DRDO's AWACS has a range of 300km....which is quit compatative.........atleast when you can build something of your own it gives you good postion to bargain when you go out to buy something more advance..
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DRDO's AEW&CS to fly by 2011
An Indian built Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWCS) will be integrated into the Brazilian Embraer-145 Aircraft, which will fly in the country in January 2011, said a senior official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The AEWCS comprises radars that look far and deep providing command and control for battle management functions with data link for both tactical and defence forces, DRDO Chief Controller Prahlada said.
'And the aircraft with the Indian AEWCS will be flying in India by the end of 2011 (after tests),' he said, during an interaction with the media here Friday.
India and Brazil have signed a deal to jointly integrate the DRDO's AEWCS onto a Brazilian airborne platform. Three Brazilian Embraer-145 aircraft will carry the Active Array Antenna Units (AAAU), developed by DRDO.
'Three modified EMB-145 aircraft will be developed under this agreement,' Prahlada said.
The Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (LRDE), one of the DRDO laboratory, is building the primary sensors, communication systems and data link.
The Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) is making self-protection systems, electronic warfare suites and provide communication support systems.
The heart of the radar is from the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment. The integration of the systems, mission computer, display and data handling is being done by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS).
Embraer aircraft with Indian warning system to fly by 2011
An Indian built Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWCS) will be integrated into the Brazilian Embraer-145 Aircraft, which will fly in the country in January 2011, said a senior official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The AEWCS comprises radars that look far and deep providing command and control for battle management functions with data link for both tactical and defence forces, DRDO Chief Controller Prahlada said.
'And the aircraft with the Indian AEWCS will be flying in India by the end of 2011 (after tests),' he said, during an interaction with the media here Friday.
India and Brazil have signed a deal to jointly integrate the DRDO's AEWCS onto a Brazilian airborne platform. Three Brazilian Embraer-145 aircraft will carry the Active Array Antenna Units (AAAU), developed by DRDO.
'Three modified EMB-145 aircraft will be developed under this agreement,' Prahlada said.
The Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (LRDE), one of the DRDO laboratory, is building the primary sensors, communication systems and data link.
The Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) is making self-protection systems, electronic warfare suites and provide communication support systems.
The heart of the radar is from the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment. The integration of the systems, mission computer, display and data handling is being done by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS).
Embraer aircraft with Indian warning system to fly by 2011
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Indian Airborne Early Warning Aircraft On Track | AVIATION WEEK
India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) says its homegrown Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&CS), integrated on a modified Brazilian Embraer EMB-145, will fly by the end of 2011.
Dr. Prahlada, head of DRDO, tells AVIATION WEEK the first EMB-145 will land in India by January 2011, and the integration work is set to begin by the middle of next year.
"Once operational, the indigenous AEW&CS will be a very cost-effective one and in many ways it will be the cheapest in the world. We are monitoring its progress very closely," he says.
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India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) says its homegrown Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&CS), integrated on a modified Brazilian Embraer EMB-145, will fly by the end of 2011.
Dr. Prahlada, head of DRDO, tells AVIATION WEEK the first EMB-145 will land in India by January 2011, and the integration work is set to begin by the middle of next year.
"Once operational, the indigenous AEW&CS will be a very cost-effective one and in many ways it will be the cheapest in the world. We are monitoring its progress very closely," he says.
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Do you even know the history of this project, or you said something for the sake of it
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New Indian Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Nears Trials
India's domestically developed airborne early warning and control system is taking a big step forward with the first of three modified Brazilian EMB-145s headed for flight trials.
The preliminary testing, due to kick off in the next two months, will be carried out in Brazil by Embraer and a team from the Indian air force's Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in association with Brazil's Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil and its Indian counterpart, the Center for Military Airthworthiness and Certification (Cemilac).
Defense Research and Development Organization sources reveal that the first platform will be equipped with a dorsal radar unit containing dummy electronics, an in-flight refueling probe, environmental controls, auxiliary power units, internal fuel tanks, satellite communications and antennae.
India's Bangalore-based Center for Airborne Systems (CABS) — the laboratory spearheading the AEW&C sensor program — already has supplied Embraer with a dorsal unit (with dummy electronics) and a Ku-band SATCOM dome, while the Defense Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), CABS and the Defense Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) have shipped in antenna units for electronic support measures, communications support measures (CSM) and U/VHF. The aircraft will undergo flight tests until July 2011.
While the EMB-145 in the AEW&C configuration undergoes flight tests in Brazil, the configuration to be ferried to India in August 2011 will include only the aircraft with the dorsal pylon but not the antenna unit or other features, such as the extra auxiliary power unit or internal fuel tanks. Once the first aircraft reaches India, it will undergo a flight testing regime with CABS, ASTE and Cemilac in association with an embedded Embraer team.
After a series of checkout flights in India, the aircraft will be integrated with a dorsal unit containing real electronics and other mission system equipment, including five operator workstations, avionics racks, crew rest seating, seats and cabling. Program sources indicate that the aircraft will be tested in three different locations in the country, Yelahanka in the South, Bareilly in the North and either Bagdogra or Tezpur in the East.
On June 23, EADS Cassidian (the former Defense & Security unit) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply consultancy services to CABS for developing the AEW&C's system architecture with particular regard to certification and mission equipment optimization, giving the European company its third big aerospace consultancy in India, following advisory contracts in the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft program.
The first Indian AEW&C aircraft is slated to achieve full operational capability in 2014, with inductions of three aircraft the same year. While numbers remain unofficial, the Indian air force has hinted at a need for at least eight of the indigenous AEW&C aircraft.
The air force also recently decided to exercise options with Israel for two more Phalcon AWACS, though the platform is likely to be a business jet rather than the Ilyushin-76, a platform that remains plagued by maintainability, availability and spares problems at its home base in Agra. The air force will achieve final operational capability on the Phalcon in November of this year, with the third aircraft to arrive shortly thereafter.
New Indian Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Nears Trials | AVIATION WEEK
India's domestically developed airborne early warning and control system is taking a big step forward with the first of three modified Brazilian EMB-145s headed for flight trials.
The preliminary testing, due to kick off in the next two months, will be carried out in Brazil by Embraer and a team from the Indian air force's Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in association with Brazil's Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil and its Indian counterpart, the Center for Military Airthworthiness and Certification (Cemilac).
Defense Research and Development Organization sources reveal that the first platform will be equipped with a dorsal radar unit containing dummy electronics, an in-flight refueling probe, environmental controls, auxiliary power units, internal fuel tanks, satellite communications and antennae.
India's Bangalore-based Center for Airborne Systems (CABS) — the laboratory spearheading the AEW&C sensor program — already has supplied Embraer with a dorsal unit (with dummy electronics) and a Ku-band SATCOM dome, while the Defense Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), CABS and the Defense Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL) have shipped in antenna units for electronic support measures, communications support measures (CSM) and U/VHF. The aircraft will undergo flight tests until July 2011.
While the EMB-145 in the AEW&C configuration undergoes flight tests in Brazil, the configuration to be ferried to India in August 2011 will include only the aircraft with the dorsal pylon but not the antenna unit or other features, such as the extra auxiliary power unit or internal fuel tanks. Once the first aircraft reaches India, it will undergo a flight testing regime with CABS, ASTE and Cemilac in association with an embedded Embraer team.
After a series of checkout flights in India, the aircraft will be integrated with a dorsal unit containing real electronics and other mission system equipment, including five operator workstations, avionics racks, crew rest seating, seats and cabling. Program sources indicate that the aircraft will be tested in three different locations in the country, Yelahanka in the South, Bareilly in the North and either Bagdogra or Tezpur in the East.
On June 23, EADS Cassidian (the former Defense & Security unit) announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply consultancy services to CABS for developing the AEW&C's system architecture with particular regard to certification and mission equipment optimization, giving the European company its third big aerospace consultancy in India, following advisory contracts in the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft program.
The first Indian AEW&C aircraft is slated to achieve full operational capability in 2014, with inductions of three aircraft the same year. While numbers remain unofficial, the Indian air force has hinted at a need for at least eight of the indigenous AEW&C aircraft.
The air force also recently decided to exercise options with Israel for two more Phalcon AWACS, though the platform is likely to be a business jet rather than the Ilyushin-76, a platform that remains plagued by maintainability, availability and spares problems at its home base in Agra. The air force will achieve final operational capability on the Phalcon in November of this year, with the third aircraft to arrive shortly thereafter.
New Indian Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Nears Trials | AVIATION WEEK
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india is planing to induct around 34 awacs in the next 10 years which is a very very impessive.phalcon-3(platform il-76)+2(platform unknown),drdo awacs-3(platfoem -embraer jet)+20(as per iaf sources,platform unknown)+6 e-2d hawkeye. i think for future drdo should go with il-76 or a-380
latest info on indigenous AEW&C
The Mission System Controller (MSC) is the nerve centre of the Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system offering sensor data fusion to obtain recognisable air situation picture, identification and classification of targets, evaluation of threat, and control and guidance of friendly interceptor fighters of the Indian Air Force.
The Indian AEW C system being developed by DRDO with CABS as the nodal agency will detect identify, and classify threats present in the surveillance volume and will act as a Command and Control Centre to support air defence operations The system with its multiple Communication and Data Links can alert and direct fighters against threats while providing Recognisable Air Situation Picture RASP to commanders at the Ground Exploitation Stations GES that are strategically located The AEW C system can thus support the Indian Air Force in offensive strike missions and assist Forces in the tactical battlearea.
The Electronic and CommunicationSupport Measures (ESM &CSM) of the system can intercept andcounter unfriendly radar transmissionsand communicationsignals. The AEW C system thuscomprises a number of major subsystems viz Primary Radar PR Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) or Identification Friend or Foe IFF Electronic Support Measures ESM Communication Support Measures CSM Mission Communication
System (MCS) that includes the 'C'-band and 'Ku'-band SATCOM Data Links and the V/UHF Voice and Data Link (DL), Self-protection System (SPS), Data Handling and DisplaySystem (DHDS),andMSC.
The MSC is the most important sub system of the AEW C system. The MSC serves as a central mission
computer which is integrated withall theAEW Cmission sub systems
The Mission Storage Unit MSU stores the mission record data which includes audio video from the five operator workstations OWSs and raw data from selected sensors The MSU has storage capacity of two
Terabyte so that it can store multiple mission data. The various sensors and sources considered for fusion include PR secondary radar ESM DLs, and knowledge bases The sensor data integration module performs Multi Sensor Tracking MST by combining the data from multiple sensors and performing a track level fusion This module performs all required preprocessing, such as sensor registration data alignment time alignment data estimation and data and track association prior to fusion. This module also performs track to track fusion to enhance the quality of the track The identification and classification module identifies and classifies the unknown but refined track by fusing and correlating data from sensors and sources. This module performs flight plan correlation ESM correlation and IFF correlation to achieve the desired objectives. The threat assessment module evaluates the threat for the identified tracks with respect to AEW&C and the desired vulnerable areas and vulnerable points. The module also evaluates the threat and provides necessary alerts to operators of the AEW&C
The command and control functionalities of the AEW C system are carried out in the intercept control segment of MSC. The module carries out threat assessment weapon assignment interception guidance, and recovery. The module acts as a decision-aid to the operator and provides the threat level considering the reachability and weapon envelopes of the target intention and capability of the threat and the asset priorities The module also provides the confidence level on the suitability of pairing of interceptors against targets for
operator selection. The module generates intercept solutions based on the type and configuration of the interceptor and weapons onboard the interceptor using guidance algorithms such as collision course, offset and pursuitor any combination of these. The module also gives the time to interception, the launch point and the kill point for operator's situation awareness and sends this information to be relayed to the fighters.
The LRUs of the MSC are at various stages of being qualified for airborne use. The embedded software in the MSC are also undergoing the independent verification and validation process. A functionally provenMSCis already inactive use integrating all other subsystems of the AEW&C with their 'nerve-centre' called MSC.
SOURCE:http://www.subcontinentaldef.net/2010/10/new-pictures-on-indian-aew.html
The Mission System Controller (MSC) is the nerve centre of the Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system offering sensor data fusion to obtain recognisable air situation picture, identification and classification of targets, evaluation of threat, and control and guidance of friendly interceptor fighters of the Indian Air Force.
The Indian AEW C system being developed by DRDO with CABS as the nodal agency will detect identify, and classify threats present in the surveillance volume and will act as a Command and Control Centre to support air defence operations The system with its multiple Communication and Data Links can alert and direct fighters against threats while providing Recognisable Air Situation Picture RASP to commanders at the Ground Exploitation Stations GES that are strategically located The AEW C system can thus support the Indian Air Force in offensive strike missions and assist Forces in the tactical battlearea.
The Electronic and CommunicationSupport Measures (ESM &CSM) of the system can intercept andcounter unfriendly radar transmissionsand communicationsignals. The AEW C system thuscomprises a number of major subsystems viz Primary Radar PR Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) or Identification Friend or Foe IFF Electronic Support Measures ESM Communication Support Measures CSM Mission Communication
System (MCS) that includes the 'C'-band and 'Ku'-band SATCOM Data Links and the V/UHF Voice and Data Link (DL), Self-protection System (SPS), Data Handling and DisplaySystem (DHDS),andMSC.
The MSC is the most important sub system of the AEW C system. The MSC serves as a central mission
computer which is integrated withall theAEW Cmission sub systems
The Mission Storage Unit MSU stores the mission record data which includes audio video from the five operator workstations OWSs and raw data from selected sensors The MSU has storage capacity of two
Terabyte so that it can store multiple mission data. The various sensors and sources considered for fusion include PR secondary radar ESM DLs, and knowledge bases The sensor data integration module performs Multi Sensor Tracking MST by combining the data from multiple sensors and performing a track level fusion This module performs all required preprocessing, such as sensor registration data alignment time alignment data estimation and data and track association prior to fusion. This module also performs track to track fusion to enhance the quality of the track The identification and classification module identifies and classifies the unknown but refined track by fusing and correlating data from sensors and sources. This module performs flight plan correlation ESM correlation and IFF correlation to achieve the desired objectives. The threat assessment module evaluates the threat for the identified tracks with respect to AEW&C and the desired vulnerable areas and vulnerable points. The module also evaluates the threat and provides necessary alerts to operators of the AEW&C
The command and control functionalities of the AEW C system are carried out in the intercept control segment of MSC. The module carries out threat assessment weapon assignment interception guidance, and recovery. The module acts as a decision-aid to the operator and provides the threat level considering the reachability and weapon envelopes of the target intention and capability of the threat and the asset priorities The module also provides the confidence level on the suitability of pairing of interceptors against targets for
operator selection. The module generates intercept solutions based on the type and configuration of the interceptor and weapons onboard the interceptor using guidance algorithms such as collision course, offset and pursuitor any combination of these. The module also gives the time to interception, the launch point and the kill point for operator's situation awareness and sends this information to be relayed to the fighters.
The LRUs of the MSC are at various stages of being qualified for airborne use. The embedded software in the MSC are also undergoing the independent verification and validation process. A functionally provenMSCis already inactive use integrating all other subsystems of the AEW&C with their 'nerve-centre' called MSC.
SOURCE:http://www.subcontinentaldef.net/2010/10/new-pictures-on-indian-aew.html
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Won't it be better to try and develop increased range radars and putting it on modified MRTA aircraft in future rather than wasting money on more ILs? Anyway even with MRTA still 50% profits go to Russia..LOL. We can keep the remaining in our economy and rather promote the unit usage of our first aircraft.
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If we're still to get the EMB-145.. Then on what platform are we testing these days?
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Indigenous AWACS to be flight-tested by 2011
http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/02/stories/2010110252280900.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/02/stories/2010110252280900.htm
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Indigenous AWACS to roll out in February
Indigenous AWACS to roll out in February
It'll be another eye-in-the-sky for the Indian Air Force
BY Ritu Sharma
Delhi
The indigenous airborne early warning and control system (AWACS), integrated on board a Brazilian aircraft, which will give the Indian Air Force (IAF) a capability beyond conventional ground-based radars and tethered electromagnetic radars, will roll out next month.
The system, being developed by Bangalore-based Centre for Airborne Systems -- a laboratory under the Defence Research and Development Organisation -- would give the IAF the capability to "see" beyond enemy lines and detect incoming, airborne threats.
A senior defence official said: "The AWACS has been integrated with the Brazilian aircraft Embraer according to IAF's specifications. The first indigenous system would roll out in February and the flight trials would begin by this year-end."
India and Brazil had inked a deal in 2008 under which aircraft manufacturer Embraer had to modify its EMB145 aircraft to carry an active array antenna unit on its fuselage. Termed to be "very cost-effective" and "probably the cheapest in the world," the system is expected to be a potent force-multiplier for the IAF.
The home-grown AWACS, beyond its ability to detect aircraft, cruise missiles and other flying objects at ranges far greater than what is possible through existing systems, can also collate surface information about troop movements and missile launches even while "listening in" to highly confidential communications between the enemy's front line units.
When inducted in the IAF, it would supplement the fleet of three AWACS purchased from Israel. The current AWACS operational in the IAF is a Phalcon airborne radar integrated with the Russian IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft.
India is in a select club of nations -- along with the US, Russia, Britain, Japan, Australia and Turkey -- that operate such a sophisticated system. Other countries -- notably Pakistan, Brazil and Greece -- too operate AWACS but at a much lower end of the scale in terms of capability.
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=Ws110111DEFENCE.asp
Indigenous AWACS to roll out in February
It'll be another eye-in-the-sky for the Indian Air Force
BY Ritu Sharma
Delhi
The indigenous airborne early warning and control system (AWACS), integrated on board a Brazilian aircraft, which will give the Indian Air Force (IAF) a capability beyond conventional ground-based radars and tethered electromagnetic radars, will roll out next month.
The system, being developed by Bangalore-based Centre for Airborne Systems -- a laboratory under the Defence Research and Development Organisation -- would give the IAF the capability to "see" beyond enemy lines and detect incoming, airborne threats.
A senior defence official said: "The AWACS has been integrated with the Brazilian aircraft Embraer according to IAF's specifications. The first indigenous system would roll out in February and the flight trials would begin by this year-end."
India and Brazil had inked a deal in 2008 under which aircraft manufacturer Embraer had to modify its EMB145 aircraft to carry an active array antenna unit on its fuselage. Termed to be "very cost-effective" and "probably the cheapest in the world," the system is expected to be a potent force-multiplier for the IAF.
The home-grown AWACS, beyond its ability to detect aircraft, cruise missiles and other flying objects at ranges far greater than what is possible through existing systems, can also collate surface information about troop movements and missile launches even while "listening in" to highly confidential communications between the enemy's front line units.
When inducted in the IAF, it would supplement the fleet of three AWACS purchased from Israel. The current AWACS operational in the IAF is a Phalcon airborne radar integrated with the Russian IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft.
India is in a select club of nations -- along with the US, Russia, Britain, Japan, Australia and Turkey -- that operate such a sophisticated system. Other countries -- notably Pakistan, Brazil and Greece -- too operate AWACS but at a much lower end of the scale in terms of capability.
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=Ws110111DEFENCE.asp
