[據英國《飛行國際》網站2011年6月29日報導]諾斯羅普•格魯門公司正在推銷其向印度海軍MQ- 4C廣域海上監視（BAMS）無人機系統。
    一位業內人士稱今年早些時候，公司響應一個印度2010年10月發佈了高空，長航時無人機資訊徵詢書。
    在美國海軍的BAMS計畫將與波音公司P-8A“海神”海上巡邏飛機密切合作。諾斯羅普為印度軍事人員舉辦了一個BAMS研討班，討論的問題之一是BAMS與印度海軍未來的P-8I之間協同的可能性。
    印度首批8架P-8I最近已在波音的倫頓工廠進入最後總裝階段。該公司還提出了改進自基於737的P-8I的改型機用於滿足印度中程海上偵察飛機的需求。
    新德里是越來越多地轉向利用無人機系統執行其龐大的海洋邊界的巡邏任務，其中包括阿拉伯海，印度洋和孟加拉灣。一月份，印度海軍建立第二個無人機系統中隊，將裝備以色列飛機工業公司提供的“蒼鷺”和“搜索者”II，其主要任務區域是阿拉伯海北部。
    今年三月，以色列消息人士告訴《飛行國際》，印度海軍已經提供出了由IAI製造的其他系統的使用要求，可能的系統包括加裝海上感測器載荷的改進型“蒼鷺”或“蒼鷺”TP。一些系統的使用評估已經開展。
    諾斯羅普計畫在2012年初推出首架MQ- 4C，並計畫在同年年中進行首飛。
    阻礙向印度出售BAMS的一個潛在絆腳石可能是國際導彈控制制度，雖然印度不是簽署國。（中國航空工業發展研究中心  許贇）

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/06/29/358891/indian-navy-considering-northrops-mq-4c-bams.html
DATE:29/06/11
SOURCE:Flight International
Indian navy considering Northrop's MQ-4C BAMS
By Greg Waldron
 
Northrop Grumman is pitching its MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft system to the Indian navy.

Earlier this year the company responded to an Indian request for information for a high-altitude, long-endurance UAS issued in October 2010, said an industry source.

In US Navy service BAMS is planned to work closely with the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. At a seminar about BAMS hosted by Northrop for members of the Indian military, possible co-operation between BAMS and the Indian navy's future P-8I aircraft was a point of discussion.

India's first of eight P-8Is recently entered final assembly at Boeing's Renton factory. The company has also proposed a variant of the 737-based P-8I for India's medium-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft requirement.

New Delhi is increasingly turning to unmanned systems to patrol its vast ocean frontiers, which include the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. In January the Indian navy stood up its second UAS squadron, which will operate Israel Aerospace Industries-supplied Herons and Searcher IIs over the northern Arabian Sea.

In March, Israeli sources told Flightglobal that India's navy has operational requirements for additional systems made by IAI, potentially including improved Heron or Heron TP systems carrying maritime sensor payloads. Evaluations using some systems have already been carried out.

Northrop plans to roll out the first MQ-4C in early 2012, with the first flight to occur around the middle of the same year.

One stumbling block in a potential BAMS sale to India could be the international Missile Technology Control Regime, although India is not a signatory.