Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

[randombully]

eh What? By then we had already rolled out the DARIN upgrades to the NAVWASS standard Jags, had done prep work on the 27 upgrade and had already been working on Tejas with the Americans and the French.

Again, let me reiterate. Russian IPC and SDDs are pieces of antique garbage that still hasnt changed.

And this is from a guy whose rozi ki roti is from interfacing with these systems. Even as late as the the new Shtil VLS systems, Russian electronics is a nightmare to interface with, even though IN has had WESEE for 50 years now doing exactly that.

Mki zation:- developing our own mission computer, our own rwr, our own EW suite, our own bvr missiles, our own multifunction display cockpit, our own digital fly by wire control to replace some parts of original russian fly-by-wire, our own irst etc, all of which are either already on su30mki or completed development and waiting to be installed.
And prototype stage of developing the new Virupaksha radar.
No11 Bars while an decades old radars, still helped us in part learning how to make radars.
So did manufacturing of aircraft airframe and engine.

"On going development" of tejas and Darin 1 upgrades did not create a "ecosystem of manufacturing a 4th gen fighter jet" at that time.
Hal's manufacturing su30mki has provided them industrial experience.
This along with tejas program
And now we have every thing(except engines) to make modern non stealth jet and solid base to make a stealth jet( again except engines ).

Shitl vls is not a modern system.
Shitl rotary system is from 1990's .
And shitl-1 "VLS" is from-2000s.

Russia created redut vls- in 2010s used in systems like s400, it uses their equivalent of western STANAG-3910.
Tho they are still behind latest western sdd's that are emerging.

 

[Binayak95]

Mki zation:- developing our own mission computer, our own rwr, our own EW suite, our own bvr missiles, our own multifunction display cockpit, our own digital fly by wire control to replace some parts of original russian fly-by-wire, our own irst etc, all of which are either already on su30mki or completed development and waiting to be installed.
And prototype stage of developing the new Virupaksha radar.
No11 Bars while an decades old radars, still helped us in part learning how to make radars.
So did manufacturing of aircraft airframe and engine.

"On going development" of tejas and Darin 1 upgrades did not create a "ecosystem of manufacturing a 4th gen fighter jet" at that time.
Hal's manufacturing su30mki has provided them industrial experience.
This along with tejas program
And now we have every thing(except engines) to make modern non stealth jet and solid base to make a stealth jet( again except engines ).

Shitl vls is not a modern system.
Shitl rotary system is from 1990's .
And shitl-1 "VLS" is from-2000s.

Russia created redut vls- in 2010s used in systems like s400, it uses their equivalent of western STANAG-3910.
Tho they are still behind latest western sdd's that are emerging.

Mujhe S400 ka dekhna hai integration with IACCS. THAT WILL TELL ALL

 

[GodEmperorDoom]

Mujhe S400 ka dekhna hai integration with IACCS. THAT WILL TELL ALL

I heard that a customer of S-400 was excited about it and when they looked it inside everything is sub-standard piece of junk that even middle powers could do better if given money?

 

[daya]

Almost 11 years have flushed away, the same story is repeated. Keep cool, don't get your blood boiled.

 

[Spitfire IX]

Timeline per my estimates :

• Early 2025 - Full scale mockup (EMD)
• Late 2026 -Early 27 - Rollout
• Late 2027 -Early 2028 - First Flight
• Late 2031-Early 2032 - IOC Achieved
• Late 2032-Early 2033 - Limited Series Production/ Induction
• 2033 - First Squadron
• 2034 - Second Squadron
• 2035 - FOC Achieved
• 2038 - AMCA Mk.1 production completed at 100+ aircraft (20/yr)
• 2038 - AMCA Mk.2 IOC (?)

I confess I don't see how you get from completed testing of 5 flying prototypes in 2031/2 to completed LSP production airframes in 2033. At what point does GOI place an order for x no of aircraft to enable parts to be ordered from subcontractors so that deliveries can be made 2033?

 

[RDXChauhan]

HAL Loses Rs 55 Lakh After Payment For Fighter Jet Parts To 'Fake' Company

The email was fake, but the money was real. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL lost $63,000 or Rs 55 lakh to an online scam.

www.ndtv.com

 

[bruno]

mkis used to have an availability rate of 49% but now it is close to 60%. though availability rate of rafales of iaf is not known but those of french air-force have an availability rate of just 48.5% hence Russian jets edges rafales in maintenance.

Whaaat ? Is one of the best example of "I took the fact I WANT for proving whatever come from my imagination"
First, availability of french Rafale isn't know from the last 4 years, as this kind of data is now considered as confidential.
Then, there is a matter of budget. The availability depend on the budget. If you increase it, you can increase the availability.
For Indian air force, there is a contract of availability with Rafale, and by contract is set to 75% !

So, what are your sources ?