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Publication: Jane's Airport Review Author: Neelam Mathews Section: SAFETY & SECURITY Last posted: 2014-09-26 Bangalore-based Axis Aerospace & Technologies has emerged as the lowest bidder for the approximate USD41 million requirement by the Indian armed forces for 45 bird detection and monitoring radars. A Request for Proposals (RFP) was released in 2011, specifying 39 radars for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and six for the Indian Navy. While commercial bidding opened two months ago, the order has not been awarded yet. "The radars are urgent, as safety is at risk," an Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) official said to  IHS Jane's. Bidders included Delhi-based OIS-AT, Data Patterns in partnership with DeTect, ...............More on JAR (subscription)

N eelam Mathews July 24, 2012 Data Patterns has emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) for Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) cockpit display system for the Light Utility Helicopter, Aerospace Diary learns. The approximate value of the procurement is Rs 160 crores. Competitors, Samtel-BEL were disqualified on technical grounds, while HALBIT Avionics Pvt. Ltd., a   joint venture   between HAL, Elbit   Systems Limited, Israel and Merlinhawk Associates was about 30% more expensive, an official told Aerospace Diary. The LUH is to have a glass cockpit with multifunction displays, a target acquisition and designation system with FLIR, Laser rangefinder and laser designator. T h e helicopter in 3 Ton Weight class with Glass Cockpit with MFDs will be deployed for Reconnaissance and Surveillance role. It will be powered by a single engine. The helicopter will be capable of flying at 220 Kmph; service ceiling of 6.5 Km and a range of 350 Km with 500 kg payload...

  Posted by- Neelam Mathews March 31, 2012 As we reported two days back , Data Patterns Group and SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, have signed a Head of Terms agreement with a view towards forming a Joint Venture later this year.  The JV will be located in Chennai, India and “will focus on a broad range of defense electronic products and state-of-the-art technology developments. The two companies will leverage their strong development and manufacturing capabilities and their advanced product ranges.”  The JV will be their primary vehicle for bids. The joint venture will provide greater thrust to critical technologies at a product and system level in ‘Buy and Make’, ‘Make’ and ‘Offset’ programs in the areas of Avionics, Navigation, Radars, UAVs, FINSAS etc in the Indian defense market and also facilitate access to export markets. “This joint venture will bring a technology value to India’s growing defence programmes” said S Rangarajan, CEO of Data Patterns Group...

Neelam Mathews March 29, 2012 Aerospace Diary has learnt there may be an announcement at Defexpo of Selex Galileo entering into a JV with Data Patterns. The JV will be the primary vehicle for bids moving forward, a government source told Aerospace Diary. The Indian market provides a huge opportunity for Selex Galileo and the Company aims to build on its existing footprint in-country, says an official. At Defexpo, the company is showcasing its technologies including the AESA radar, Electronic Warfare and UAS that can support India's emerging operational. Data Patterns focuses on building reliable open architecture building blocks on various internationally accepted standards such as cPCI, VME, PCI and other Mezzanine standards such as IP, M Module, and PMC. These building blocks are further utilized in order to provide functional solutions in the areas of automatic testing and data acquisition solutions.