India orders chaff payloads

source indiandefence.com

WALLOP, England, Aug. 19 (UPI)

Britain's Wallop Defense Systems reports it has won a major contract for chaff payloads, a deal which marks its biggest single order for the product.

The initial contract, signed for an undisclosed sum, represents the first part of an program to supply chaff payloads to the Indian navy.

The specially designed and manufactured chaff payloads will be integrated into short-, medium- and long-range chaff rockets and deployed via the Indian navy's Kavach rocket launching system.

"We are delighted that the solution we put to the Indian navy provided the improved performance sought by their procurement department and we look forward to delivering the full value of the program over the coming years," said Dave Connors, business development director of Wallop Defense Systems.

Details on the number of units and delivery schedules weren't disclosed.

Wallop Defense Systems is a division of the Esterline Defense Technologies group.