Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

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A Deshmukh wrote:if the 21 Mig-29 go thru, then there is one squadron less justification for MMRCA.
purchase another 36 Rafale, and be done with.
Agree, 2 more Rafale squadrons, and spend the rest of the money on accelerating the Su-30 upgrade with domestic avionics including the 12 more planned for purchase, accelerating the Tejas MWF, upgrading the 40 Mk1A to quasi Mk1A and buying more AWACS, IFR, EW plus munitions.
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^^^ @ KaranM Saar: +108 to you! :)

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First time I am seeing a scale model of an IAF MiG-29UPG. That hump!!!

https://twitter.com/Foxbat_Foxhound/sta ... 45379?s=20 ---> 1/72 scale of Indian Air Force Mig-29UPG "Baaz"

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What an amazing shot! Just love the picture! Not an endorsement of F-16 for the IAF though :mrgreen:

https://twitter.com/livefist/status/142 ... 87618?s=20 ---> IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria with UAE Air Force Chief, Major General Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed Al Alawi and a Desert Falcon.

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https://twitter.com/kktotlani/status/14 ... 11009?s=20 ---> Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff, embarked on an official visit to the UAE. He is visiting the UAE on an invitation from Major General Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed Al Alawi, Commander UAE Air Force and Air Defence.

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And the Indian Air force Chief continued his West Asia trip by going to Israel, meeting his counterpart in the Israeli Air force Major General Amikam Norki and having a ride in the Israeli version of the F-15E i.e. the F-15I RA'AM:
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Please provide the link of these images when posting. Please see my post above as a guideline.

I have removed the pictures for now.
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Rakesh wrote:Please provide the link of these images when posting. Please see my post above as a guideline.

I have removed the pictures for now.
Will do. Thanks.
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https://twitter.com/livefist/status/1423609193714520066

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https://twitter.com/IAFsite/status/1423311879544389639
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Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, visited Israel as the guest of IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin.
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Thank you ldev. Appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Copyright laws are quite stringent. Thanks.
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https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/statu ... 08584?s=20 ---> IAF chief being shown Israel's F-35I.

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‘IAF focused on boosting capabilities’
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2021/india ... es---.html
11 August 2021
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https://twitter.com/Amitraaz/status/142 ... 39557?s=20 ---> DRDO's HEMRL* developed Advanced Chaff Technology has been inducted into the IAF after the completion of successful user trials.

*High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL)

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^^^
Next step should be to put the chaff dispenser on a pylon and make it general purpose solution for all aircrafts.

Something like Terma has designed , capable of dispensing decoys as well as chaff\flare.

https://www.terma.com/news-events/news/ ... -aircraft/
The US ANG PIDSU and EW core pylon configuration is the most advanced variant as both left- and right-hand pylons are equipped with three chaff/flare dispenser magazines. This was made possible by introducing a new compact variant of the Terma Digital Sequencer Switch which allows installation of the additional dispenser magazine. Once implemented all the existing and new ANG Terma-pylons will feature flare dispense and EW core pylons will even have all hardware for smart dispense of e.g. Expendable Active Decoys and multi-shot flares.
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How IAF Can Meet Its Desired Squadron Strength?
https://www.raksha-anirveda.com/how-iaf ... -strength/
21 August 2021
“The IAF will have around 37-38 fighter squadrons in a decade”, said Deputy IAF Chief Air Marshal Sandeep Singh. It is further expected that indigenous products will become a standard choice for the IAF as it would be very difficult for IAF under current monetary situations to order 200 units of any imported asset against 200 units of Tejas MK-2 because of the feasibility and efficiency of indigenous products.
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Next time when someone asks about the Mirage 2000 upgrade...

https://twitter.com/jsmaina/status/1425 ... 49634?s=20 ---> Sir how is the Mirage upgrade progressing?

https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/14254 ... 81411?s=20 ---> Finished two years ago.
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X posted from the Indo russia thread


Will begin to deliver S-400 missile system to India by 2021 end, says Russian company Almaz Antey



Will begin to deliver S-400 missile system to India by 2021 end, says Russian company Almaz Antey



By Sahil Pandey
Moscow [Russia], August 24 (ANI):

The deputy CEO of the air and space defense concern Almaz-Antey, Vyacheslav Dzirkaln on Monday said Russia will begin to deliver surface-to-air missile defence system (SAM) S-400 by end of the year 2021.

"I can confirm that we will deliver [the S-400 system to India] by the end of 2021 in accordance with the schedule and contractual obligations of the Russian side," Dzirkaln said while interacting at International Military-Technical Forum "ARMY-2021".

He also said that at the present Indian military personnel training is underway in operating the S-400.

"As for the training, the first group of Indian specialists have completed the training. The second group is undergoing training. I would not talk about the number of people but it is a sufficient number for the Indian armed forces to effectively operate our equipment. I would like to say that the results shown by the first group of Indian specialists after the training were very high. I would like to note the [high] level of training of Indian specialists," the deputy CEO said.
In October 2018, India had signed a USD 5.43 billion deal with Russia for five S-400 regiments. (ANI)
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Rakesh wrote:Next time when someone asks about the Mirage 2000 upgrade...

https://twitter.com/jsmaina/status/1425 ... 49634?s=20 ---> Sir how is the Mirage upgrade progressing?

https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/14254 ... 81411?s=20 ---> Finished two years ago.
Does it mean sometime in 2019...? Coz. we used non-upgraded M2000s for Balakot strike...
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The user asks HVT Sir if all the M2Ks were upgraded, but I see no reply from HVT Sir.

Balakot was in Feb 2019, perhaps all were completed sometime later in 2019.
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https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/statu ... 04866?s=20 ---> The first group of specialists from India have completed their training on S-400 missile. Another one is being instructed. The results shown by the Indian specialists trained in the first group were rather high, says Vice CEO of Almaz Antney. First deliveries to IAF in late 2021.
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Garuds are already equipped and this requirement 1.5 lakh rifles for just the base security seems a bit high for Air Force.
Is IAF considering creating its own Airborne formation like this one in China? Then you see this RFI by the Navy to acquire landing platform docks (~200m length) and can't help but wonder, are we looking at some kind of US Marines type Integrated Battle Groups in 5-6 years? Capable of landing troops at Karachi as well as South China sea or maybe in Africa!
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Actual requirement is of 1.5 lakh rifles just for air force.
Even if each base as 2-3 companies worth of troops, this number is very high for base security. Total number of troops in the force is 1.4 lakh or so. What will they do with 1.5 lakh assault rifles, or even 70 thousand for that matter?
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India and US sign Project Agreement for Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) --
The Ministry of Defence of India and U.S. Department of Defense concluded a Project Agreement (PA) for Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV) under the Joint Working Group Air Systems in the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), on Friday, July 30, 2021. The Air-Launched UAV PA falls under the Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Memorandum of Agreement between the Indian Ministry of Defence and the U.S. Department of Defense that was first signed in January 2006, and renewed in January 2015. The agreement is a significant step towards deepening the defense technology collaboration between the two nations, through co-development of defence equipment.

The main aim of the DTTI is to bring sustained leadership focus to promote collaborative technology exchange, and create opportunities for co-production and co-development of future technologies for Indian and U.S. military forces. Under the DTTI, Joint Working Groups on land, naval, air, and aircraft carrier technologies have been established to focus on mutually agreed projects in respective domains. The PA for co-development of ALUAV has been overseen by the Joint Working Group on Air Systems and is a major accomplishment for DTTI.

The PA outlines the collaboration between Air Force Research Laboratory, Indian Air Force, and Defence Research and Development Organization towards design, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation of systems to co-develop an ALUAV Prototype. The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Aerospace Systems Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), along with the Indian and US Air Forces, are the principal organisations for execution of the PA.

The agreement was signed by the co-chairs of the Joint Working Group Air Systems under the DTTI, Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Plans, from the Indian Air Force and Brigadier General Brian R. Bruckbauer, Director, Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate, from the U.S. Air Force.
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Does anyone know what happened to the I-Star program which was to get a business jet, modified with a synthetic aperture radar, capable of very high resolution at very long ranges, along with an EOI sensor of phenomenal ranges for surveillance role in a benign environment and for long durations ? This was announced in 2018. Most of the DTTI projects have never seen the light.
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M2K upgrades are the most secretive ones i have seen - many years since signing and not even a single picture of an upgraded one!!!
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V_Raman wrote:M2K upgrades are the most secretive ones i have seen - many years since signing and not even a single picture of an upgraded one!!!
There are several pictures of upgraded M2k's floating around. The aircraft don't look any different from the outside except for a light grey nose cone instead of the earlier black. And I believe a few got the light grey noses even pre-upgrade so it is not easy to tell them apart.

This one is back from 2015

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The MICA-IR it is carrying under the wing is a giveaway. The M2k's did not have the MICA integrated prior to the upgrade.
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Fine article on the quiet upgrade happening on the Su-30 MKI.
makes for a great read once you trawl through HVT's tweets as well.

http://frontiervedette.com/how-india-is ... publicity/

Great going.
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I thought that AL31 was not as smokey as the original RD33.

But the photos posted above show a different reality. What could be the reasons behind that?
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SSridhar wrote:
Does anyone know what happened to the I-Star program which was to get a business jet, modified with a synthetic aperture radar, capable of very high resolution at very long ranges, along with an EOI sensor of phenomenal ranges for surveillance role in a benign environment and for long durations ? This was announced in 2018. Most of the DTTI projects have never seen the light.
Ongoing program at CABS.
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Please drag & drop both photos into new browser windows for full size. You will not be disappointed.

https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1435 ... 72133?s=20 ---> The Stack Before The Storm. Varying Angles, One Goal.

Photographs by Wing Commander Indranil Nandi

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^sweet pics. In the pic at the bottom, does the fulcrum show 4 hps under wing or are my eyes deceiving me?
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Sirjee, I am seeing 3 hardpoints under each wing...for a total of six.
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Admiral sir, I would normally agree. But I clearly see some kind of bump hanging below the frame. Doesn't seem like mlg or is it? and is aligned with twin tails. Lights? Looks like pylons without rails.
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Rakesh wrote:Sirjee, I am seeing 3 hardpoints under each wing...for a total of six.
There seems to be something hanging under the wings between the innermost HP and the fuselage. Looks somewhat like an open landing gear door but that can't be it. Not sure what it is. Definitely not a HP though.
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Karan M wrote:
SSridhar wrote:
Does anyone know what happened to the I-Star program which was to get a business jet, modified with a synthetic aperture radar, capable of very high resolution at very long ranges, along with an EOI sensor of phenomenal ranges for surveillance role in a benign environment and for long durations ? This was announced in 2018. Most of the DTTI projects have never seen the light.
Ongoing program at CABS.
Similar to something which exists on paper.
There were already similar systems floating around in USAF .
Our labs just need something to spend time on.
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nachiket wrote:
The MICA-IR it is carrying under the wing is a giveaway. The M2k's did not have the MICA integrated prior to the upgrade.
What about cockpit pictures? Are there any?
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V_Raman wrote:
nachiket wrote:
The MICA-IR it is carrying under the wing is a giveaway. The M2k's did not have the MICA integrated prior to the upgrade.
What about cockpit pictures? Are there any?
https://twitter.com/MaverickBharat/stat ... 0789856267 --> Thread: Cockpits of Indian Airforce Aircraft (Sept 6, 2021)
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Lack of military-civil fusion framework barrier to space tech innovation: IAF Vice Chief

Air Force Vice Chief Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari highlighted that the Air Force is looking to expand its footprint in space exploration and would like to “fully integrate air and space capabilities” so that there is a common operating picture for aerospace.



By: Express News Service | New Delhi |
September 8, 2021


https://indianexpress.com/article/citie ... f-7495647/
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Air Marshal VR Chaudhari is one of the front runners for the next Air Chief.

Announcement will come any day or week now.
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https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1435 ... 72133?s=20 ---> The Stack Before The Storm. Varying Angles, One Goal.
Any idea why Sukhois have so much smoke behind them and none behind Rafale?
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