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ADE is moving the Nirbhay launcher to an 8x8. It can be a Tata or an Ashok Leyland 8x8. But L&T is the system integrator. Expect something like this.

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Cross post. Yet another offshoot of the AAAU.: An AAAU-based maritime patrol radar with 512 TRMs. This shows how much confidence DRDO, IAF and IN have on the AAAU radar and its derivatives: Netra, new AEW&Cs, Mk1A, Mk2, AMCA and now this. I am pretty sure Su-30 radar upgrade can be Uttam-derived...

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Yet another offshoot of the AAAU.: An AAAU-based maritime patrol radar with 512 TRMs. This shows how much confidence DRDO, IAF and IN have on the AAAU radar and its derivatives: Netra, new AEW&Cs, Mk1A, Mk2, AMCA and now this. I am pretty sure Su-30 radar upgrade can be Uttam-derived! https://pb...

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History was made yesterday. An SP took to the year for the first time and nobody cared or reported.

Sp 25 and 26 should be ready within this month

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I don't know who is the photographer. But credit to him/her. One of the best pictures of Tejas I have seen till now. https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/158324552_487914322375707_4826068116345861256_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=J6QqrqIKE6kAX-XcxBs&_nc_ht...

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Booster was at least today to carry the missile to required altitude and speed (as if mimicking a fighter plane) and then let go as a plane will let go sfdr. On plane do we need a booster? From ramjet to work is there a high initial velocity? Don’t know Yes there still needs to be booster (smaller ...

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First flight of SP 20 in about a week's time. Delivery of 18,19,20 expected in 2-4weeks. So that's 4 a/c this financial year. Hope the pace picks up. What they were licking during this slowdown is that once the aircraft has flown, it will clear acceptance trials within a fixed amount of time. And o...

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I don't know. I am being told that HAL can go to 16 per annum easily and pretty soon if it has orders. I am hoping some import orders come in, because I have given up hope on MoD.

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First flight of SP 20 in about a week's time. Delivery of 18,19,20 expected in 2-4weeks.

Indranil

The diameter of that curve is 500 mtrs. No problems.

Indranil

Beautiful pictures of the upcoming PSLV integration Facility and tracks for mobile launch pad for the first launch pad. Should bring up launch capability from 6 PSLVs per annum to 15 PSLVs per annum. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvbvPXiXYAIhDF0?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/medi...

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I make a guess. Astra Mk2 will be operationalized by end of 2022. The propulsion is mastered. The seeker is mastered. I don't see how it will take more than 2 years. Also, I expect SFDR to be operational by 2025.

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https://www1.nseindia.com/index_nse.htm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ->company information ---> Corporate Announcements ------> View All ---------> Investor Presentation 16-Feb-2021 10:17 ------------> https://www1.nseindia.com/corporate/HAL_16022021101736_InvestorMeet_16022020_presentation.pdf Ja...

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Astra CCM is also round the corner.

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Rakesh,

This MUST go to the first post.

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sankum wrote:Wing folding will be similar or more bend inside as presently the two BVR aam will remain outside 7.6m folded wing width increasing the folded width to approx. 8.2m.

I am not sure sir.

Indranil

please make a twin-engined version of HTT-40 like plane for the hobby flying market - make it land on dirt tracks - something like this - https://www.vulcanair.com/p68c Twin engine commuters are present or being developed, aka 228 civil and Saras Mk2. You could ask, can HAL develop a single engine ...

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I don't fully understand why they went for a turbojet. Wouldn't a sustainer rocket engine for example the ones seen in anti-armor, anti-ship missiles be cheaper and less cumbersome. My guess is that the turbojet gives them better range and envelope considering that majority of the aircraft employin...

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Safran did design an engine that is similar to what we need for AMCA. M88-4 : A 95–105 kN (9,700–10,700 kgf; 21,000–24,000 lbf) thrust variant for heavier single-engine fighter aircraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snecma_M88 As far as I know, they proposed. It would require a larger fan, new LP ...

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Q1. You can't ignore the DSI. DSI intakes would always have the outer lip ahead. The opposite is true for splitter plates. Can't go into the details. Q2. Not ideal for RCS. Must have been an aerodynamic need. Q3. That wing is ideal for RCS, not ideal for aerodynamics. In this compromise between stea...

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1. Air brakes will be carried forward. 2. The spill duct over the wing will also be retained. But it is not for added airflow over the wing (that's a very small amount of lethargic boundary layer. The major gain is that it energizes the airflow over the wing and keeps it attached for longer. The ori...

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Sorry for the the off-topic reply. Please bear through one more, because I think it is relevant to IMRH and India's helicopter design capability in general. I was trying to say that the answer to the original question is not accurate. Have they mastered engine and transmission technology yet? French...

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The landing gear is incorrect. It will be a simpler design (single arm) housed at the wing joint. Similar to Mig29k and Rafale.

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Absolutely awesome. But wouldn't fitting Saras Mk1 with 15kN turbofan engines work? Why reinvent the wheel?

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https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/status/1358305527198060544?s=20 ---> Report: Indian Air Force to induct Israeli Spice 250 ER SOWS which has range of over 150km. It an be launched in swarms to give high attack volumes and uses DSMAC with artificial intelligence algorithms to achieve high accuracie...

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The transmission of LUH is fully designed by HAL.

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There is space for both. But why should India go for the 226?

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What are Kalyani's contributions to the M4?

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Kartik wrote:Posted by Indranil on Twitter.

Can carry 4 SAAWs and 2 AAMs internally. OR 2 larger glide bombs (hitherto unseen) and 2 AAMs.

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Mk1/Mk1A: 4BVRAAMs+2CCMs
Mk2: lots!

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What a journey!

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nachiket wrote:Are the wing fences new as well?

They are not new. But they might go.

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ADE's time is running out fast. If it can't nail ATOL quickly, others will. Very soon!

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^^^ And all Akash 1 will be brought to Akash 1S standard.

Indranil

Brahmos A can be optimized significantly. But I have been hearing about brahmos mini and NG for so long that I have given up hope. This is what happens when you don't have design autonomy.

I have much more hope on LFRJ-based solution.

Indranil

One surprising tidbit from Dr. Madhusudana Rao's interview is that he mentioned Nirbhay as one of the weapons they are looking at integrating on the Mk2. He also mentioned the max range of the standoff weapons that can be launched from the Mk2 as 570km. Is there a slightly smaller ~600km air-launch...

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Indranil and JayS and other aerodynamic gurus, I have a couple of questions with respect to addition of Canards in front of the air intakes and how that will impact intake air flow. Ever since Tejas MK2 pictures emerged and you came out with tour seminal articles about 2 years ago it seems like the...

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This is just sad. Completely avoidable! Why can't we fit those damn wire cutters on the Dhruv? HAL and Megallan said that they were ready to install it in 2011. What happened since then?

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