIM-120C AMRAAM, or even the Russian R-77 used by the IAF's SU-30MKIs, it's unique in offering a MICA-IR heat-seeking IR version for a potent medium range 'no warning' targeting option. French pilots who used the MICA-IR over Libya report that its sensor alone is a useful input to their systems, and its passive seeker with lock-on after launch means that it can be fired from beyond visual range at enemy aircraft, without creating any warning from the opposing fighter's radar warning receivers. India will join France, Egypt, Greece, Taiwan and the UAE as operators of the Mirage 2000/MICA combo.Work on the upgrades would be performed by a French-Indian consortium including Dassault (aircraft manufacturer), Thales (weapons systems integrator), MBDA (missiles) and India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

India's Fighter Upgrades: Mirage 2000s Finally Get a Deal
 

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