RAW's aerial surveillance aircraft are taking shape.

[Perpendicular]

Bombardier Global 5000 series equipped with MAWS, ECM suits, Ground Surveillance equipments and SATCOM. Currently two of them are undergoing (or allready gone) testing in Israel.
Or probably are in serice already with ARC.
Further more orders are planned also.

 

[Optimos Prime IA]

What is function of these . How does it different from airforce surveillance ?

 

[nomi007]

specifications?

 

[Capt.Popeye]

specifications?

Mainly SIGINT and COMINT, and then some more......

 

[Bhasad Singh Mundi]

specifications?

Mind control! now more raw agents in

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

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Bombardier Global 5000 series equipped with MAWS, ECM suits, Ground Surveillance equipments and SATCOM. Currently two of them are undergoing (or allready gone) testing in Israel.
Or probably are in serice already with ARC.
Further more orders are planned also.

Those Bombardier Global 5000s have been converted to EL/I-3001 Airborne Integrated Signals Intelligence Systems (AISIS) standard.

The Elta Systems EL/I-3001 Airborne Integrated Signal Intelligence System (AISIS) is aircraft mounted suite designed to perform long-range, high-endurance missions thus providing tactical and strategic intelligence. The system comprises ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) and COMINT (Communications Intelligence) sensors to search, intercept, measure, locate, analyze, classify and monitor communication and radar transmissions. The Electronic Order of Battle (OEB) picture generated by the EL/I-3001 suite is transmitted in real-time to ground stations for its exploitation via secure line-of-sight data-links, satellite communications and/or HF/VHF/UHF radio sets. Elta Systems optimized the AISIS system with the ability to effectively deal with low probability of intercept transmission sources. The EL/I-3001 can be integrated in a variety of airborne platforms and has been sold to several customers worldwide. The system is a derivative of proven Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) furnished to the Israel Armed Force by Elta Systems.

Saurav Jha's Blog : New 'Special Mission' aircraft for the Indian Air force

 

[Perpendicular]

Operated by ARC (Aviation Research Centre) of RAW. The difference would be highly classified i guess. But definitely better to keep operations under RAW domain. ARC has been there for a while now. It's been said that even Foxbat's were operated under ARC but flown by selected pilots from IAF. Am quoting wiki " India's second strike capability vests on ARC".

What is function of these . How does it different from airforce surveillance ?

 

[zambino]

Why only two? What abt the iaf?

 

[Perpendicular]

Why only two? What abt the iaf?

They got other assets too besides more are being planned.

 

[Stag112]

This is a very important development that has gone largely unnoticed.

 

[nomi007]

share pic of old aircraft boeing 707 used by iaf

 

[[Bregs]]

Most of the bases and operations of aviation research center is highly classified and it operates many types of aircrafts including IL 76 for various purposes

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

share pic of old aircraft boeing 707 used by iaf

Il-76 and Boeing 707 at Palam
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ARC's first SIGINT platform, the Boeing 707 SIGINT, was originally modified for the role by then-US contractor E-Systems which has since then been subsumed by Raytheon.

Most of the bases and operations of aviation research center is highly classified and it operates many types of aircrafts including IL 76 for various purposes

ARC maintains an impressive inventory -

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General Dynamics Gulfstream III

Bombardier Global 5000

IL-76

An-32 ​

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

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Mil Mi-17s

HAL Cheetah

HAL Chetak

Boeing 707 SIGINT

DRDO Lakshya PTA​

All of them upgraded with Aerial surveillance, ELINT, SIGINT operations, photo reconnaissance flights (PHOTINT), monitoring of borders, imagery intelligence (IMINT) systems.
And how can one forget that mach 3+ MiG-25 over Islamabad, Pakistan in 1997! Retired in 2005 though!

Next big addition in its inventory would be Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

Indian Aviation Centre wants 4 US made Ospreys

 

[nomi007]

thanks for sharing cool pics