Monday 13 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
BAE systems to upgrade maritime patrol aircraft

Its mission computer system will provide a flexible and ruggedised processing platform for the P-81 aircraft

New Delhi: BAE Systems is developing the mission computer system suite for the Boeing P-8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft the Indian Navy has purchased, the company said, reports IANS.
 
"Maritime surveillance and patrol is becoming more and more important to effective defence," Director of mission computers and antenna solutions for BAE Systems Donna Linke-Klein said.
 
He further said that the P-8I mission computer system provides superior interoperability for the future battle space.
 
The BAE Systems' mission computer suite is a flexible and ruggedised processing platform that can be configured to meet the general purpose, input and output, video, voice, and graphics processing needs for modern military battle management requirements, a company statement said.
 
A variant of the US Navy's P-8A Poseidon, the P-8I is a multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft with a broader range of capabilities to operate over land or water while performing anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and long-range intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.
 
The Indian Navy has purchased eight P-8I aircraft to fill its maritime patrol needs, replacing the Tupolev Tu-142M aircraft.

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