Sukhoi PAK-FA / FGFA: Updates,News & Discussions

[[Bregs]]

Most of the out burst of janes against the Russians are often lies just like sputnik does for NATO

 

[randomradio]

Russian industry faces problems fielding AESA radars

Russia's airborne radar industry has "almost no possibilities" for developing an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar in the near term, industry specialists from Poland, Ukraine, and other East European nations have told IHS Jane's .

Russian military aircraft marketing representatives have repeatedly stated an AESA radar will be available when the PAK FA/T-50 next-generation fighter starts series production, yet Russia's radar industry faces several obstacles to achieving this.

Since the end of the Cold War, Russia's airborne radar sector has had two principal actors. Two design houses emerged from the radar and electronic systems conglomerate that had been responsible for aircraft onboard systems: NIIR Phazotron, located in central Moscow, and NIIP Tikhomirov, based just outside Moscow in Zhukovskiy.

http://www.janes.com/article/64236/russian-industry-faces-problems-fielding-aesa-radars

@randomradio

It's Jane's, they s*ck when it comes to Russian tech. And they are quoting 'enemy' nations as far as Russia is concerned.

The Mig-35 is already flying with a GaN AESA radar.

 

[R!CK]

It's Jane's, they s*ck when it comes to Russian tech. And they are quoting 'enemy' nations as far as Russia is concerned.

The Mig-35 is already flying with a GaN AESA radar.

Russian GaN radar? I'd take that with a truck load of salt. Sorry just a personal observation. Can u please show me one AESA radar in service with Russian Air force? (Please don't quote PAKFA)

Good Day!

 

[randomradio]

Russian GaN radar? I'd take that with a truck load of salt. Sorry just a personal observation. Can u please show me one AESA radar in service with Russian Air force? (Please don't quote PAKFA)

Good Day!

The PAK FA will be the first and only jet with AESA for a few years. Mig-35 will come in much later, after a production contract is signed this year, or early next year.

 

[R!CK]

The PAK FA will be the first and only jet with AESA for a few years. Mig-35 will come in much later, after a production contract is signed this year, or early next year.

so no working GaAs AESA but already mastered GaN tech? ok

Good Day!

 

[randomradio]

so no working GaAs AESA but already mastered GaN tech? ok

Good Day!

That's irrelevant. You don't need a functioning GaAs radar before moving on to GaN. What you need is an ESA radar and the Russians have had many since the 1980s.

 

[Agent_47]

so no working GaAs AESA but already mastered GaN tech? ok

Good Day!

I have been saying the same. If they have been outclassed everyone, they would be running around and marketing those stuff.

@randomradio Is there ground based GaN AESA?

 

[randomradio]

I have been saying the same. If they have been outclassed everyone, they would be running around and marketing those stuff.

They cannot market it yet. The first AESA being made is for PAK FA and that's not for export.

Once the Mig-35 starts production and deliveries, then they will be allowed to market it, along with Flanker upgrade packages.

So the export versions are yet to be developed.

Example, Brahmos has only recently started being marketed to other countries.

@randomradio Is there ground based GaN AESA?

Yes, low band and very large aperture radars are being developed. But the first ones are for the S-500 and new nuclear powered destroyers.

The new A-100 AWACS will also have GaN.

 

[Ankit Kumar 002]

The situation is not as good as Russia will like it to be , but it's certainly not as bad as Jane's is trying to show.

 

[randomradio]

The situation is not as good as Russia will like it to be , but it's certainly not as bad as Jane's is trying to show.

If you get news on LCA from Pakistan, will you accept it?

Look at the countries mentioned, Poland, Ukraine. What next?

 

[Agent_47]

Yes, low band and very large aperture radars are being developed. But the first ones are for the S-500 and new nuclear powered destroyers.

The new A-100 AWACS will also have GaN.

Yes, exactly 'under development'. That's all i'm saying . Don't expect super MKI upgrade without that.

 

[randomradio]

Yes, exactly 'under development'. That's all i'm saying . Don't expect super MKI upgrade without that.

Super MKI upgrade will come years later because it's linked to the FGFA program. If we want jets upgraded earlier, then we will have to go for the Irbis-E.

Yes, exactly 'under development'. That's all i'm saying . Don't expect super MKI upgrade without that.

The tech that Russia has been developing for PAK FA, the US started only in 2014.

 

[The Eagle]

If you get news on LCA from Pakistan, will you accept it?

Well the media is not credible on either side though any news from Pakistan which is appeared to be fake would have rebutted but not every news I think.

 

[Echo_419]

so no working GaAs AESA but already mastered GaN tech? ok

Good Day!

What about Homegrown UTTAM AESA Radar? Any chance of fitting that on FGFA?

 

[R!CK]

What about Homegrown UTTAM AESA Radar? Any chance of fitting that on FGFA?

LCA is the primary planned receiver of UTTAM. It all depends on what help France provides us really, FGFA is a long shot and I'd say it will be a long time before we get to an effective indigenous radar for that. I'd expect FGFA to sport the best radar available to us, either Russian or French. Keep our fingers crossed for AMCA maybe?

Good Day!