Wow! 9 more radars? and we already have 2 since 2004-05?Incidentally, IAF and Navy are also on course to induct nine more Israeli Aerostat radars as a "follow-on'' order to the two such EL/M-2083 radars procured in 2004-2005 for $145 million.
I am just happy that at long last we are getting the AWACS...Dmurphy wrote:After long wait, IAF to get first Phalcon AWACS on May 20
The delaying tactics are still on...May 18th has become May 20th!
Excerpt from the article aboveWow! 9 more radars? and we already have 2 since 2004-05?Incidentally, IAF and Navy are also on course to induct nine more Israeli Aerostat radars as a "follow-on'' order to the two such EL/M-2083 radars procured in 2004-2005 for $145 million.
Thanks Rahul.. will keep it in mind...Rahul M wrote:just that there's a 24 hour period I think, after which the edit button expires, set so by forum SW.Bala Vignesh wrote:....
Thanks Rahul, But i would appreciate if you'd tell me how to do it here... As i might need it some where else too...
it looks like this :at bottom right corner of your post.
Who is playing psy-ops?Vick wrote:This link is saying that the Russian Il-476 tanker version won the IAF tender for six new aerial tankers.
Is that Mig23 or M2K?JaiS wrote:University acquires fighter aircraft MIG-23
We don't necessarily have to use them out of desperation or shortage of bomb trucks. Sometimes, nothing else is suitable for the job. The best example that comes to mind is the C-130 Hercules and the BLU-82 7500kg bomb. The concept was good enough that the follow on weapon to the BLU-82, the MOAB is still intended to be dropped off C-130s.vivek_ahuja wrote:HariC wrote:err. not me.
I suppose the legacy of using transports as modified bombers has been there since the Indo-Pak wars with AN-12s etc. But in today's battlefield, is it still valid? Are we that short on bomb trucks that we need to push the transports in too?But the IAF probably did at some point. there was a demonstration in some firepower display an year or so back when IAF An-32s apparently displayed their bomb dropping for the first time. but never saw any pictures of that
Hence my original question: why?
BANGALORE: Overcoming numerous integration issues the indigenous intermediate jet trainer (IJT) Hindustan Jet Trainer-36 (HJT-36) presently under development at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has crossed a major milestone making its maiden flight with the Russian AL-551 engine.
Piloted by HAL’s Executive Director Squadron Leader (retd) Baldev Singh and the Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) Wing Commander K.D. Bhat, the HJT-36’s Prototype One (PT1) undertook a 30 minute flight on May 9 landing without any hitches. However, being the PT1’s maiden flight only general manoeuvres were gone through with, no major checks undertaken.
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Though the new engine arrived in February HAL was faced with a number of issues during the integration of the engine with the aircraft’s other systems, not least being issues with the throttle control and the various indicators in the cockpit (which prompt the pilot to take corrective action).
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Acknowledging the delays officials on the HJT-36 programme told The Hindu that the trainer’s Initial Operational Clearance could still be obtained by June 2010 since most of the engine integration issues were over. “Since the trainer’s avionics are already in place and it will carry only practice weapons — gun and rocket pods — we don’t see huge delays.”
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NEW DELHI: Air Marshal P.K. Barbora, will be the new Vice Chief of Air Staff. Currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, he will assume charge as the Vice Chief from June 1.
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The other major appointments that would come into effect from June 1, include Air Marshal N.V. Tyagi, who replaces Air Marshal Browne as the new Deputy Chief of Air Staff while Air Marshal D.C. Kumaria, replaces Air Marshal Tyagi as the new Senior Air Staff Officer , South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar. Air Vice Marshal A.K. Gogoi on promotion will take over as the new Director General Air (Operations) at Air Headquarters.
Not good.Not good at all..Jodhpur (PTI): A MIG-27 fighter aircraft on a routine sortie crashed in a village in this district on Friday, injuring seven persons on the ground.
The pilot ejected safely after the crash took place around 8.30 am in Konkani village in Luni, 42 kms from Jodhpur, Defence PRO Lt Col N N Joshi said.
According to SP (Rural) Jodhpur, Sharad Kaviraj, seven persons on the ground were injured in the mishap, one of them seriously
I was thinking "traitor" because it occurred to me that if you were the competitor for the helicopter deal opposite the ALH, especially when the latter is highly competent performance wise speaking, why would you want to compete on technical grounds when you can pay off someone to include some red tape as a stumbling block for the other side to cross?Rakesh wrote:Someone needs to fire that no good for nothing who turned down the Bolivian request for a line of credit. I would tar and feather that fool myself. What an idiot.
I suppose some of our theorists here think the so called "Natasha" lobby is active only in the MoD, and no other ministry?
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090522/155063590.html
Russia
Bolivia set to order weaponry from Russia - deputy FM
MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Bolivia may order weaponry worth several million dollars from Russia in the near future, a deputy foreign minister said on Friday.
Sources earlier reported that Bolivia had expressed interest in buying a number of Russian-made Mi-17 multipurpose helicopters to combat terrorism and drug trafficking.
"As to purchases of military equipment, we are interested not only in helicopters, but also in other kinds of weaponry," Hugo Fernandez told a news conference at RIA Novosti.
"Agreements on the list of military equipment which we would like to purchase have not yet been reached, but we will return to this issue in several months. We are talking about several million dollars worth of weaponry," he added.
During the talks in Moscow in February, Russia and Bolivia signed a bilateral agreement on military-technical cooperation.
Moscow said it could offer La Paz a loan for the purchase of Russian-made weaponry, without specifying the amount.
However, Alexander Fomin, first deputy director of Russia's Federal Service for Military Cooperation, said on Thursday that the Russian defense industry had effectively "reached its ceiling" and could not take on any more contracts in the near future.
"The industry does not stretch like a rubber bag. As in other countries, [our industry] has its limits. That's an open secret," he said.
According to Fomin, Russia's foreign defense orders currently total $35 billion
The journalist is saying "I will write crap and you will be able to do bugger all about. My job is secure and my editor is more dumb that I am because I only mis-report. He passes my report AND retains me. Now shoo!"krishnan wrote:What does they mean he ejected after the crash?
IAF did not drop Russia, it selected a better product that was from Europe!!!A Sharma wrote:IAF drops Russia from $1 bn deal
This piece is not a mere report but is a political commentary by Rahul Singh on what he thinks is the state of India Russia defence relations.NRao wrote:IAF did not drop Russia, it selected a better product that was from Europe!!!A Sharma wrote:IAF drops Russia from $1 bn deal
IF the EADS product is better, why do these yahoo DDMs drag unrelated issues into the picture and make a mess out of a topic? IAF is still going with FGFA, perhaps he forgot that or better still is not aware of it.
it is really a great news........Juggi G wrote:Chak De Phatte India !!!!!!!
Israeli Phalcon AWACS Arrives in India
Why Phalcon AWACS Matter to India
Rediff » India
By the Way, Does Anybody know of Smilies Doing Bhangra , if so please give a link to the site.
if an awacs cant protect itself by any coordinated means,then how will it protect cities?jimmy_moh wrote:it is really a great news........Juggi G wrote:Chak De Phatte India !!!!!!!
Israeli Phalcon AWACS Arrives in India
Why Phalcon AWACS Matter to India
Rediff » India
By the Way, Does Anybody know of Smilies Doing Bhangra , if so please give a link to the site.
what about the security features in AWACS .. i mean if there is a war obviously enemies first mission will be to shoot our AWACS... so how we can protect our bird
Things surely appears to be moving faster past electionsNEW DELHI, May 26 (Reuters) - India has invited bids for two separate defence projects worth more than $2 billion to arm its air force, a defence official and the country head of Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday.
The Indian Air Force is seeking 22 attack helicopters and at least 15 heavy-lift helicopters as it plans to replace its aging Soviet-era fleet with modern weapon systems.
"Boeing has received the Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the attack and heavylift helicopters and will review the requirements," Vivek Lall, India country head of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), told Reuters on Tuesday.
The two RFPs were issued on Monday and Tuesday, days after a new Congress-led coalition government was sworn in.
The government said it would prioritise defence and push forward pending projects to modernise its armed forces.
India is looking to spend more than $30 billion over the next five years to modernise its defence systems.
"We hope to hear from bidders soon on the two projects and speed up the procurement process," a defence ministry spokesman said.
Last June, India asked seven international companies to submit bids for supplying 22 attack helicopters, but the government cancelled the tender this March, saying the bidders did not meet requirements.
Boeing, which did not respond to that RFP for attack helicopters due to technical reasons, said it was keen to offer its Apache AH-64 helicopters this time around.
Separately, Boeing said it was also reviewing the other RFP to supply at least 15 heavy-lift helicopters to the air force.
Lall says the U.S. plane maker was interested in offering its Chinook CH-47 to India.
"We believe that Boeing's Apache and Chinook can provide the Indian Air Force with the most capable, proven and versatile platforms in their respective class," Lall said in New Delhi on Tuesday.
India will also soon hold field trials for the purchase of 126 fighter planes in a $10.4 billion contract that is one of the world's biggest current arms deals.
Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet, France's Dassault Rafale, Lockheed Martin Corp's (LMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) F-16, Russia's MiG-35, Sweden's Saab (SAABb.ST: Quote, Profile, Research) JAS-39 Gripen and the Eurofighter Typhoon, produced by a consortium of British, German, Italian and Spanish companies, are in the race for the lucrative fighter contract
Gradual Drift from Russian dependencyThe Indian Air Force has decided to buy the Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) instead of the Russian built Ilyushin-78 air-to-air tanker, the Hindustan Times reported yesterday.
