Aero India - 2011

[IamINDIA]

i heard HAL is gona display new LCH TD which can be weopanised and and has more subsystems

 

[alphaxindia]

Indian Navy don't need to look at aircrafts of US origin, as our own defense authorities don' trust them, as they ask for several treaties before we can purchase.

And also training of pilots is more important then to have highest level of technology. It is experience + courage = success in any battlefield.

 

[marcos98]

AESA Radars are a Highlight of Aero-India​

Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar technology is a requirement for India's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition, the biggest in the world. Consequently, a lot of maneuvering was apparent at the Aero India show last month, as fighter manufacturers worked to define their AESA answers and (in some cases) stall competitors.

Boeing's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has the simplest answer. Raytheon's APG-79 radar is standard on the Block 2 airplane, the current variant, and Boeing has not indicated it's considering alternatives. This allows Boeing to wave a low-risk banner, offering, essentially, the aircraft flying with the U.S. Navy and on order for Australia.

Lockheed Martin had a choice of three radars. Raytheon's Advanced Combat Radar (RACR) and Northrop Grumman's Scalable Active Beam Radar (SABR) fit in an F-16, but Lockheed ultimately chose Northrop Grumman's APG-80, in service in the United Arab Emirates' F-16E/F. Two reasons are behind this, says Northrop Grumman: The proposed F-16IN for India is similar to the E/F and can accept the APG-80, which needs more power and cooling than RACR or SABR, and is lower risk. Northrop Grumman says no APG-80 antennas have had to be repaired, in normal use, since tests started over four years ago. "The antenna will outlast the airframe," the company says. A few modules might fail over its lifetime, but they won't affect performance enough to make it worth unsealing the radome and replacing them.

Eurofighter holds a unique view of the AESA issue. Executives say the Selec Captor mechanically scanned array (MSA) beats any in-service AESA for the Typhoon's mission. A clue to their thinking emerged at an Aero India seminar. Peter Gutsmiedl, senior vice president of engineering at EADS Military Air Systems, pointed out ways in which an AESA could be integrated into Typhoon, including small side arrays, an azimuth gimbal and the so-called "swashplate" radar, a canted antenna on a rotating mount. The goal is to overcome drawbacks of a fixed AESA: narrower field of view than an MSA and diminishing effective aperture and performance at the edges of that field.

Meanwhile, a spat between France and Sweden is developing. In 2007, Saab struck a deal with Thales to provide an AESA antenna for the Gripen Demo program, to be mated with the signal processor from the JAS 39C's Saab PS-05 MSA radar. The Thales AESA replaced the passive-scan antenna of Rafale's RBE2.

But three things happened: Thales and Dassault were given the go-ahead to develop and produce the AESA for Rafale; Dassault has taken a large shareholding in Thales; and the Gripen NG has emerged—in India and Brazil—as a competitor to Rafale. Thales will honor the Gripen Demo contract but its AESA will not be available for a production NG.

Sweden has talked about RACR, but would prefer the PS-05/A's "back end" modules for ease of integration and to stay away from control issues associated with U.S. components. The answer may lie with Selex, which, first as Ferranti, then as GEC-Marconi and subsequently as BAE Systems, was Sweden's partner on the original PS-05/A.

Selex, in accordance with the philosophy of John Roulston, leader of the Captor design team, has been working on simpler, lower-cost *AESAs—in fact, its first production contract was not for a fighter radar but a retrofit to U.S. Coast Guard HC-130s. Its Vixen series of forward-looking radars, banned by the U.S. from South Korea's F/A-50, also received a launch order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with the 500-module Vixen 500 to be integrated on Cessna Citations.

It's not surprising, therefore, that Saab is in talks with Selex about using its AESA technology in the Gripen NG radar. The NG is not competing with the Typhoon except in India. It is also unlikely (as different as they are) that both aircraft would make an MMRCA short list.

 

[SpArK]

Eurofighter At Aero India 2011​

 

[GORKHALI]

Airbus to pitch refueler at Aero India
SOURCE STRATPOST -European aerospace major, Airbus will show off a model of its A330 MRTT at Aero India 2011 in Bangalore next month.
Airbus has pitched the aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) competition for six mid-air refueling aircraft, in which it is likely to be competing with the Russian IL-78. This is the second time the IAF running this tender, after its selection of the MRTT was rejected last year because the Indian Finance Ministry considered the aircraft too expensive, especially considering that the IAF already flies the Russian aircraft.
Airbus is also hoping to win the United States Air Force (USAF) KC-X tender program for 179 refueling aircraft, in which it is competing with Boeing.
Airbus Military will also exhibit a model of its C295 twin-turboprop military transport aircraft, which it says is ‘able to carry up to nine tonnes of cargo, land on unprepared airstrips, and perform the widest range of missions ranging for anti-submarine warfare to maritime and border surveillance and any kind of humanitarian aid’.
MILITARY AVIATION AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Airbus to pitch refueler at Aero India

 

[SpArK]

FLASH! Two Rafales Coming To Aero India 2011​

This was a rumour doing the rounds for a while. Finally got an official confirmation from Dassault. Two Rafales will make their first public Indian appearance at Aero India 2011 next month at the IAF's Yelahanka air force base..... Dassault will also be bringing a Falcon 7X and a Falcon 2000LX. More details shortly.

Livefist - Indian Defence & Aerospace: FLASH! Two Rafales Coming To Aero India 2011

 

[Kinetic]

So is that mean both EFT and Rafale coming to the Aero India 2011?

 

[SpArK]

FLASH! Two Rafales Coming To Aero India 2011​

This was a rumour doing the rounds for a while. Finally got an official confirmation from Dassault. Two Rafales will make their first public Indian appearance at Aero India 2011 next month at the IAF's Yelahanka air force base..... Dassault will also be bringing a Falcon 7X and a Falcon 2000LX. More details shortly.

Livefist - Indian Defence & Aerospace: FLASH! Two Rafales Coming To Aero India 2011

Further update

[@6.00PM IST] The Rafale was seen as something of an underdog in the MMRCA competition for a while, though recent reports have put it on top of the pack in the $11-billion deal for 126 fighter aircraft. Conspiciously closed to the media in India, Dassault's bird has been the least visible of the six contenders in the competition -- a deliberate strategy, it so happens. Its appearance next month outside Bangalore will be the first time the aircraft will be seen in public in India (in September 2009, the aircraft was in India for trials, and was usefully snapped at the time by a single photographer).

Dassault believes that the MMRCA competition is a professional tender, and that flaunting the aircraft (at considerable expense, of course) at an air show in India is an unnecessary exercise. It would therefore be interesting to know what's changed now. Does Dassault smell a win? Clearly the company is convinced that this is the one time that it shouldn't be conservative about displaying their contender.

There's no confirmation yet on the MiG-35, but chances are it'll be there too. So it looks like we're going to have a full line up of all six MMRCA horses in a pretty little courseline at Yelahanka. How sweet would that be.


Livefist - Indian Defence & Aerospace: FLASH! Two Rafales Coming To Aero India 2011

 

[marcos98]

Rafale.
Typhoon.
Gripen
all in one place.

.....smoking

too bad i can't be there

 

[SpArK]

Rafale.
Typhoon.
Gripen
all in one place.

.....smoking

too bad i can't be there

Yankees given up on the super bug or what???

 

[GORKHALI]

WATCHOUT FOR THIS ALIENWARE IN AERO INDIA 2011

 

[SpArK]

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[GareebNawaz]

Wish we could pick 2 aircraft of each for mmrca. Wasn't there a plan for 126+74? EF+Rafale

 

[angeldemon_007]

Wish we could pick 2 aircraft of each for mmrca. Wasn't there a plan for 126+74? EF+Rafale

I also feel the same but this will not happen. Only one will be selected so that if the number is large we could negotiate more on technology and price. Also IAF wants to reduce the number of platform they operate.

 

[GareebNawaz]

I also feel the same but this will not happen. Only one will be selected so that if the number is large we could negotiate more on technology and price. Also IAF wants to reduce the number of platform they operate.

what would you pick EF or rafale?