India to Do $2 Bn Deal for Jaguar Engines from Single Vendor.

[GUNS-N- ROSES]

good deal if IAF wants to drag this fleet till 2025.

the fleet wont drag. with new engine and avionics upgrade the plane will be truly potent.

 

[tvsram1992]

Now Jaguar is no more a deep penetration aircraft, It is just used to strike at borders. If Rafale=>it will be used for deep penetration role.
Am i Right.

 

[Tumba]

Now Jaguar is no more a deep penetration aircraft, It is just used to strike at borders. If Rafale=>it will be used for deep penetration role.
Am i Right.

Jaguar ... is currently .. the most potent ground - attack aircraft/close air support ... aircraft in Indian air force inventory ... and the IAF has around 150+ of these aircrafts ... it can also support short Air to Air missile for basic air defense ... so when Su - 30 MKI and MRCA will be clearing out Enemy Air Forces ... these fighters will be supporting our troops on ground ... and some heavy duty Air to Ground strikes deep into enemy territory with air Support of MKI ...

 

[Break the Silence]

These beast are the back bone in bombing operations for IAF....

 

[tariqkhan18]

Reported months ago, Rolls Royce pulled out themselves.

Rolls-Royce pulls out of Jaguar engine replacement | Indian Defence

 

[koushik]

Reported months ago, Rolls Royce pulled out themselves.

Rolls-Royce pulls out of Jaguar engine replacement | Indian Defence

yes thats true but the engines which were offered by Rolls Royce had lower thrust compared to the F-125 IN.so it doesnt matter.

 

[sudhir007]

 

[ptltejas]

No need even till 2015. its really no more deep strike after sukhoi and rafale. just out mig 27 and jaguar and mig 21. phased out 265+ jaguar and mig 27 and 200 mig 21. (500 x 8 = 4000 carore $ means 40 billion $, if new fighter purchased. 200 Lca better in lieu of mig 21, rafale against jaguar and mig 27.

 

[luckyyy]

what difference will the new engine bring to the performance of the aircraft..

 

[sudhir007]

 

[koushik]

what difference will the new engine bring to the performance of the aircraft..

The current engines on the Jaguar are quite old and produce very low thrust this makes the jet underpowered.The engine's age has an adverse effect on its parts which are very old so there are high servicability issues and leads to accidents.so a new engine will solve all these problems.

 

[StingRoy]

India May Buy Honeywell Engine for Jaguars

NEW DELHI - The Indian Defence Ministry is considering a proposal by the Indian Air Force to order 280 Honeywell F125N engines via the U.S. Foreign Military Sales route. That would make the U.S. company the winner of the $2 billion tender to supply engines for the Air Force's Jaguar fighter aircraft.

The procurement process for Jaguar engines, floated in 2008, was halted and reduced to a single vendor when British competitor Rolls-Royce withdrew from the program early this year.

The Defence Ministry is considering the Air Force's proposal as retendering the program would delay the upgrade of the British-built Jaguars, something which the Indian Air Force does not want, ministry sources said.

The ministry as a practice does not place orders in single-vendor competitions, but it will make an exception here as the Air Force has demanded that higher-thrust engines be made available as soon as possible for its 130 Jaguars .

Honeywell's F125N is a 43.8 kilo Newton (kN) thrust engine. Rolls-Royce, whose Adour Mk811 (32.5 kN) presently powers the Jaguars, had offered its Adour Mk821 turbofan.

The British engine maker pulled out of the competition because it could not meet the requirements set forth in the request for proposals, sources said.

A Rolls-Royce executive said at the time that the company was in competition only to upgrade the Jaguar's existing Rolls-Royce engine, not to re-engine the aircraft.

The Indian Air Force wants to replace the Jaguar's Adour engine with a higher-thrust engine that would allow improvements to the Jaguar's mission performance, especially in medium- and high-level sortie profiles; undertake missions that are not possible with the existing engine; reduce pilot workload; and cut maintenance costs, an Air Force official said.

As the Jaguar, which is being used for strike missions, has gotten heavier because of added capabilities, the Adour engine's lack of power has become a serious issue, the service official said.

State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) already has ties with Rolls Royce but could also work with Honeywell to re-engine the Indian Jaguars, a HAL official said.

The Air Force bought the Jaguars in 1978 for deep strike missions, and HAL began licensed production of the aircraft in the 1980s.

HAL has also upgraded of some Jaguars with avionics from French company Sextant and Israeli company Elta.