Raytheon venture to team with Indian firm on anti-tank missile

A Raytheon and Lockheed Martin joint venture has signed a letter of intent with India-based Tata Power Co. Ltd. to explore co-development and production of the Javelin anti-armor missile system.

As part of the agreement, the Javelin Joint Venture and Tata Power’s Strategic Engineering Division will create a strategy to co-develop and produce the Javelin missile system for use by Indian infantry and platforms including ground-combat vehicles and helicopters, Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems said Wednesday in a news release.

“This agreement brings together three world leaders in aerospace and defense technology to extend Javelin to new customers, new applications and new platforms,” said John Halvey, Javelin Joint Venture president at Raytheon Missile Systems.

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Separately, the Defense Department announced Wednesday that the Javelin Joint Venture was awarded a $48.3 million foreign military sales contract to provide hardware support to Australia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Iceland, Indonesia, Jordan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Taiwan, and United Arab Emirates.

The man-portable, precision guided Javelin is fielded with the U.S. Army and Marine Corps and has been approved for 15 foreign military sales customers, Raytheon says.