Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group has signed a deal with a US undersea warfare company Sparton to develop electronic sensors and navigation systems that could be used for anti-submarine warfare.
Adani Defence & Sparton Sign Deal To Make Anti-Submarine Sonobuoys
Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group has signed a deal with a US undersea warfare company Sparton to develop electronic sensors and navigation systems that could be used for anti-submarine warfare. Adani Defence & Aerospace has signed a binding collaboration agreement with Sparton (DeLeon Springs LLC) to assemble anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solutions for the Indian Navy.
The partnership aims to localise the assemblage of sonobuoys and other ASW systems in India under the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative. It will be the first private company in India to offer indigenous Sonobuoys solutions to the Indian Navy. Headquartered in De Leon Springs, Florida, Sparton develops, produces and supplies electronic systems to support undersea warfare for the US Navy and allied military forces. The firm was, in December 2020, acquired by Israeli defence electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd.
Prior to the current deal, the Adani Group had in 2018 set up a joint venture partnership with Israeli weapons giant Elbit Systems to manufacture lethal Hermes 900 drones. In 2020, Adani-Elbit announced ‘mini’ drone missile weapons production.
Jeet Adani, Vice President of Adani Enterprises, said, “In an increasingly volatile maritime environment, strengthening India’s undersea warfare capabilities is not merely a strategic priority but an imperative for safeguarding sovereignty and national interests. The Indian Navy requires integrated, mission-ready ISR and anti-submarine warfare capabilities, including critical systems like sonobuoys, that are indigenously developed, swiftly deployable, and globally competitive.”
Sonobuoys
Sonobuoys are small, expendable sonar buoys used for ASW and underwater acoustic research. They detect and track submarines by listening to their underwater sounds. Sonobuoys are typically deployed from aircraft or ships and are designed to be disposable after use.
Sonobuoys are expendable, electro-mechanical acoustic sensors that relay underwater sounds emitted from ships and submarines.
They help in the detection, classification, and prosecution of adversarial ships and submarines.
A naval helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft generally drops sonobuoys in a pattern.
They are dropped in canisters and are deployed automatically upon impact with water.
