HAL's Jaguar Darin III Makes Maiden Flight

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TRISHUL: Ambitious Upgrade Plans For IAF Jaguars

 

[Varunastra]

so when are they gonna retire now???.....2025??

 

[acetophenol]

so when are they gonna retire now???.....2025??

Likely atleast some examples will stay beyond 2025

 

[Bhai Zakir]

Deadly Jaggu dada

 

[sancho]

so when are they gonna retire now???.....2025??

The last were produced till 2008, so theoretically in 2038.

 

[IND151]

At about the same time as the mid-life upgrade of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) first 50 Su-30MKIs commences, a parallel service life-extension programme (SLEP) involving the IAF’s 120 existing SEPECAT/HAL-built Jaguar IS/IM interdictor/maritime strike aircraft will get underway at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s (HAL) Bangalore-based facilities.
This follows a fatigue analysis done by the IAF, which has estimated that the Jaguars could remain operational for another 25 years--till 2030. As part of the SLEP, the Jaguars will be re-engined and re-equipped with a fourth-generation combined cockpit/mission avionics suite along with a related defensive aids suite, all of which will result in the twin-engined Jaguar IS being reborn as a formidable all-weather platform with enhanced technical service life, enhanced weapons carriage capability (especially precision-guided munitions, or PGM), and also a platform capable of undertaking dedicated suppression of enemy air defence (SEAD) missions.


TRISHUL: Ambitious Upgrade Plans For IAF Jaguars

 

[Gessler]

Does any one know what Radar went inside Jaguar.

EL/M-2032, same as on LCA Mk-1 and Sea Harrier.

 

[Gessler]

At about the same time as the mid-life upgrade of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) first 50 Su-30MKIs commences, a parallel service life-extension programme (SLEP) involving the IAF’s 120 existing SEPECAT/HAL-built Jaguar IS/IM interdictor/maritime strike aircraft will get underway at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s (HAL) Bangalore-based facilities.
This follows a fatigue analysis done by the IAF, which has estimated that the Jaguars could remain operational for another 25 years--till 2030. As part of the SLEP, the Jaguars will be re-engined and re-equipped with a fourth-generation combined cockpit/mission avionics suite along with a related defensive aids suite, all of which will result in the twin-engined Jaguar IS being reborn as a formidable all-weather platform with enhanced technical service life, enhanced weapons carriage capability (especially precision-guided munitions, or PGM), and also a platform capable of undertaking dedicated suppression of enemy air defence (SEAD) missions.


TRISHUL: Ambitious Upgrade Plans For IAF Jaguars

The day is not far when we will order AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles for Jaguar DARIN-III.

 

[black_jack]

Deadly Jaggu dada

two days back i saw jaggu dada flying over my building .

 

[IND151]

^^ where do you live?

 

[sancho]

EL/M-2032, same as on LCA Mk-1 and Sea Harrier.

But only for the maritime attack version, the others don't have radars.

 

[Gessler]

But only for the maritime attack version, the others don't have radars.

I think EL/M-2032 has a 300km range in sea-search mode, right?

 

[selvan33]

why not we replace it with su 34. su 34 is damn cheap with good a2g role having heavy punch. why we are still upgrading this useless

 

[sancho]

I think EL/M-2032 has a 300km range in sea-search mode, right?

Depends on the diameter of the radar in the nose and since the Jag nose is not that big I have some doubts on that

why not we replace it with su 34. su 34 is damn cheap with good a2g role having heavy punch. why we are still upgrading this useless

Although I am a big fan of the Su 34s looks, it simply offers the same weapons, payload and number of hardpoints as the MKI, so any MKI basically offers the same in A2G.
And I also think that upgrading the whole fleet is useless, because the Jag is too limited in capability to remain a prime fighter in the coming years. However, you buy a fighter with logistics and maintenance for several decades in mind, phasing them out before that will result in a big finanical loss. not to mention that the operational costs of MKI should be much higher.
As second day strikers they could play a role, but otherwise their time is over!

 

[black_jack]

^^ where do you live?

Mumbai/Pune

^^ where do you live?

Mumbai/Pune