Indian Air Force News & Discussions

[Abingdonboy]

Is this plane used by IAF for SIGNIT ops or is it one of the VVIP ferrying machine....??

ELINT/SIGNIT for the R&AW's ARC not IAF.

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And can you tell me whats the diff b/w a SIGNIT configured plane and an AWACS/AEW&C

AWACS/AEW&C are airborne radars meant to detect threats as well as controlling your own aerial assets and directing them onto the enemy. Basically they are the eyes of the airforce (and to an extent brain) and the ELINT/SIGNIT are the "ears" who intercept enemy signals and build up a picture of the enemy's forces.

 

[jarves]

Page no. 202.

 

[K M Cariappa]

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AWACS/AEW&C are airborne radars meant to detect threats as well as controlling your own aerial assets and directing them onto the enemy. Basically they are the eyes of the airforce (and to an extent brain) and the ELINT/SIGNIT are the "ears" who intercept enemy signals and build up a picture of the enemy's forces.

So any other plane that India has for SIGNIT ops.....???

 

[Abingdonboy]

So any other plane that India has for SIGNIT ops.....???

The ARC operate a number of such planes of different types for this role.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Abing, that clip is good, but damn that music doesnt go well with it.

 

[babbar]

ELINT/SIGNIT for the R&AW's ARC not IAF.

Special Mission Aircraft - Global 5000 - IAI Elta - Bombardier Bizjet - CASR Aerospace - Canadian American Strategic Review - Global Express - Maritime Patrol - Global MPA - Bombardier Aircraft - Canadian Aerospace - Bombardier Aerospace - Aerospace Industry - Search Radar - IAI MPA - SIGINT - IAI AISIS - R&AW ARC - Sentinel R1 - Raytheon ASTOR - E-11A BACN - USAF JSTARS - Q400 MPA - CP-140M Aurora - AIMP ASLEP - Canadian Multi-mission Aircraft - Defence Procurement - Department of National Defence

AWACS/AEW&C are airborne radars meant to detect threats as well as controlling your own aerial assets and directing them onto the enemy. Basically they are the eyes of the airforce (and to an extent brain) and the ELINT/SIGNIT are the "ears" who intercept enemy signals and build up a picture of the enemy's forces.

I heard we have ordered only two of these. I remember the requirement was for 6?

Any idea?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

 

[Capt.Popeye]

So any other plane that India has for SIGNIT ops.....???

ARC's fleet for SIGINT is separate, while IAF has its own SIGINT/COMINT platforms. Just a while ago IAF had floated a tender for 9 new ones, IIRC.

 

[Hindustani78]

Hercules C130J lands on tiny runway
26 Mar, 2015
Text: PTI

A Hercules C130J, one of India's biggest defence cargo plane recently landed on the tiny runway at the Juhu airport as part of a military exercise, the first fixed-wing aircraft to land on the airstrip in over four decades.

In pic: An IAF C-130J aircraft lands on a short runway at the Juhu aerodrome in Mumbai.

 

[K M Cariappa]

 

[Agent_47]

Must watch
how to identify b/w SM and MKI ? @Abingdonboy @sancho

 

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[uparyupari]

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AWAC is Make in India, Tanker is NOT.

 

[Abingdonboy]

AWAC is Make in India, Tanker is NOT.

Utterly irrelevant.

 

[sathya]

AWACS is the urgent requirement of necessity , tankers are not.
Drdo needs it for development with long gestation period so it cannot be delayed too