Samtel-HAL Multi-Function Display Systems to replace THALES build Display in Su-30MKI

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Samtel-HAL Multi-Function Display Systems for Indian Air Force Su-30 MKI Fighter Jets | India Defence

2010-10-20 The Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighters will soon be installed with an advanced multi-functional display system developed by Samtel-HAL. The display systems are being manufactured under a limited series production by the joint venture in collaboration with scientists and engineers of the state-run Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) at a cost of Rs.250 crore.

"The first home-grown multi-functional display (MFD) system will be fitted in the cockpit of a Sukhoi for a roll-out Friday"
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"We have supplied five ship sets of MFD systems to the IAF for conducting flight trials in association with the Aircraft Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE), the Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (Cemilac) and HAL"
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"We will have to produce five ship-sets every month. We hope to meet the requirement in the next five years. The systems were cleared for the series production a fortnight ago."
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"Our technology is ready and the potential is huge as it operates in all-weather conditions"

-- Samtel-HAL Display Systems Ltd Executive Director Puneet Kaura told reporters.

In the joint venture formed in 2006, Samtel has 60 percent equity stake, while the USD $ 2-billion HAL holds 40 percent stake.

* The multi-functional display system displays a composite view of the aircraft's environment, providing the pilot with all information to make safe decisions during every phase of flight. Engine performance and situational data such as location, terrain and weather and airport information, which are digitally depicted can be quickly interpreted at a glance on the large-format display.

* About 30 flight trials were conducted so far at the HAL airport in Bangalore.

* The indigenous MFD systems will replace the flight display systems of French aerospace firm Thales, fitted on Sukhois, significantly reducing the cost.

* The air force is in need of such systems in large numbers for its Sukhoi fighters. With their number set to go up, demand for it is likely to increase. The Sukhoi fleet strength of IAF will go up to 230 by 2017 from 105 currently in phases. The first 90 Sukhois were Russian built, while the remaining 140 are being manufactured by HAL at its Nashik plant in Maharashtra under licence production from Sukhoi Design Bureau.

* Samtel is in advanced talks with some international firms to market the technology.

 

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IAF order worth Rs 250 cr to Indian industry

IAF order worth Rs 250 cr to Indian industry

Ajai Shukla / New Delhi October 21, 2010, 0:57 IST

Samtel to build cockpit displays for Sukhoi-30s, more orders ahead.

Delhi-based Samtel Display Systems has vaulted a giant hurdle on the way to its declared goal of becoming a major supplier to the armed forces. After a year of rigorous flight trials in the Indian Air Force’s frontline Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, Samtel’s home-built cockpit displays have been certified as suitable for introduction into frontline service.

Multi-Function Displays (MFD), as these cockpit displays are termed, are ranged in front of the Su-30MKI pilots. They get digital signals from dozens of sensors on various aircraft systems and display these to the pilot on an easy-to-read screen. A quick glance across his MFDs tells the pilot how his aircraft is flying and fighting.

So far, a French company, Thales, has provided the Sukhoi-30’s high-tech MFDs. But Samtel has aggressively targeted this market, even choosing to go it alone rather than work through its joint venture with Thales. With Samtel’s price significantly cheaper than Thales’, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), which builds the Sukhoi-30 at its Nashik facility, has placed orders on Samtel.

Just the start
Puneet Kaura, executive director of Samtel, anticipates MFD orders for at least Rs 250 crore. So far, HAL has placed only a modest order on Samtel but Kaura says that is normal. In a programme like the Su-30, which involves building 280 fighters over a decade, the aircraft’s internal systems are ordered in small batches.

“The Su-30 MFDs are just the beginning,” says Kaura. “Samtel and HAL have set up a joint venture, Samtel HAL Display Systems (Samtel, 60 per cent; HAL, 40 per cent), to design and build MFDs for all HAL-built aircraft, including transport aircraft. With offsets applicable on all aircraft sales to India, Samtel will be offering them the capability to indigenously build MFDs for their aircraft.”

Samtel’s success with Su-30 MFDs seems likely to bring in another set of orders. When Samtel HAL Display Systems had offered to supply cockpit displays for the HAL-built Sitara Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT), at a price significantly cheaper than the current foreign suppliers, HAL had responded with Yes, if your MFDs for the Su-30MKI pass the test.

Down the line
Samtel is also eyeing a major role in developing advanced cockpit displays for the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), which India and Russia are building collaboratively. Cockpit systems and avionics, which can amount to 30-35 per cent of the cost of a modern fighter, fall within India’s work share in the FGFA’s Preliminary Design Contract, likely to be signed during Russian President Medvedev’s visit later this year.

Meanwhile, Samtel has partnered the Defence research and Development Organisation laboratory, Defence Avionics Research Establishment, and the IAF, in developing ‘Smart MFDs’, a new generation of cockpit displays for the IAF’s Jaguar fighters. In these, embedded software cards allow the display to do its own symbology, doing away with the need for a separate display processor. Puneet Kaura says Samtel Display Systems will produce a fully indigenous engineering prototype of the Smart MFD by March 2011.

Unsurprisingly, all six aerospace giants competing in the IAF’s tender for 126 medium multi-role fighters have signed memoranda of understanding with Samtel Display Systems for manufacturing cockpit displays in case their fighter is selected. While these are pure ‘Build to Print’ arrangements, aimed at meeting offset obligations, those foreign vendors, too, would consider designing in India and sourcing globally from here, provided offset benefits are clea

 

[december]

good going.......

 

[Frank Martin]

Su 30MKI COCKPIT

 

[Frank Martin]

They have won this $50 million deal back in 9th of December 2008 to replace the current Thales MFD of MKIs.

 

[kingdurgaking]

A new MFD's with screen touch are also on plan... which eventually will go into FGFA, AMCA, MKI, Tejas ... Samtel has shown lot of potential .. govt should now start inducting Pvt players slowly

 

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Applications

The Multi-Functional display (MFD) is a device that puts all aircraft-systems monitoring and flight planning functions at the pilot's fingertips. The MFD paints a composite view of the aircraft’s environment, providing the pilot with all necessary information to make safe decisions during every phase of flight. Engine performance and situational data such as location, terrain, traffic, weather and airport information are all digitally depicted and can be quickly interpreted at a glance on the large-format display. It is driven by high-resolution video images coming from external video sources (Display Processor or TV sensor).

Features

• Display of RGB video images with STANAG 3350B standard
• Expansion capability for symbol generation
• Management of man machine interface
• Communication from processor to MFD
• Built In Test (BIT)

 

[MAFIAN GOD]

THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL MAN.
@KINGDURGAKING-IS THIS GOING TO BE WITH OUR FUTURE FIGHTER AMCA AND TEJAS TOO?
PLEASE CAN YOU PROVIDE A SOURCE?
THANXXX.

 

[kingdurgaking]

THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL MAN.
@KINGDURGAKING-IS THIS GOING TO BE WITH OUR FUTURE FIGHTER AMCA AND TEJAS TOO?
PLEASE CAN YOU PROVIDE A SOURCE?
THANXXX.

Yeah... article came couple of days back... for Tejas 2 and AMCA we are trying to put the same components in which this touch based MFD was listed.. will provide you the source

here you go enjoy

http://idrw.org/?p=882

 

[Super Falcon]

well congratulations to all indians on major development

 

[kish]

product of Samtel-HAL display sistem llimited



Multi Functional Displays
(MFD)

Head Up Displays
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Automated Test Equipments
(ATEs)

Integrated Standby Instrument System
(ISIS)

Smart Multi Functional Displays
(SMFD)

Helmet Mounted Sight and Displays
(HMSDs)

Samtel-Hal::Leading Manufacturer of Display Systems,MFDs,HUDs,HMDs & ISIS in India

 

[Savior]

that's cool news

 

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Samtel-HAL Multi Function Displays Certified for Su-30 MKI Fighters; Deliveries Begin Next Week | India Defence

2010-10-23 Samtel HAL Display Systems - a joint venture between Samtel Display Systems and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has announced that it has received the production clearance from RCMA (Regional Centre for Military Airworthiness), CEMILAC for induction of multi-function displays on Sukhoi 30 MKI aircraft. Subsequent to this approval, Samtel HAL will begin the deliveries of the 5x5 and 6x6 multifunction displays (MFDs) to HAL within the next week for inducting on Su30 MKIs.

The potential of this order will be Rs 250 crores over the next few years for the entire Sukhoi fleet. With this, the Samtel HAL JV has become the first Indian company to indigenously produce a hi-tech cockpit display for fighter aircraft. This is in line with the thrust accorded by the Indian MoD on development of indigenous products for Indian Defence industry. These MFDs were jointly developed by DRDO, Samtel and HAL, and have replaced the multifunction displays which were till now being imported by HAL for induction on Sukhoi 30 MKIs.

Prior to this, the MFDs had received flight clearance from RCMA for airworthiness in 2008. Subsequent to this clearance, flight trials were conducted by HAL for the MFDs on Sukhoi 30 MKIs. It is after the successful completion of flight trials that Samtel HAL has received a production clearance by RCMA for supply of MFDs to HAL. The joint venture between Samtel Display Systems and HAL was formed in 2006 with an aim to address the avionics requirements of HAL especially cockpit displays of all kinds. The JV plans to induct cockpit displays across all platforms of HAL with Samtel-HAL JV's products. This joint venture is the first public-private partnership in the defence avionics sector in India.

"The Indian aerospace industry is on an upswing and such landmark achievements by an Indian company accentuate the potential of the Indian manufacturing industry. We now look forward to playing an active role in inducting such displays on all upcoming projects and upgrades."

-- Mr. Puneet Kaura, Executive Director, Samtel Display Systems

The Multi-Functional display (MFD) is a device that puts all aircraft-systems monitoring and flight planning functions at the pilot's fingertips. The MFD displays a composite view of the aircraft's environment, providing the pilot with all necessary information to make safe decisions during every phase of flight. Engine performance and situational data such as location, terrain, traffic, and weather and airport information are all digitally depicted and can be quickly interpreted at a glance on the large-format display.

About Samtel Display Systems
Samtel Display Systems (SDS) is a key Indian player in high-technology products for avionics and military applications in both domestic and international markets. SDS straddles the entire value chain from design, development, manufacture, testing, qualification, repair & maintenance and obsolescence management of avionics products and equipment for military as well as commercial aircraft. Its main products include various types of displays. SDS is a part of the Samtel Group, India's largest integrated manufacturer of a wide range of displays for television, avionics, industrial, medical and professional applications, TV glass, components for displays, machinery and engineering services. Visit SDS:isplaySystems,CAT,MFD,HUD,HMD,ATE&IADS and Samtel-Hal::World Class Display Systems, MFDs, HUDs, HMDs & ISIS for details.

 

[SQ8]

About time..
HAL has a large pool of programmers to choose from.. and embedded processors have progressed to the point where they are very easy to program..both as a GPP and Application specific.