US NAVY

The US Naval Seas Systems Command has contracted Raytheon Missile Systems in support of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) system. The firm-fixed-price contract is valued at $77 million and provides for the engineering, test equipment, material and management necessary to transition the ESSM Block 2 engineering. Work is expected to be completed by December 2020. ESSM is used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft. Sitharaman, met on June 7, 2018 and accorded approval for the procurement of equipment for the Defence Forces valued at over ` 5,500 crore. This included 12 High Power Radars for the Indian Air Force under ‘Buy (Indian) IDDM’ category. The radars will provide long range medium and high altitude radar cover with the capability to detect and track high speed targets following parabolic trajectories.