A Jerusalem Post article yesterday claims the US government denied Israel Aircraft Industries the chance to offer an Elta Systems radar for the Saab Gripen proposal to India.
The claims have already been picked up by the Times of India, which has branded the US actions as "arm-twisting". The Israeli claims have a familiar ring. The US also denied Israel the chance to export airborne early warning radar technology to China and recently blocked Israel from supplying technology for a main battle tank to Turkey.
But the Jerusalem Post article lacks a very important detail. Saab has already teamed with Italy's Selex to offer a Gripen NG equipped with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to India and Brazil. It is not clear from the Jerusalem Post report when or even if Saab had offered IAI an opportunity to propose a different radar to India.
It is also worth noting that Saab chose the Selex radar despiteoperating initially selecting a Thales radar on its Gripen NG demonstrator. It is widely believed that the French government blocked Thales from competing with the Dassault Rafale in both India and Brazil.
READ FLIGHT'S NEWS ARTICLE HERE
The claims have already been picked up by the Times of India, which has branded the US actions as "arm-twisting". The Israeli claims have a familiar ring. The US also denied Israel the chance to export airborne early warning radar technology to China and recently blocked Israel from supplying technology for a main battle tank to Turkey.
But the Jerusalem Post article lacks a very important detail. Saab has already teamed with Italy's Selex to offer a Gripen NG equipped with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to India and Brazil. It is not clear from the Jerusalem Post report when or even if Saab had offered IAI an opportunity to propose a different radar to India.
It is also worth noting that Saab chose the Selex radar despite
READ FLIGHT'S NEWS ARTICLE HERE
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