First DRDO AWACS rolls out

[IndianArmy]

Finally the Indian AESA to be Airborne

 

[Kinetic]

When will DRDO integrate the radar

The radar pod and SATCOM is already onboard, you can see these in black. Rest of the systems will be integrated when it comes to India in September this year.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

self delete...

 

[angeldemon_007]

The radar pod and SATCOM is already onboard, you can see these in black. Rest of the systems will be integrated when it comes to India in September this year.

As far as i Know the radar is the mock one and it will be replaced by the original one one the plane will come to India (Please correct me if i am wrong).

 

[Kinetic]

As far as i Know the radar is the mock one and it will be replaced by the original one one the plane will come to India (Please correct me if i am wrong).

You are rite, I said it is radar pod not original radar. The SATCOM supplied by DRDO already fitted.

 

[Kinetic]

Nine more Emb-145 finalized for AWACS!!! So total 12 as of now.

Brazil's Embaer deepens defence ties with India

Embraer ceremonially unveiled the first of three new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) test aircraft ordered by the Indian government as the Brazilian manufacturer continues to deepen ties with New Dehli.

Separately, Embraer also confirms that a deal is being finalised with the Indian government to acquire nine more intelligence-gathering and target-towing platforms based on the ERJ-145.

The ceremony featured a mock-up of a new phased-array radar currently being developed by India’s Centre for Airborne Surveillance (CABS), which will be integrated after Embraer completes flight tests before the end of this year.



Indian air force expects to have all three ERJ-145 AEW&C platforms with the indigenous radar system enter service in 2014.

Indian officials acknowledged during the ceremony that the pressure is on to deliver the new capability on schedule.

“We have a long way to go,” says CABS director Sargunaraj Christopher. “Internationally, everybody is looking to us and we must reach the goal on time.”

The ERJ-145 AEW&C represents the second of a three-phase strategy for India’s airborne surveillance ambitions. Phase 1 involved development and testing of a rotodome antenna aboard two HS 728 prototypes, which both crashed.

In phase 2, CABS is developing a top-hat radar for the ERJ-145 with two side-panel arrays that can each scan between 130-150º, Christopher says.

In the third phase, the CABS will develop a triangle-shaped, phased array capable of searching 360º nearly simultaneously, says Vijay Kumar Saraswat, director of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

That system will match the capabilities that India has already acquired with a 360º-scanning Elta Systems phased-array.



The delivery ceremony also marks a positive new step in the growing relationship between Embraer and the Indian government, Saraswat says.

Indeed, Acir Padilha, vice president of marketing and sales for Embraer’s defence unit, confirms the company is finalising a deal for a new aircraft designated the MA-1, which will install signals and electronic intelligence payloads on seven ERJ-145s and target-towing equipment on two others.

Saraswat also noted that the DRDO and Embraer “is going to join hands” as his organisation pursues a broad range of new aerospace projects, which include a 90-100-seat regional airliner and medium combat aircraft that aims to introduce an indigenous fifth generation fighter by around 2020.

“Dialogue [with Embraer on these projects] is ongoing,” Saraswat says.

Embraer deepens ties with India defence market

 

[tanlixiang28776]

Finally the Indian AESA to be Airborne

what band will it be?

 

[Kinetic]

what band will it be?

Dual band, S and L.

 

[Skull and Bones]

what band will it be?

The primary sensor for the AEW&C will be the indigenous AESA “S”-Band radar with adequate detection range against targets of the fighter class of aircraft. Two radiating planar arrays assembled back-to-back and mounted on top of the fuselage in an Active Antenna Array Unit (AAAU) will provide nearly 150° coverage on either side of the AAAU. The important modes of operation of the system are the surface surveillance and the air surveillance.

http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories339.htm

 

[Kinetic]

Embraer unveiles new Indian AEW&C platform

 

[indushek]

Nine more Emb-145 finalized for AWACS!!! So total 12 as of now.

Brazil's Embaer deepens defence ties with India

Embraer ceremonially unveiled the first of three new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) test aircraft ordered by the Indian government as the Brazilian manufacturer continues to deepen ties with New Dehli.

Separately, Embraer also confirms that a deal is being finalised with the Indian government to acquire nine more intelligence-gathering and target-towing platforms based on the ERJ-145.

The ceremony featured a mock-up of a new phased-array radar currently being developed by India’s Centre for Airborne Surveillance (CABS), which will be integrated after Embraer completes flight tests before the end of this year.



Indian air force expects to have all three ERJ-145 AEW&C platforms with the indigenous radar system enter service in 2014.

Indian officials acknowledged during the ceremony that the pressure is on to deliver the new capability on schedule.

“We have a long way to go,” says CABS director Sargunaraj Christopher. “Internationally, everybody is looking to us and we must reach the goal on time.”

The ERJ-145 AEW&C represents the second of a three-phase strategy for India’s airborne surveillance ambitions. Phase 1 involved development and testing of a rotodome antenna aboard two HS 728 prototypes, which both crashed.

In phase 2, CABS is developing a top-hat radar for the ERJ-145 with two side-panel arrays that can each scan between 130-150º, Christopher says.

In the third phase, the CABS will develop a triangle-shaped, phased array capable of searching 360º nearly simultaneously, says Vijay Kumar Saraswat, director of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

That system will match the capabilities that India has already acquired with a 360º-scanning Elta Systems phased-array.



The delivery ceremony also marks a positive new step in the growing relationship between Embraer and the Indian government, Saraswat says.

Indeed, Acir Padilha, vice president of marketing and sales for Embraer’s defence unit, confirms the company is finalising a deal for a new aircraft designated the MA-1, which will install signals and electronic intelligence payloads on seven ERJ-145s and target-towing equipment on two others.

Saraswat also noted that the DRDO and Embraer “is going to join hands” as his organisation pursues a broad range of new aerospace projects, which include a 90-100-seat regional airliner and medium combat aircraft that aims to introduce an indigenous fifth generation fighter by around 2020.

“Dialogue [with Embraer on these projects] is ongoing,” Saraswat says.

Embraer deepens ties with India defence market

Kinetic does this mean Brazil is going to partner us in AMCA??

 

[Kinetic]

Kinetic does this mean Brazil is going to partner us in AMCA??

Yes, but not finalized, talks ongoing.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Saraswat also noted that the DRDO and Embraer “is going to join hands” as his organisation pursues a broad range of new aerospace projects, which include a 90-100-seat regional airliner and medium combat aircraft that aims to introduce an indigenous fifth generation fighter by around 2020.

Thats even bigger news then this topic..

 

[Skull and Bones]

Kinetic does this mean Brazil is going to partner us in AMCA??

As of now,AMCA is an indigenous project without any foreign partners.

 

[indushek]

Yes, but not finalized, talks ongoing.

Thats not so exciting man, i mean they could build airliner like Embraer jet but building fighter planes is different right?? It would be better to have some experienced partners ??