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AESA (Aisa) Radar Aur Kaha Milega!!! This roughly translates into Where will we get such (AESA) Radar was the words of a IAF official who described how important it is for IAF to acquire French Rafale and how crucial Aesa Radar of Rafale is for IAFs plans and it effect on battle field management .
Thales RBE2/AA AESA lightweight radar equipped first Dassault Rafale C was handed over to French forces last October, making end to American dominance in AESA radar technology, Thales RBE2/AA AESA is first Matured European AESA radar and also made Dassault Rafale first fighter aircraft from Europe to come with production AESA radar version.
IAF is already upgrading its Mirage-2000s to 2000-5 MKII standards which will come with host of improvements in avionics and weapons package, Mirages will also come with stealthier Thales RDY-2 all weather synthetic aperture radar with moving target indicator capability which vastly improves Mirages air to ground capability, Thales RBE2/AA AESA Radar in Rafale will be able to Exchange tactical data with Mirages Thales RDY-2 radar which will provide Mirage benefit of Better Tactical Picture of the Aerial operations provided by the Rafale fitted with RBE2/AA AESA Radar .
Radar which is a Plug and Play enables it to add other weapons package to the aircraft in future, Rafale is also certified to carry Next generation long range BVR missile Meteor, along with Exocet AM39 Block-2 anti-ship missiles, Radar also enables India to integrate DRDO developed Astra BVR in Rafale in near future, DRDO is also developing smaller BrahMos missiles which later will be integrated with Rafale and Mig-29UPG.
Radar will also give Rafale extended range of capabilities and improved resistance to jamming, radar also boosts of capabilities to detect enemy aircrafts or surface targets, while itself remaining unobserved, Spectra ECM suite along with RBE2/AA AESA Radar Provides Rafale unique advantages which aircraft can boost of. RBE2 offers increased detection range, improved reliability, reduced maintenance demands (no major maintenance is required on the active array for 10 years) and Waveform agility for high-resolution synthetic aperture (SAR) imagery.
MMRCA negotiations with French have cropped up serious differences with Indian Defence Ministry over responsibility of quality and timely delivery of all the 126 aircraft, while French term it practically not feasible since they will be manufacturing only first 18 aircraft and rest will be manufactured by HAL in India . French firm also does not want to be held responsible for the delays in the delivery of the aircraft to be manufactured by the HAL; both are currently working on Middle path to avoid collapse of the negotiations and are hopeful that agreement between both will be reached soon.
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