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India to buy $200 million Kamov-31 helicopters

  • 12:00 AM, August 6, 2009
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India to buy $200 million Kamov-31 helicopters
India has approved 950 crore($200 million) acquisition of five Russian Kamov-31 early-warning helicopters, according to Indian media reports. The contract for Ka-31s, which will bolster Navy’s long-range capability to detect airborne and surface ship threats, is to be inked in a month or so. With the E-801M Oko (Eye) airborne electronic warfare radar mounted beneath the fuselage, a Ka-31 can simultaneously track up to 40 airborne and surface threats, with a 360 degree coverage, from 100 to 200 km away depending on the target’s size. Navy already has nine Ka-31 helicopters, inducted in 2003-2004.
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