Friday, February 25, 2011

Raytheon Initiative for India

Raytheon Company is vying for a pie of India’s potential $80 billion defence market in the next ten years. The company is trying to hardsell the Silient Guardian Protection System, the Javelin and the Patriot missile systems and is involved in the coastal surveillance project being carried out by the coast guard, William. L. Blair, the incoming CEO of Raytheon India, said.

Missile transfers are Government to Government engagement. Raytheon is working through the US Government process to determine what we can provide to India by way of technology transfer. In missile systems, there are layers that constitute a systems capability. Raytheon’s approach towards India is likely to be to figure out what weapons we can co-develop with India. All this would be subject to US Govt. approvals.

Raytheon has established relationships with companies such as the Tatas, Godrej, Larsen & Tubro (L&T) and many different Indian companies in the public and private sector to create at least a context in how we can operate. We have also established some pilot projects with some of those partners, where we are actually working on some manufacturing specific to what we will be delivering under the MMRCA, should a platform with our content be selected. We are working very actively with L&T on the T-72 upgrade and with Tata Power Stretegic Electronics Division (SED) for upgrading the infrastructure of the IAF.

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