IAF to Go in for 10 more AWACS,Rafale Deal hopefully by July

[illusion8]

Where did he say ten?
its 3 + 2 = 5 .

That's the Phalcon awacs based on IL 76, plus 5 more from DRDO on Embraer/ boeing platforms.

 

[KRAIT]

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[KRAIT]

Kindly edit your post.

 

[jha]

read again...



will be collaboration as is the case with most "Le indigenous" Indian defence gear

I am okay with collaboration also .... I however doubt that CABS will go for collaboration as they already have a working prototype for 270* coverage. I just wish that they do not start aiming too high and start a new radar development .

 

[Abingdonboy]

Aww I got my hopes up- I thought the IAF were going to order anoth 7 PHALCONS to make the total 10 PHALCON AWACS in service

Oh well- the plans still seem pretty decent. Should make the IAF the undisputed remote sensing power in the region.

 

[sancho]

Aww I got my hopes up- I thought the IAF were going to order anoth 7 PHALCONS to make the total 10 PHALCON AWACS in service

Oh well- the plans still seem pretty decent. Should make the IAF the undisputed remote sensing power in the region.

Not really, because they are already far behind our opponents and by the time these new AWACS might be available, our oppenents will have upgraded or get even more capable once in their inventory. Capability is not all wrt AWACS, but to provide a constant coverage alongside our huge borderlines, that's why we need numbers in first place not 3 different plattforms, with 3 different radars, over a timeframe of more than a decade.
The best way would have been 5 x A50 Phalcons + 10 x EMB 145 DRDO AWACS. The DRDO systems could be later upgraded with L-Band arrays, or GaN modules to improver their capability, while keeping the fleet easy to maintain and cost-effective.

 

[jha]

So, basically IAF's AWACs will be : 5 - A50 + 3 EMB 145 + 7 A330/767 .... We certainly have a habit to keep everything available in our inventory...

In near future IN will also demand some 5-6 AWACs... And we will have AWACs on 4 different platforms...

 

[monitor12345]

Can anybody confirm whether PAF has received all the 4 Erieye from SAAB ?

 

[Safriz]

Can anybody confirm whether PAF has received all the 4 Erieye from SAAB ?

nobody can confirm that.......

 

[sancho]

So, basically IAF's AWACs will be : 5 - A50 + 3 EMB 145 + 7 A330/767 .... We certainly have a habit to keep everything available in our inventory...

In near future IN will also demand some 5-6 AWACs... And we will have AWACs on 4 different platforms...

Yeah possibly E-2Ds, not to mention that we have Ka31 and that IA is asking for helibased AEW capabilities as well and I bet they will go for another plattform.

Can anybody confirm whether PAF has received all the 4 Erieye from SAAB ?

Check this thread, or ask senior members their:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/pakist...n-awacs-aew-cs-aircrafts-213.html#post3927233

 

[Abingdonboy]

Not really, because they are already far behind our opponents and by the time these new AWACS might be available, our oppenents will have upgraded or get even more capable once in their inventory. Capability is not all wrt AWACS, but to provide a constant coverage alongside our huge borderlines, that's why we need numbers in first place not 3 different plattforms, with 3 different radars, over a timeframe of more than a decade.
The best way would have been 5 x A50 Phalcons + 10 x EMB 145 DRDO AWACS. The DRDO systems could be later upgraded with L-Band arrays, or GaN modules to improver their capability, while keeping the fleet easy to maintain and cost-effective.

@sancho I mean not just AWACS but all remote sensing tech in aggregate from the SIGNIT/ASR/ELINT a/c of the IAF/ARC to the remote sensing satillites of the NRTO.


Additionally with the IN to looking to get their own shorebased and ship based AWACS/AEW systems India really will be up there.

Can anybody confirm whether PAF has received all the 4 Erieye from SAAB ?

Including of excluding the 1-2 lost?

 

[jha]

Can anybody confirm whether PAF has received all the 4 Erieye from SAAB ?

They have anywhere between 2.5 to 3 Erieye systems with them...

 

[Jayanta]

1st it was march-april.... Now july..
Good going.

One shouldn't forget that DRDO is involved...and it stands for Defense Research and Delay Organization....hence these delays are bound to happen..do not be alarmed if the dates are further delayed.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

They have anywhere between 2.5 to 3 Erieye systems with them...

One is written off. How much of the other 0.5 (or part thereof) can be salvaged is moot; in any case that is still under the covers for the 'hoi-polloi'.

 

[帅的一匹]

DRDO is a disaster, even Anthony has no confidence in it. Why straightly buy E767?