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20 February 2015

Aero India 2015: Alpha Design Technologies bullish about prospects for MILDS

Working in cooperation with AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE, Indian company ALPHA DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES is confident about future sales of the Missile Launch Detection System (MILDS) it is offering. Also known by its AN/AAR-60 designation, MILDS is a passive UV based system capable of tracking and warning of missile threats once a missile exhaust plume has been detected. Typically using four to six detectors to provide full spherical coverage, MILDS has a very low false alarm rate according to information provided by ALPHA DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES . Speaking to MT, company officials indicated that a total of 61 systems had been delivered to upgrade HAL Cheetah helicopters of the Indian air force and army air corps. A requirement for a similar upgrade on about 100 Mi-17s of the Indian military is said to be imminent. It was also revealed that trials with MILDS on a Mi-17 helicopter had already been conducted at Bangalore's HAL Airport.

Alpha Design Technologies is a major defence equipment manufacturer for the Indian military producing C-IED jammers, IFF interrogators and transponders as well as components for EW and SIGINT systems. Other products include optics for small arms, night optics, laser aiming lights and laser target designators. Much of this is done under licence agreements with foreign companies. For instance, it cooperates with ELBIT on the Lizard laser guided bomb kits that are in use with the Indian air force while it markets IAI ELTA's ELL-8222/8222WB airborne jamming pods and ELM-2180 Watchguard ground surveillance radar. Already marketing Top I Vision's Casper-250 mini UAS, ALPHA DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES has recently struck a deal with IAI to join forces with regard to similar miniature unmanned systems. It is also involved in upgrades for the S-125 or SA-3 Pechora surface-to-air missile system together with the OEM although officials declined to comment on the nature of the work.


Meanwhile, the company is constructing two Mi-17 simulators for the Indian air force while it has recently finished upgrading a MiG-29 simulator. Considering the sheer size of India and the fact that air force units are distributed over the country, it is likely that orders for additional simulators and upgrades will soon be made.
Pieter Bastiaans

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