Indian Air Force News & Discussions

[Hulk]

Hey Dude; neither France nor Italy makes the Pilatus Trainers. Are you smoking some weed, seriously?

I do not think he has any idea what he is talking about.

 

[sancho]

Weapons for striking land targets would be impossible to come by from the US, or from anywhere else without severely displeasing the US. They were pretty miffed when pakistan modified their harpoons to give them a land attack capability. I'm sure the IN would not use the P-8s for striking anything other than sea vessels. But reconnaisance or target aquisition of ground troops and enemy positions...

If I remember it correctly 2000lb LGBs were part of the possible weapon pack as well, what we would need however would be SDB, JSOW or SLAM-ER, things that they can sell the UAE and Saudis, so why not us?

P8-AGS:

 

[Jai_Hind]

Captain Cool in cockpit!

^^^Indian cricket captain M S Dhoni comes out of the cockpit of a Jaguar during one of his visits to an IAF facility in Bangalore.

 

[sancho]

Guys, what's the latest info on the EMB 145 DRDO AWACS? Is it inducted into operational service, any new specs about the radar system, news on the optional order?

 

[Sergi]

Guys, what's the latest info on the EMB 145 DRDO AWACS? Is it inducted into operational service, any new specs about the radar system, news on the optional order?

Inducted !!! You joking right ???
Something came out from DRDO and no media coverage no interviews !!! What are the odd of that

Silence means something is wrong and delayed

 

[SR-91]

Inducted !!! You joking right ???
Something came out from DRDO and no media coverage no interviews !!! What are the odd of that

Silence means something is wrong and delayed

Hit the nail right on the head!!!

 

[Abingdonboy]

Guys, what's the latest info on the EMB 145 DRDO AWACS? Is it inducted into operational service, any new specs about the radar system, news on the optional order?

Inducted !!! You joking right ???
Something came out from DRDO and no media coverage no interviews !!! What are the odd of that

Silence means something is wrong and delayed

It's undergoing testing currently AFIAK. Should enter service in 2014.

 

[Sergi]

It's undergoing testing currently AFIAK. Should enter service in 2014.

Sure it was under testing but not sure if it still is or some problems surfaced. Chances are of problems. cause sucessful testing is also a news unless DRDO guies have learned to avoid media.

 

[indiatester]

Guys, what's the latest info on the EMB 145 DRDO AWACS? Is it inducted into operational service, any new specs about the radar system, news on the optional order?

I saw a flight of it in Sept in Bangalore.

 

[sancho]

Inducted !!! You joking right ???
Something came out from DRDO and no media coverage no interviews !!! What are the odd of that

Silence means something is wrong and delayed

Mate, at least leave me some hope that DRDO can do something right. But honestly, our AWACS capability is critical and we are far behind in that area because of our hope on DRDO AWACS, but we still don't know how capable it is and why no optional once were already ordered.

 

[HRK]

http://www.janes.com/article/30319/moscow-delhi-agree-to-joint-drills-in-russia-far-east-in-2014

Rahul Bedi, New Delhi - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
18 November 2013

India and Russia will conduct their first ever joint air exercises in Peter the Great Bay in eastern Russia in 2014, the two countries' respective defence establishments agreed in Moscow on 18 November.

The 13th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Co-operation (IGC-MTC), headed by Indian Defence Minister A K Antony and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, also determined that the sixth round of the joint 'Indra' naval manoeuvres would take place at the same time in the Sea of Japan.

The timetable for these air and sea manoeuvres has yet to be decided.

"India and Russia have agreed to expand the range of their strategic partnership in a significant manner," India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman Sitanshu Kar said after the day-long meeting.

 

[ptltejas]

whether the super sukhoi Su-30 and mig-29 update have 3d vectoring nozzle.

 

[sancho]

whether the super sukhoi Su-30 and mig-29 update have 3d vectoring nozzle.

If that is a question, then no. The report about the MKI upgrades suggest no different engines and we even increased the order for the AL 31s that we already use. The Mig 29 UPG doesn't even get the RD33MK engine and not even IN selected it. The fighters are manuverable enough and increased focus on lower RCS, better, range, avionics and weapons has more importance.

 

[ptltejas]

If that is a question, then no. The report about the MKI upgrades suggest no different engines and we even increased the order for the AL 31s that we already use. The Mig 29 UPG doesn't even get the RD33MK engine and not even IN selected it. The fighters are manuverable enough and increased focus on lower RCS, better, range, avionics and weapons has more importance.

thanks; For tracking The pak-fa like multiple radars and F-35 like DAS distributed aperture system is enough? without this tech war will less? except radar and infrared any other tech is there?

 

[sancho]

thanks; For tracking The pak-fa like multiple radars and F-35 like DAS distributed aperture system is enough? without this tech war will less? except radar and infrared any other tech is there?

Wrt detection and tracking, there is currently no 5th gen fighter available or under development with more sensor capabilities and we don't even know most of the capabilities that it will have, so that won't be an issue for sure. One reason why a 2nd pilot would be great, since FGFA really could be used as an mini AWACS in addition to the AWACS aircrafts we will have.