entre los retrasos y el tema de los retornos, no se, no se... 
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al cuadrado. 4 nuevos modelos introducidos en 15 años, teniendo en cuenta que a los Su 30MKI y Mirage 2000 les quedan 20 ó 30 años más de servicio.
fjm escribió:Solo por curiosidad eché un vistazo a wikipedia y ponen que el número de tipos de cazas/aviones de ataque terrestre son 6 (Mig 21, Mig 27, Mig 29, Mirage 2000, Su 30MKI y Jaguar) si contamos los Tejas son 7 modelos diferentes
Indian AEW programme nears first flight
By Siva Govindasamy
Embraer is aiming to have the first flight of an ERJ-145 that it is modifying for an indigenous Indian airborne early warning and control system payload in the first half of 2011, and plans to deliver it by the end of the year.
The Brazilian airframer is fitting the Defence Research & Development Organisation's (DRDO) array antenna unit onto the aircraft, say Embraer officials. New Delhi ordered three ERJ-145s in 2008, with the overall programme to cost around 18 billion rupees ($406 million).
India's aircraft will be adapted for inflight refuelling, and also have better electrical generation and cooling systems than similar ERJ-145-based AEW&C platforms, the company officials say. Other examples include five for Brazil, four for Greece and one for Mexico.
India's defence ministry has said that its ERJ-145 AEW&C system will include indigenously designed radar and communication links. The system is expected to start flight tests with the Indian air force in 2012.
The modified regional airliner will have a service ceiling of 35,000ft (10,700m), a radar operational altitude of 25,000ft and extra internal fuel tanks to support in-flight refuelling. Its primary sensor will be an active electronically scanned array radar with two planar arrays mounted on top of the fuselage in a dorsal unit, with the design to be capable of performing air and sea surveillance.
The secondary radar will have an identification friend or foe function, while communication and electronic support measures will also enable the aircraft to detect and identify hostile emitters. A self-protection suite will consist of missile approach and radar warning receivers, plus countermeasures dispensers.
Interoperability with other AEW&C aircraft and fighters will be provided using datalinks and a mission communications system providing UHF voice and data channels, says the DRDO. The new type will complement the Indian air force's three Ilyushin Il-76s, which feature Elta Systems' Phalcon radar, and the Indian navy's Kamov Ka-31 radar picket helicopters.
The development comes 11 years after India's original indigenous AEW&C programme came to a standstill after a Hawker Siddeley HS748 testbed with a prototype radar crashed. Several scientists who were integral to the programme were killed in the accident.
LCA Tejas Falls Short of Earlier Expectations
Nov 25, 2010
By Asia-Pacific Staff
New Delhi
As India’s homegrown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Tejas) nears critical initial operational clearance next month, Indian air force officials say the aircraft will fail to meet performance requirements laid down by the service for the limited-profile Mk.1 platform.
According to an Indian air force source associated with the long-delayed indigenous fighter program, when the Tejas passes this milestone in December, it still will not be the fighter the air force had agreed to accept for limited squadron service. Performance specifications that the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has not been able to attain include sustained turn rate, speed at low altitude, angle of attack and certain weapon delivery profiles. Exactly how far off the performance is from the specification remains classified.
The Tejas program has enlisted EADS to help expand the flight envelope to meet service requirements.
These shortfalls come on top of a thrust deficiency that necessitated the selection of a more powerful engine, General Electric’s F414-INS6, this year for a proposed Mk.2 version.
“We are still working to get the platform on track for initial operational clearance,” says an air force officer. “It appears the exercise of resolving certain performance parameters will spill over into the post-induction phase,” he notes. “There was a very committed effort toward envelope expansion, though we have fallen short in certain key specifications, which we will continue to work on.”
Former air force chief Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy, who first pushed the idea of a limited induction of the homegrown fighter even if it did not fully meet service requirements, argues that the aircraft needs to be delivered without any further delay. “Once it is delivered, all outstanding issues can be ironed out and our pilots can get a chance to see what it is capable of. It is important to get it into service. That is the key.”
Initial deliveries of the aircraft early next year will be to the Indian air force’s Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment in Bangalore, where the platforms will be tested before formal induction into squadron service for a year-long exercise in defining a role for the Tejas. The service has ordered 20 Tejas Mk.1 jets (and is processing an order for 20 more), powered by the GE F414-IN20 for two inaugural squadrons that will be established at peninsular air bases after the Aero India show in February.
The Tejas program has embarked on putting the ostensibly more capable Tejas Mk.2 on track, as well. An ADA team is optimizing the Tejas airframe for the F414 powerplant and has initiated studies on the aircraft’s proposed operational envelope, fluid dynamics studies of new components and analysis of new engine components. The team is also producing fresh numerical master geometry and inboard drawings, a new digital mock-up of the entire Mk.2, and a wind tunnel model in collaboration with the National Aerospace Laboratory.
The Tejas Mk.2 is scheduled to make its first flight in 2014, with full-rate production to follow two years later.
Saludos.Segun reporta The Times of India, el da de ayer 8 militares, incluyendo 3 tripulantes, resultaron heridos al estrellarse el helicoptero Mi-26 de la Fuerza Aerea India en que viajaban.
El helicoptero de transporte pesado Mi-26 despego del aeropuerto militar en Satwari, muy cerca de la frontera con Pakistan, y se estrello pocos minutos despues a las 09:50 hora local, maifesto el representante del sector defesa, Teniente Coronel Viplov Nath.
El coronel manfesto tambien que los 8 pasajeros, incuyedo tripulacion, resultaron heridos y fueron rapidamente trasladados a un hospital militar en Satwari. Segun, The Times of India, las causas del accidente aun no se conocen. El aeropuerto de donde despego el helicoptero de fabricacion rusa fue cerrado durante dos horas tras el accidente.
dacer escribió:segun lei por algun lado, mañana habrá noticias sobre MMRCA. Al parecer la suerte ya esta echada, y ya hay decision.
Saludos
$1.2 billion.Date:20/12/10
India receives first C-130J
By Michael Gubisch
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of six C-130J aircraft to the Indian air force.
The Rolls-Royce AE2100-powered transport, handed over on 16 December, will be flown to India together with the second aircraft in early January. The remaining four aircraft are to be delivered later in 2011. India's air force - the fourth-largest in the world - placed the order in late 2008 as part of the country's first military deal with the USA. In addition to the aircraft, the $1.2 billion contract includes flight and maintenance training, spares, ground support and test equipment, servicing carts, forklifts, loading vehicles, cargo pallets and a team of technical specialists who will relocate to India for a three-year initial support period.
The airlifter will be fitted out with customised equipment for special operations. This includes an infrared detection set for precision low-level flying, airdrops and landing in blackout conditions; self-protection systems and other features to ensure aircraft survivability in hostile environments; and the capability to be refuelled in the air.
The C-130J fleet will be based at the Hindon air base in Uttar Pradesh.
maximo escribió:Aún con entrenamiento, repuestos, y soporte técnico, ¿no es demasiado para seis aviones?
En mi opinion, no es mal precio para lo que trae, que es practicamente todo. Un A400 "pelao" sale por practicamente lo mismo.
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