Aditya_V wrote:Is it 39+22 Apaches? or is it a total of 39. Hope the army aviation corps cordinates with AF well during times of war.
Total 39 , 17 will be under IA and 22 Under IAF but under IA command .
Aditya_V wrote:Is it 39+22 Apaches? or is it a total of 39. Hope the army aviation corps cordinates with AF well during times of war.
karan_mc wrote:Aditya_V wrote:Is it 39+22 Apaches? or is it a total of 39. Hope the army aviation corps cordinates with AF well during times of war.
Total 39 , 17 will be under IA and 22 Under IAF but under IA command .
Victor wrote:Makes sense for the CAS and attack role to go to army though the duplication and overlap of the same aircraft in 2 services in these times of financial crunch is strange. Even if it is simply to pacify both services and stop the unseemly bickering, hopefully we will figure out a way to keep a common maintenance and servicing arrangement, perhaps a civilian outfit linked to Boeing/Tata.
With man portable anti-aircraft missiles proliferating aren't helicopter gunships sitting ducks in todays environment?
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel was offering JV on Helicopters , Was he talking about New Variant of Apache ??
KCR inaugurates Dornier airplane spare parts plant
merlin wrote:What is the difference between Do-228 NG and Do-228 with respect to structure? If the difference is not much why will RUAG not allow final assembly outside Germany? For workshare and jobs related reasons or strategic?
I'm not so sure about Raider,as any Indian participation would come with a whole lot of strings attached. It would be better if we embarked upon a futuristic helo development programme,across the board for the 3 services,as the numbers we require are large.Foreign helo manufacturers could be roped in for the tech expertise that they have component wise. A multi-role medium helo that would serve the IN for maritime/ASW duties,a medium lift helo for the IA/IAF could add upto to 200+.The new high-speed helo concepts could also be looked at
The raider reminds of Comanche - nice marketing video. I wonder if this is something that HAL can't do with Dhruv, given focus and time and resources.
The Russian move was at least an implicit rebuke to the United States, which the Iraqis believe has been too slow to supply American F-16s and attack helicopters
The Current status of the development
The aircraft is in an advanced stage of development and is expected to enter service within the coming year. The company has a firm order of 85 aircraft from the Indian defence services. Further orders for this aircraft are expected once it is operationalised.
The Scope of the RFI
The HJT-36 aircraft presently weighs around 4150 Kg in its Normal Training Configuration, i.e., with two pilots and full internal fuel without any external stores. HAL is envisaging achieving maximum possible weight reduction / optimisation for the aircraft.
Rudradev wrote:What do we use in the Frogfoot/A10 role? Jags & Mig 27s? Not unthinkable that columns of Tanzeems similar to ISIS may come out of Muridke, Binori etc. to confront IA. In fact this is the oldest PA tactic in the book, in use since 1947.
Rudradev wrote:What do we use in the Frogfoot/A10 role? Jags & Mig 27s? Not unthinkable that columns of Tanzeems similar to ISIS may come out of Muridke, Binori etc. to confront IA. In fact this is the oldest PA tactic in the book, in use since 1947.
fanne wrote:Rudradev i,
that is my pet peeve. CAS aircraft are specelized, mostly twin engined (and engine widely seperated to take hits, A10 and su25, many instances these planes have come back home with one engine shot), heavily armoured (Mig27, the pilot sits in a Titanium bathtub), optamised for slower speed, high high speed ingress and out, cockpit tilted in front for better view of ground down below, primary weapon being cannon to aim an shoot (along with specelised A2G). LCA is sadly none of that. LCH only goes that far and no further 9with all attendent limitation of a helo over an aircraft). With Mig27 gone, we may not have a dedicated CAS. UAV sadly cannot fulfill this niche.
The Su-34 is the successor to the Su-25
Rudradev wrote:What do we use in the Frogfoot/A10 role? Jags & Mig 27s? Not unthinkable that columns of Tanzeems similar to ISIS may come out of Muridke, Binori etc. to confront IA. In fact this is the oldest PA tactic in the book, in use since 1947.
fanne wrote:Rudradev i,
that is my pet peeve. CAS aircraft are specelized, mostly twin engined (and engine widely seperated to take hits, A10 and su25, many instances these planes have come back home with one engine shot), heavily armoured (Mig27, the pilot sits in a Titanium bathtub), optamised for slower speed, high high speed ingress and out, cockpit tilted in front for better view of ground down below, primary weapon being cannon to aim an shoot (along with specelised A2G).
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