Israeli Drone Guard sold to ‘south Asian nation'

[Isa Khan]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has sold its ELI-4030 Drone Guard counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) to an undisclosed south Asian nation. The manufacturer announced the sale on 2 July, noting that the deal is worth “tens of millions of dollars”. No further information relating to delivery timelines was disclosed.

First revealed to Janes at ELTA's Ashdod facility in southern Israel in late 2015, the Drone Guard is available for the short-, medium-, and longer-range detection and flight disruption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It can be used against single threats or against multiple threats coming from different directions.

The system uses one of these three radar systems: the ELTA ELM-2180M man-portable radar to detect targets with a very low radar cross-section (RCS) out to a range of 3 km; the ELM-2026B radar for the detection of similar-sized objects out to about 4.5 km; or the ELM-2026 to do the same out to 6 km. For countering small UAVs, each of the radar systems is upgraded with special detection and tracking algorithms, as well as being adapted with an electro-optic (EO) sensor for visual identification.

All three solutions utilise 3D (azimuth, elevation, and range) X-band radars (for ground-clutter removal and separation between ground and air targets) to detect low-flying and low-speed airborne targets with a small RCS. When an unauthorised UAV is detected and tracked, the ELTA system then sets about jamming it to cause the aircraft to either return to its point-of-origin (the ‘Go Home' function) or to shut down and land.

Company officials have previously told Janes

Israeli Drone Guard sold to ‘south Asian nation'

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has sold its ELI-4030 Drone Guard counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) to an undisclosed south Asian nation.

www.janes.com

 

[Philip the Arab]

India?

 

[Nilgiri]

India?

Yes, there was a hover-drone attack on Kashmiri air base recently opening up a new chapter (in unconventional realm) there.

India will buy these systems for immediate requirement while it analyses what the more persistent scale of threat is.

 

[Isa Khan]

Yes, there was a hover-drone attack on Kashmiri air base recently opening up a new chapter (in unconventional realm) there.

India will buy these systems for immediate requirement while it analyses what the more persistent scale of threat is.

For IAF?

 

[Isa Khan]

But @Nilgiri few things don't match. IAF issued RFI only two days ago and haven't even started the selection process.

Report says, "Global navigation satellite jamming systems (GNSS) should be utilised in the “soft kill” settings to disrupt or spoof the GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo used by drones. The Laser-DEWs will then be used to complete the “hard kill."

But IAI's system lacks Laser-DEW and only has GPS/GLONASS jamming. $1 million per C-UAS?

IAF Invites Bids to Buy 10 Anti-drone Systems from Indian Vendors After Jammu Blast - News18

Two explosives-laden drones earlier dropped payload into the Indian Air Force station at Jammu airport and went back. There were other suspicious sightings of UAVs too, triggering a security alert.

www.news18.com

https://www.iai.co.il/p/eli-4030-drone-guard

 

[Nilgiri]

But @Nilgiri few things don't match. IAF issued RFI only two days ago and haven't even started the selection process.

Report says, "Global navigation satellite jamming systems (GNSS) should be utilised in the “soft kill” settings to disrupt or spoof the GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo used by drones. The Laser-DEWs will then be used to complete the “hard kill."

But IAI's system lacks Laser-DEW and only has GPS/GLONASS jamming. $1 million per C-UAS?

IAF Invites Bids to Buy 10 Anti-drone Systems from Indian Vendors After Jammu Blast - News18

Two explosives-laden drones earlier dropped payload into the Indian Air Force station at Jammu airport and went back. There were other suspicious sightings of UAVs too, triggering a security alert.

www.news18.com

https://www.iai.co.il/p/eli-4030-drone-guard

Yah this is more long term RFI for Indian providers (IP/ToT + Assembly driven till local RnD expertise develops more) to produce the longer term scale needed should threat evolve to that level. It will take longer time for sure.

The Israel one here is more G2G (IAI, Elta etc are effectively part of Israel Govt system you can say) under current agreements and modalities of such short term notice supply that been established since the 90s.... i.e immediate import by India for current pressing threat that has just shown up about a week ago.

I feel the dates/situation are just too coincidental to not be it....but let us see how this all is confirmed with some time.

 

[Raptor]

But @Nilgiri few things don't match. IAF issued RFI only two days ago and haven't even started the selection process.

Report says, "Global navigation satellite jamming systems (GNSS) should be utilised in the “soft kill” settings to disrupt or spoof the GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo used by drones. The Laser-DEWs will then be used to complete the “hard kill."

But IAI's system lacks Laser-DEW and only has GPS/GLONASS jamming. $1 million per C-UAS?

IAF Invites Bids to Buy 10 Anti-drone Systems from Indian Vendors After Jammu Blast - News18

Two explosives-laden drones earlier dropped payload into the Indian Air Force station at Jammu airport and went back. There were other suspicious sightings of UAVs too, triggering a security alert.

www.news18.com

https://www.iai.co.il/p/eli-4030-drone-guard

This RFI by airforce was for Indian vendors only and indian army most likely purchased this Israeli(if source is true).