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India signs agreement to buy Firefinder weapon locating radar

19 April 2002

India has signed an agreement with the U.S. government to buy eight Thales Raytheon Systems' AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder counter-battery artillery radars with related support. This includes generators, trailers, communications equipment, training, logistics services, Quality Assurance Team (QAT), spare and repair parts, publications and other related elements of program support. The current estimated value of this Foreign Military Sales (FMS) procurement is approximately $140 million with final price negotiations to be completed shortly.

A team of officials from the U. S. Army and Ministry of Defence of India spent several days in Washington this week conducting an intense effort that worked out the details for this first FMS agreement with India in more than a decade. In late February, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and the Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) sent a team to New Delhi to open government-to-government discussions on this system. The signing is the culmination of these efforts.

The AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder is a long-range weapon-locating radar system that quickly detects and pinpoints the location of adversary long-range weapons.

The principal contractor for this equipment will be Thales Raytheon Systems of Fullerton, California.

Thales Raytheon Systems is an equally owned Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Thales (Paris: TCFP.PA and London: THS) transatlantic joint venture encompassing air defense/command and control centers and ground-based air surveillance and weapons locating radars. The enterprise, which began operations in June 2001, has operating subsidiaries in Fullerton, Calif., and in the greater Paris metropolitan area.

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