Aero India 2007

[melb4aust]

I am in blore, partying..will be going to the airshow on sunday

Heard about an Aircraft skid off from the runway during the airshow, what aircraft was it?

 

[Adux]

Intermediate Jet trainer, IJT ....the tire burst on landing

 

[Lilo]

BrahMos to be fitted on naval aircraft
Friday February 9 2007 10:09 IST

BANGALORE: India is redefining the concept of naval reconnaissance by equipping its long-range maritime aircraft with the lethal BrahMos supersonic missiles.

This innovation will see all long-range aircraft like IL-38, IL-76 and TU-142 being fitted with BrahMos missiles with a view to converting them into long-range bombers against their current status of recce planes. It also upgrades the status of these aircraft into a complete war machine capable of detecting a bogey and killing it instantly without waiting for strike forces to finish the job.

The move will add to the fire power of the Navy as these planes can remain in air for well over 10 hours covering extensive distances. ‘‘This will give India a new strategic relevance as far as maritime patrolling in concerned. We can fit BrahMos on all Russian platforms now being engaged in such operations,’’ pointed out A. Sivathanu Pillai, CEO and managing director of the Brahmos Aerospace, the Indo-Russian joint venture.

Talking to this website's newspaper along the sidelines of Aero India, Pillai said that Naval aircraft would get air-to-sea firing capability once BrahMos goes on board.

‘‘These aircraft will be able to fire them from air to disengage an enemy vessel. The fire control system of the IL-38 is being readied and we hope to complete this exercise within a year,’’ he said.

The Navy will be ensured of terrific operational flexibility through this pathbreaking integration. ‘‘The current scenario of maritime patrolling expects a long-range aircraft to identify the intruder. But we’re giving them this added advantage of destroying it before the threat snowballs,’’ Pillai said.

The work of fitting BrahMos on other naval platforms is also on. The project 61 ships - INS Rajput, Ranvir and Ranvijay have installed the systems.

They will carry eight BrahMos missile launchers. Other ships are being fitted with twin octuple vertical launchers in the bows. Along with this innovation the trials on the air version of the missile are on.

‘‘The missile path is ready. We’ve established its technical feasibility. Research on the launcher interface and fire control systems is nearing completion. We hope to achieve total integration by 2008,’’ Pillai said.

Once the IAF is also equipped with BrahMos, the focus of research will shift to network-centric warfare. ‘‘We’ll provide them with network solutions that will help integrate deployment of various BrahMos units,’’ Pillai pointed out.

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE120070208142009&Title=Bangalore&Topic=444&

Model showing Brahmos mounted on IL-38 reconnisance aircraft at aeroindia.

 

[EagleEyes]

An Indian Air Show wont be complete without this..lol

HALs trainer IJT? Thats not good.

 

[Lilo]

Model of the concept Beriev Be-2500 Neptun - a 2500 - yes Two thousand five hundred tonne Heavy lifter!!

LCA navy and caption board inset



The LCA MMR slated to be introduced into LCA LSP 3



Rafael's Python and Barak missiles on display

Mobile Brahmos Launcher



Kilo Class Sub with Brahmos Missile Launcher bay


Air Launched Version

 

[Lilo]

Some more pics of HAL-LCH

HAL LCH - Armament Model


HAL LCH - Info Board

Sarang-Dhruv ALH

 

[Lilo]

Some interesting pics

Track record of Martin-Baker Ejection seats in IAF.

Tata Sumo with SV2000 Radar (to detect enemy warships)

"The art of engine building"

 

[Lilo]

the source of all these images is http://media.bharat-rakshak.com/aero/

 

[EagleEyes]

Good stuff man. Looking awesome..

 

[Lilo]

hehe

Thnx

 

[Bull]

HALs trainer IJT? Thats not good.

It was a tyre burst , not exactly a crash. Anyways it was not a good way to showcase itself. Add to that the ALH crash on the first day.

Anyways most the displayers werent bothered as they were here to sell their items and not to buy.