The Helgason Fourier transform
on a noncompact Riemannian symmetric space G∕K is generalized to the
homogeneous vector bundles Eτ (τ ∈K) over G∕K. The corresponding inversion
formula is obtained by using the Plancherel formula on G and the Subrepresentation
Theorem. For radial systems of sections of Eτ, the Helgason Fourier transform
reduces to the (operator valued) spherical transform, defined with respect to the
(operator valued) τ-spherical functions on G.