General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian Drone for the Indian Armed Forces
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So it's confirmed. We're getting SDB. This is the third US bomb we've acquired in recent years, after the WCMD submunitions dispenser and more recently, JDAMs. iirc the IAF also wants a longer range missile than Hellfire for stand-off attacks which is supposedly still under development.
Wonder if the US would allow the integration of Indian munitions like Helina or ULPGM?
Wonder if the US would allow the integration of Indian munitions like Helina or ULPGM?
India's first of 31 MQ-9B UAVs set for delivery in 3-4 years
India is taking a major leap in drone warfare capabilities with the approval from its Cabinet Committee on Security [CCS] to acquire 31 MQ-9B Reaper drones.
bulgarianmilitary.com
The first delivery is stated to be 2028. Lot of waiting as usual. Hope to see Indian UAV systems having similar capability in the next decade. Let's see what happens.
There was talk of integrating JDAMs on LCA, no clue where we are on that, but the SDB family is far more desirable.
SIPRI shows that JDAMs are under negotiation/on order for the LCA. We really are buying an eclectic mix of munitions even as a range of indigenous ones is starting to come online!
I don't think they have been ordered, or we would have seen a DSCA release about it.