AWACS Developed by DRDO to Roll Out in January 2011; Flight Tests in 2011

[gowthamraj]

Thank you sirjee.. i know we have these RADARS... but was thinking like a smart phone.. all in one device .... so my final question is on which band are they developing this platform??... will this be linked with Phalcon??.. i mean inter communication is possible??.. i guess i am questioning more

No, you reducing my workload friend

 

[kingdurgaking]

I am not sure , but read this article..it says 'S' band.

..:: India Strategic ::.. Military Aviation: AWACS: Watchdogs of the Skies

about interlinking with phalcons, I gues thats whats the purpose of it..interlink all our awacs and aircrafts...read the point 'j','k' and 'o' on page six from the images I posted above.it should clear the doubts about it.

BTW it has also air to air refuelling capability.

Yeah i read if after i posted heeee heeee

 

[Kinetic]

Excellent news. DRDO took only 5 years to develop the system. IAF is looking for 20 of them in term. If the first flight in 2011 than expect first plane for the IAF by 2014.

 

[praveen007]

no sir. it take about 15yrs of hard work with slump period of 5yrs(in 99 when 1st awacs airavat is lost in accident)

 

[shfgfa]

The system will have Electronic Support Measures, Communications Support Measures ability. Datalinks to network the AEW & C with fighters, and ground based control systems will also be provided, as will be a Satellite Communication System. The aircraft will also have a comprehensive self defence suite. The entire avionics suite will be linked via a datahandling system, controlled by Mission computers.

The Radar will have an extended range mode against fighter aircraft, and will consist of two back to back AESA arrays, with an additional dedicated IFF array.

The ESM system will be able to track sources with a directional accuracy of 2 deg. RMS and a frequency accuracy of 1 MHz.
The ESM system will have complete 360 degree coverage in azimuth and have a database of up to 3000 emitters against which threats will be scanned.

Communication Support Measure system will analyse and record intercepted communications both inflight and post flight.

Self Protection Suite will have a passive Missile Approach Warning System, a Radar Warning Receiver and countermeasures dispensers.

The SPS will be integrated with the ESM & CSM suite.

The aircraft will have Inflight refuelling.

The aircraft will have SATCOM, and datalinks to pass on ESM, CSM and radar data to ground stations and datalinks to pass on target information to fighters. More than 40 other aircraft will be datalinked together by the AEW & C aircraft

how does it compare to chinese kj-200 and the phalcons operated by india

 

[illuminatidinesh]

no sir. it take about 15yrs of hard work with slump period of 5yrs(in 99 when 1st awacs airavat is lost in accident)

Correct it was lost with 8 DRDO men aboard, I dont know why they changed the design though.(Can anyone tell me?)

 

[Kinetic]

no sir. it take about 15yrs of hard work with slump period of 5yrs(in 99 when 1st awacs airavat is lost in accident)

I know but there is no relation between that project and this project. Its completely new.

 

[kingdurgaking]

how does it compare to chinese kj-200 and the phalcons operated by india

If we take patriotism into picture... if our AWACS stands in the take off runway AWACS KJ-200 will fall from sky

 

[marcos98]

the beauty should look something like this in air.........coolio

GO DRDO

 

[praveen007]

sir. they started with the study done by thos 8 scientists and further develop it with reduction in weight & increse detection

 

[saurabh]

no sir. it take about 15yrs of hard work with slump period of 5yrs(in 99 when 1st awacs airavat is lost in accident)

That 1 awacs perished with the scientists working on the project. So DRDO had to start the project from begining.

 

[saurabh]

sir. they started with the study done by thos 8 scientists and further develop it with reduction in weight & increse detection

Most of the knowledge gained by those scientists can also be considered gone with them. Also, a fresh batch of scientists had to start studying and gain expertise in that field, which takes a lot of time.

 

[marcos98]

New Indian Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Nears Trials

BY: AviationWeek.com

India’s domestically developed airborne early warning and control system is taking a big step forward with the first of three modified Brazilian EMB-145s headed for flight trials.

The preliminary testing, due to kick off in the next two months, will be carried out in Brazil by Embraer and a team from the Indian air force’s Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in association with Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil and its Indian counterpart, the Center for Military Airthworthiness and Certification (Cemilac).

Defense Research and Development Organization sources reveal that the first platform will be equipped with a dorsal radar unit containing dummy electronics, an in-flight refueling probe, environmental controls, auxiliary power units, internal fuel tanks, satellite communications and antennae.

India’s Bangalore-based Center for Airborne Systems (CABS) — the laboratory spearheading the AEW&C sensor program — already has supplied Embraer with a dorsal unit (with dummy electronics) and a Ku-band SATCOM dome, while the Defense Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), CABS and the Defense Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) have shipped in antenna units for electronic support measures, communications support measures (CSM) and U/VHF. The aircraft will undergo flight tests until July 2011.

While the EMB-145 in the AEW&C configuration undergoes flight tests in Brazil, the configuration to be ferried to India in August 2011 will include only the aircraft with the dorsal pylon but not the antenna unit or other features, such as the extra auxiliary power unit or internal fuel tanks. Once the first aircraft reaches India, it will undergo a flight testing regime with CABS, ASTE and Cemilac in association with an embedded Embraer team.

After a series of checkout flights in India, the aircraft will be integrated with a dorsal unit containing real electronics and other mission system equipment, including five operator workstations, avionics racks, crew rest seating, seats and cabling. Program sources indicate that the aircraft will be tested in three different locations in the country, Yelahanka in the South, Bareilly in the North and either Bagdogra or Tezpur in the East.

On June 23, EADS Cassidian (the former Defense & Security unit) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply consultancy services to CABS for developing the AEW&C’s system architecture with particular regard to certification and mission equipment optimization, giving the European company its third big aerospace consultancy in India, following advisory contracts in the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft program.

The first Indian AEW&C aircraft is slated to achieve full operational capability in 2014, with inductions of three aircraft the same year. While numbers remain unofficial, the Indian air force has hinted at a need for at least eight of the indigenous AEW&C aircraft.

The air force also recently decided to exercise options with Israel for two more Phalcon AWACS, though the platform is likely to be a business jet rather than the Ilyushin-76, a platform that remains plagued by maintainability, availability and spares problems at its home base in Agra. The air force will achieve final operational capability on the Phalcon in November of this year, with the third aircraft to arrive shortly thereafter.