DRDO EMB-145I AEW&CS Draws Global Interest Including South Africa, Brazil and Indonesia Among Others

[sancho]

Joint development through JV's is hard as the foreign firms seek the controlling stake of at least 51% which of course isn't acceptable by the GoI

That's just depends on the case,Brahmos is roughly 50:50, which gives us control over the overall JV but Russia is still only responsible for the minor part they divert. In FGFA on the other side, it's also roughly 50:50, while they have the far larger contribution.
In a joint AWACS development with Brazil, things would be even pretty easy, since both countries would be mainly responsible for their own parts (Brazil for the platform, India for the radar system), while only the general specs would need to be negotiated and the funding for the overall project would be shared.

The Saab case is just speculation and they only were considered as a consultant for the design by DRDO, just as Dassault was initially and how Airbus supports them for NLCA.

 

[Superboy]

What are the comparable System/Platforms of EMB 145I .... Russian/west/Chinese ??

ZDK-03 has rotodome AESA. PAF's direct counterpart to this is ZDK-03.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

ZDK-03 has rotodome AESA. PAF's direct counterpart to this is ZDK-03.

No, PAF's direct counterpart to DRDO EMB-145I is Saab Erieye. ZDK-03 is PAF's counterpart to IAF's Phalcon AWACS.

Good to see you back though!

 

[Superboy]

No, PAF's direct counterpart to DRDO EMB-145I is Saab Erieye. ZDK-03 is PAF's counterpart to IAF's Phalcon AWACS.

Good to see you back though!

Erieye is not a good example because it is being phased out. The DRDO one and ZDK-03 are both small AWACs. Phalcon is a big AWAC like KJ-2000.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Erieye is not a good example because it is being phased out. The DRDO one and ZDK-03 are both small AWACs. Phalcon is a big AWAC like KJ-2000.

Saab Erieye won't be phased out anytime soon - They were inducted in PAF in 2007.

EMB-145I is an AEW&CS whereas ZDK-03 is an AWACS - unfair to compare the two as both belong to different categories. Whats the status of the smaller KJ-200?

 

[sathya]

Erieye is not a good example because it is being phased out. The DRDO one and ZDK-03 are both small AWACs. Phalcon is a big AWAC like KJ-2000.

phased out?

how long since you bought these?

 

[Superboy]

phased out?

how long since you bought these?

Erieye is not as good as ZDK-03, the latter is bigger and has 360 degrees coverage. Balance beam cannot provide 360 degrees coverage. PAF already has 4 ZDK-03s.

Whats the status of the smaller KJ-200?

Found to be insufficient because balance beam cannot provide 360 degrees coverage. Replaced by KJ-500 which is like ZDK-03.

China's KJ-500 AEW&C platform 'enters service' - IHS Jane's 360