Military Acquisitions, Partnerships & Developments

[sunilUpa]

EUM for dummies

[putnanja]

Defence rethink on Israel freeze

New Delhi, June 8: The defence ministry is having second thoughts on its decision to freeze business with a major Israeli military firm because it is likely to boomerang on the armed forces.

The Israeli Military Industries (IMI) is a key supplier of critical equipment to Indian security forces and the ban on the firm, announced last Friday, will force the security establishment to look for alternatives that are not easy to find.

“The decision is to put transactions ‘on hold’. This is a temporary measure. We are assessing what is to be done,” a defence ministry source said today.
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[Jamal K. Malik]

ARMS TRADE - Defense contractors see open door in India
http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/i ... 1720090611

[Jamal K. Malik]

India, US closer to signing end-user defence pact (EUVA)
http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/ ... D2005CC246

[JaiS]

Defence procurement policy review now an annual job

Purchase of ultra-light howitzers will be delayed, says Army chief

[SivaVijay]

The current corruption charges apart(those have very much became part of procurement process ), Why are the Tatas , the L&Ts or mahindras not considering singapore technologies for partenering or JV. These guys are not big but sure have a impressive package and experience and we may end up learning lot(good for indigenisation) . We have good relations , this will be a good step forward.

Time to boost the Look East policy....

[Siddhartha]

May be it is a bit off the topics .. but any news on LCH?

[SivaVijay]

As per the last news it was seen registering at VLCC....

[k prasad]

As per the last news it was seen registering at VLCC....

Looks like Shiv-saars brain cells are being transferred to other similarly named Jingos...

[sum]

As per the last news it was seen registering at VLCC....

Good one...lots of our indigenous maal (LCA, LCH, Arjun) seem to be making frequent VLCC visits.

[atma]

TATA on the roll again. Hope they go beyond just cabins.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/New ... 650734.cms

[JaiS]

P8I aircraft to give Indian navy maritime patrol edge

Ukraine to modernize India Air Force cargo planes

IAF plans for 100 combat missiles for Jaguar

In a bid to add more firepower to its fighter fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to acquire over 100 close combat air-to-air missiles for the Jaguar aircraft. The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of over 100 of these close combat missiles has been sent to five missile manufacturers including the Raytheon Corporation from United States, Israeli Raphael and European missile consortium MBDA.

“We have received the RFP from the Indian Defence Ministry for close combat air to air missiles for the Jaguar fighter aircraft. We are looking to understand the requirements of the IAF and after that we will decide about the missile that can be offered to them," Raytheon Vice President Dennis J Carroll said in Paris.

We have not yet gone through the details of the Indian requirements but we can offer our AIM-9X and AMRAAM for close range combat requirements," Carroll said. The Israelis are expected to offer the Derby-5 missile in the contract.

[Andrew DeCristofaro]

P8I aircraft to give Indian navy maritime patrol edge

Ukraine to modernize India Air Force cargo planes

IAF plans for 100 combat missiles for Jaguar

In a bid to add more firepower to its fighter fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to acquire over 100 close combat air-to-air missiles for the Jaguar aircraft. The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of over 100 of these close combat missiles has been sent to five missile manufacturers including the Raytheon Corporation from United States, Israeli Raphael and European missile consortium MBDA.

“We have received the RFP from the Indian Defence Ministry for close combat air to air missiles for the Jaguar fighter aircraft. We are looking to understand the requirements of the IAF and after that we will decide about the missile that can be offered to them," Raytheon Vice President Dennis J Carroll said in Paris.

We have not yet gone through the details of the Indian requirements but we can offer our AIM-9X and AMRAAM for close range combat requirements," Carroll said. The Israelis are expected to offer the Derby-5 missile in the contract.

by the way where is iris T

why not acquire ASRAAM for jaguars which is also going to be used on mirage2000
and for that matter use r73 on jaguars

why there is need to send RFP to all EVERYTIME

[NRao]

JaiS,

You url for the 100 jags is goofed up:

http://www.timesnow.tv/IAF-plans-for-10 ... 319637.cms

[AmitR]

by the way where is iris T

why not acquire ASRAAM for jaguars which is also going to be used on mirage2000
and for that matter use r73 on jaguars

why there is need to send RFP to all EVERYTIME

Somebody gotta make some money dude! Go figure.

[SivaVijay]

Close combat missile for Jag? Why would it need a close combat missile when it is not designed for a close combat fight...i mean isnt it prudent to have a Long range AAM and fry the buggers even bfore they enter the envelope where their better dog fighting skills starts making a difference?

[AmitR]

Close combat missile for Jag? Why would it need a close combat missile when it is not designed for a close combat fight...i mean isnt it prudent to have a Long range AAM and fry the buggers even bfore they enter the envelope where their better dog fighting skills starts making a difference?

You mean to say that we now add a longer range radar and other systems also to Jag. More money.

[SivaVijay]

You mean to say that we now add a longer range radar and other systems also to Jag. More money.

Good, if it can be done....

But I didn't mean Looong as in BVR, what I mean is a 30 KM R73 is better than a close combat missile which I believe will have range < 10Km. For a close combat missile you have to maneover more than for a missile with say 30-50Km range to get into lauch position , question is can the Jag handle that kind of maneovring?

[Srivastav]

^^ All of the missiles mentioned in the article have a range of approx 20 or more. So they are pretty close or more than the 30 km range you are talking of. Furthermore, the jaguars will use this missile if some of the enemy fighters somehow manage to break free from our CAP birds and try to attack the strike jaguars.

Unless situation demands so, out strike package of jaguars will ideally always be under cover of miki's or 29's flying CAP.

[nrshah]

You mean to say that we now add a longer range radar and other systems also to Jag. More money.

Good, if it can be done....

I don't think it is good idea to add longer range missile AAM and radars systems to Jag.
Remember it is deep penetration strike fighter and not an air dominance fighter.

Already we don't have dedicated bomber fleet as we used to have in 1971 where canberra's etc devastated the back bone of TSP.
In such time, converting a strike fighter into multi role will only increase the burden of tactical bombing on the remaining bomber / strike aircrafts

- Nitin.

[SivaVijay]

^^ All of the missiles mentioned in the article have a range of approx 20 or more. .

My Bad, don't have access to article, firewall!!!

But will there be a top cover in deep penetration strike???

I don't think so....

nrshah,
we need not convert it to a dominator , put a passive radar(but this PESA never come small enough ) so that she can atleast stay out of harms way, again if it is possible it's good....

[vipins]

There was already a proposal of upgrading jags with EL2032 radar

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Aircr ... aguar.html

In 1996, a contract was signed with Elta to upgrade the maritime attack variant with the
EL/M-2032 multimode fire control radar. Ten EL/M-2032 radars are to be supplied.

so if 2032 is added to jags ,it can use longer range AAMs.Although the upgrade was for maritime jags only,as the link says.

Jaguars also have option of couple of overwing magic IIs.

[Lalmohan]

wouldnt it be better to mate the jaguar with AA8's or something along those lines, after all its for protection and nuisance value, spend the money on ASM's instead

[vipins]

wouldnt it be better to mate the jaguar with AA8's or something along those lines, after all its for protection and nuisance value, spend the money on ASM's instead

IMO,May be a combo of EL2032-Derby would be good,giving sea harriers also uses
the same combo replacing magic IIs.
And derby will also be bought with SPYDER SAM system.
Also will add an option of using Derby in LCA as MMR is being supported by israel.

[Andrew DeCristofaro]

wouldnt it be better to mate the jaguar with AA8's or something along those lines, after all its for protection and nuisance value, spend the money on ASM's instead

IMO,May be a combo of EL2032-Derby would be good,giving sea harriers also uses
the same combo replacing magic IIs.
And derby will also be bought with SPYDER SAM system.
Also will add an option of using Derby in LCA as MMR is being supported by israel.

only pod mounted radar going to be used on jaguar or for that matter on mig27 and this too for SAR imagery because both fighters are basically ground attack,

and this is pretty cheaper than mounting radar on nose which obviously needs rebuilding of nose
and its time consuming so who will pay that and so there will be no derby

and what is need for buying extra short range missiles at first place????
god damn they are already available in india

[sunilUpa]

Sigh...these missiles are for Jaguar IM, - Maritime strike version.

[kit]

X posting

http://www.janes.com/news/defence/jdi/j ... _1_n.shtml

Can South Korea reach defence export premier league

This strategy, which has since been refined and enhanced by DAPA, has partly resulted in South Korea becoming the third biggest importer of materiel since 2004 with a 6 per cent share of all global arms imports behind China and India It has also seen the development of one of the most demanding offset policies in Asia.

According to figures published by the US government in December 2007, for instance, South Korea's offset demands reached an average of 58.5 per cent of the value of deals with US companies

[dipayan]

didnt know where to post this

Tata To Produce S-92 Cabins For Sikorsky

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... nnel=busav

apologize if it has been posted before

[Kartik]

You mean to say that we now add a longer range radar and other systems also to Jag. More money.

Good, if it can be done....

But I didn't mean Looong as in BVR, what I mean is a 30 KM R73 is better than a close combat missile which I believe will have range < 10Km. For a close combat missile you have to maneover more than for a missile with say 30-50Km range to get into lauch position , question is can the Jag handle that kind of maneovring?

fact is that most WVR combat actually happens under 10 km range, and its especially so in the subcontinent where smog makes visibility beyond even 10 kms very difficult.

with a RWR on the Jaguar, the pilot would know if he's painted by a bogey, but without MAWS, he wouldn't know if there was a missile on its way already or not. to be on the safe side, the pilot would have to assume that it was and start evasive maneuvers or simply dive to the ground level in the hope that ground clutter would help break a missile lock and then make a dash for it.

the last thing the Jag pilot needs is a BVR shot that is wasted because there is no onboard radar to guide the missile before its onboard seeker acquired the target. he'd rather use a high offbore sight missile like the R-73, Iris-T or AIM-9X when the bogey is within visual range. it takes care of the maneuvering aspect and even if it misses, it distracts the chasing fighter for long enough for the Jag to go supersonic at low levels and escape.

ANY platform with a HMS and high offbore sight missile would be a threat and it would basically mean that the Jaguar wouldn't be easy prey for a fighter that intercepts it without its escorts.

[Omar]

Xposted from newsfeed on front page.

Indian Air Force Looks at Boeing C-17 Globemaster III to Replace Ilyushin IL-76

The possible acquisition of the C-17 Globemaster which uses the PW F-117-PW-100 (a civilian version of the same engine is used on the boeing 757) could help make an attractive argument for the stalled development of anIndian PW engine MRO facility that was first reported about in 2006. This would be beneficial from a strategic perspective because engines wouldn't have to be overhauled outside the country and economic perspective since Indian airlines using PW engines wont have to overhaul their engines in Singapore.

[Sontu]

P8I aircraft to give Indian navy maritime patrol edge

Ukraine to modernize India Air Force cargo planes

IAF plans for 100 combat missiles for Jaguar

The Israelis are expected to offer the Derby-5 missile in the contract. [/b]

Derby-5 !!!!..I think it should be Python-5 which is a WVR IR guided missile of the same class as AIM-9X or IRIS-T
any idea why MICA from MBDA were not invited ?

[JTull]

Derby-5 !!!!..I think it should be Python-5 which is a WVR IR guided missile of the same class as AIM-9X or IRIS-T
any idea why MICA from MBDA were not invited ?

The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of over 100 of these close combat missiles has been sent to five missile manufacturers including the Raytheon Corporation from United States, Israeli Raphael and European missile consortium MBDA.

[Andrew DeCristofaro]

You mean to say that we now add a longer range radar and other systems also to Jag. More money.

Good, if it can be done....

But I didn't mean Looong as in BVR, what I mean is a 30 KM R73 is better than a close combat missile which I believe will have range < 10Km. For a close combat missile you have to maneover more than for a missile with say 30-50Km range to get into lauch position , question is can the Jag handle that kind of maneovring?
fact is that most WVR combat actually happens under 10 km range, and its especially so in the subcontinent where smog makes visibility beyond even 10 kms very difficult.

with a RWR on the Jaguar, the pilot would know if he's painted by a bogey, but without MAWS, he wouldn't know if there was a missile on its way already or not. to be on the safe side, the pilot would have to assume that it was and start evasive maneuvers or simply dive to the ground level in the hope that ground clutter would help break a missile lock and then make a dash for it.

the last thing the Jag pilot needs is a BVR shot that is wasted because there is no onboard radar to guide the missile before its onboard seeker acquired the target. he'd rather use a high offbore sight missile like the R-73, Iris-T or AIM-9X when the bogey is within visual range. it takes care of the maneuvering aspect and even if it misses, it distracts the chasing fighter for long enough for the Jag to go supersonic at low levels and escape.

ANY platform with a HMS and high offbore sight missile would be a threat and it would basically mean that the Jaguar wouldn't be easy prey for a fighter that intercepts it without its escorts.

there is nothing wrong with r73(cheapest option) no need to buy from outside or ASRAAM(second best option)and these can be fitted on jaguar but as you all saying nowdays india doesn't care for money so let it be

[Vivek K]

One more thing, when writing India in your posts, use capital 'I'.

Second that! Good catch about the roller coaster English!

[Vivs]

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/ ... 59815.html

US eases technology transfer - is this just some hand waving or for real?

[Singha]

can a jaguar use this weapon at night when visual sighting of the attacker is not possible but the rwr would some approx bearing ?

[Arun_S]

Indian arms spree on the fast track

[arun]

Some forward movement on Project 17A Frigate programme. DAC has cleared 7 Frigates .

Does this programme require further approvals say from the Ministry of Finance and/or Cabinet Committee on Security before orders can actually be placed on GRSE and MDIL

The 45,000 Cr price tag quoted looks suspect. As given seems too high while dropping a zero would make it too low. Anyone, Any comment :

Navy seals 45,000-cr deal: seven warships

Posted: Saturday , Jun 20, 2009 at 0440 hrs IST
Manu Pubby

New Delhi:

India has cleared its largest ever indigenous defence contract worth Rs 45,000 crore to manufacture seven advanced stealth frigates for the Navy at shipyards in Kolkata and Mumbai.

The P17A warship project, which will be India’s most advanced and stealthy frigates, has been cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Friday. …………............

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