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Rahul M wrote:why only outboard station ?

Because the mid and inner stations are the heavy stations for fuel tanks and A2G weapons, if you place a twin pylon for AAMs there instead, you still don't have any stations for heavy loads left.

A question for the gurus - Can we have 4 pylons in each wing area of Tejas??? Since in todays scenario total 7 hardpoints is very less I think. What !! you want Tejas to be a Su - 30 MKI ? Remember, Tejas is a Light Combat Aircraft. Any aircraft would loose its Agility if it is loaded more. If Teja...

@ Rahul M

Got my answer I guess, no Gripen NG at Aero India, but 3 different older versions.

Thx, anyway!

The Eurocanards are more costly, but also offers more techs that are on offer on the F18SH only as options, or not at all. Such as? - integrated IRST - enhanced SA with 360° MAWS and LWR - modern cockpit designs You just need to look at the upgrade options Boeing now came up with and you see where ...

On the AESA, LRDE should directly jump to AlGaN t/rs direct. There is no point in re-inventing these modules with GaAs and staging to advancements to save time, and work direct towards the leading/cutting edge tech. JumpStart++ In this case choosing Thales, or EADS as a co-development partner would...

Hi, does anybody has pics of the Gripen NG at Aero India? Most pics on blogs just show the Gripen C/Ds, but the NG should be there at least for a static display right? this will do ? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3dae6tttOCo/TVTZ0xiZ2LI/AAAAAAAAMm4/REox_PtySec/s1600/Gripen%2B%2526%2BLCH%2B%2528back%2Bg...

I made a follow up from my one of my last post on unit price and maintenance cost to compare the mmrca contenders. Unit cost: Rafale: ~US$84.48 million EF: ~US$83.16 million F-16IN: US$50 million F/A-18E/F: US$58 million Gripen NG(IN): US$48 million MiG-35: US$38.5 million Maintenance cost per flig...

Hi, does anybody has pics of the Gripen NG at Aero India? Most pics on blogs just show the Gripen C/Ds, but the NG should be there at least for a static display right?

A clue has been found as to the MMRCA "tilt".AKA,IAF,etc., have been recently talking about "quick induction",its meaning one presumes that the team that can deliver the first two sqds. in a hurry will be connsidered favourably.So let's take a dekko at which of the contenders ca...

Who is letting down whom my friend? The ADA Letting down IAF? The IAF is not operating a single AESA Fighter radar as of today. It will be at-least 2015 when one enters in IAF . There is a AESA fighter radar being prepared at LRDE. The ADA has done a good thing by delinking AESA radar from MK2. The...

A little bird told me that the US will be mightily pissed off if they do not get the MMRCA deal.It appears that they have been promised the deal.This then invites suspicion that secret deals that have been made by MMS and the US when the N-deal was engineered.What effect the Wikileaks will have on ...

That's exactly what I said - according to you, the Mirage-2000 didn't serve as a multi-role aircraft with the IAF. And the first (and so far only) type operating as a multi-role aircraft is the MKI. Well that's your perception - I think most other people would agree that the IAF's Mirage-2000s toda...

This was an excellent point brought out in an above post,that we should've developed such an AV ourselves.For decades now we've been assembling/building BMPs of Soviet origin,plus developing our own Tank-X,which the IA does not want at all.With so much of experience at hand,that too with the develo...

Well, the fact that we maintain such a large (relatively speaking - imo, we need more armored divisions) MBT force and so does our freind across the western border is a testimony to the fact that tank battles and armored/mechanized thrusts - and by extension tank battles - will play crucial and cri...

Naah.. it is not money, Mig would definitely win having a big clout with IAF. They have already saying many things including 50-50 venture with compete ToT. They could have easily got loans for making this. India is not Sweden, hence that equation does not apply to us. Israel would be happy and so ...

Viv S First of all, what you fail to understand is, that not the weapons IAF buys decides if a fighter is multi role capable or not, but the weapons and capabilities that are intgrated into the fighter and it's upgrade/tech level. Our Mirage 2000 were procured for the A2A interception role with A2A ...

What do you mean? :-? The Tank Destroyer concept which you are talking about was very much in vogue during WW2. Smaller lightly armoured vehicles with large caliber guns capable of taking out enemy tanks. The Germans used plenty of these. Most were turretless. That we don't have to confuse it with ...

It has been quite years (2-3 years?) since Mig 35 started flying. Given established tech base in Russia, it should have been easier for them to do these - 1. Increased the composite content Mig 35 to 70% or greater. 2. Improved AESA radar or perhaps offer to integrate Israeli ones. 3. Engine - chan...

Look, we simply aren't going to have classic tank battles in the High Himalayas,but the firepower and mobility that tanks bring to the battle have their attributes.Operating lighter tanks which have a heavy gun-as on an MBT would be an ideal solution,especially in transporting such AVs.Perhaps wher...

[ The simple question is- where did Neelam Matthews explain WHAT technology transfer issues could delay the down-select? She wrote the headline as if there was some issue that had cropped up, whereas all one can infer from the article is that the technology transfer proposals were going to be evalu...

Sorry for the late reply, simply had not enough time. Now three questions here - you've claimed that since the Storm Shadow has not been integrated the EF is NOT truly multi-role and can only perform CAS. AFAIK no aircraft in the IAF inventory is equipped with a cruise missile for ground strike (Jag...

Mirage upgrade deal may not be ready during Sarkozy's Visit Hmm? Need for 40 SFC fighters = Rafale quick purchase? OR are the French going to get the 126? Otherwise the delay is rather ridiculous - they have been working on this rather small deal for almost half a decade now! CM You have to keep in...

Well saying that the EF will NOT have air to ground missiles integrated is speculation as well. That's why I never said something like that and presented facts instead: 1. The actual EF is clearly less capable than the actual Rafale in terms of upgrade level, integration of weapons and multi role c...

All the remaining capabilities are available of the last lot of Tranche 2 aircraft... ...How does that effect IAF deliveries which aren't expected till 2013 at the very earliest (most probably 2014 or later)?... ...there's a good probability that they HAVE been integrated... Again Viv, please don't...

To sum it up a bit, you are ready to pay the highest costs for a fighter that is less capable and are ready to wait several more years till it will be mature enough to be really useful for IAF. I hope they see it different! :) I think the Brimstone and Storm Shadow have been integrated with the last...

Chacko,the IN cannot "build" its own air arm because of the smaller numbers and variety of types.It operates carrier STOVL Harriers,plus LRMP TU-142 Bears,IL-38 Mays,DO-228s,and several ASW,AEW and utility helos.It is now inducting about 48 MIG-29Ks plus is actively pursuing the LCA-N for...

Hi Viv S, as I said I am not frequently online here, so you might remain the technical, or cost discussion with Danell, so let us discuss about the aims and requirements of MMRCA itself. - The AESA radar is to be retrofitted to all existing Eurofighters since it employs the same back-end as the Capt...

How? AFAIK the enemy aircraft's position is traditionally located by the radar return off it. IR sensors can passively detect the enemy and also track it at shorter ranges. Alternately, one can track it by triangulating its position from the radar emissions from the target(again passive detection)....

Russia seems to be desperate to sale some of their 4th gen fighters, if they propose the Su 35 to China after all the copy issues with Su 27 and 33. Or is it an answer to our new relations to the US? However, I doubt that the Chinese really want the Su 35, because the J11B already offers good perfor...

How do you know the Praetorian can't? The SPECTRA features the same set of sensors as the DASS. And even older RWR/EWS systems on legacy aircraft have been able to perform basic ranging on electromagnetic emissions. Compared to them, the Rafale undoubtable is better, using multiple sensors and more...

[ Hi there Sancho I was wondering if I'd see you around. - Vnomad With regard to your post, Exactly which sensor does the Rafale field, that the EF/SH/MiG-35 don't? The IRST, TV guidance, MAWS, LWR, TRD are all featured on the EF. And the DASS does provide 360° protection. Also, the PIRATE can be u...

Althought Rafale, EF and MKI do a lot of this passively, they have to depend on LRF for range data. We are talking about true 5th generation sensor system that truly befits a true 5th generation fighter. Hi Sumeet, I think you are mistaken about the capabilities of Rafale and SPECTRA as well as the...