Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

[ezsasa]

It always had a greater range they were hiding it now came out in open i guess if the article.is correct. Chill we have a beast now in waiting for some fried porks.

It now looks more like some stupid journo misinterpreted recent Brahmos tests by IAF as ALCM and cooked up a story about ALCM.

Journos not so bright people anyways..

 

[Assassin 2.0]

It always had a greater range they were hiding it now came out in open i guess if the article.is correct. Chill we have a beast now in waiting for some fried porks.

Do you think HAL /OFB deliberately went to strikes now because they would have thought that india is under war time situations (with Pakistan sortie rate and operations are all time high) and this would increase the pressure on the government and government will give them higher packages /will fulfill there demands quickly?

After all both are filled commie cum.

 

[Flying Dagger]

It now looks more like some stupid journo misinterpreted recent Brahmos tests by IAF as ALCM and clocked up a story about ALCM.

Journos not so bright people anyways..

True the lowest rank used to opt for this.. profession even now just need to check at the marksheet of some and we will know.

Do you think HAL deliberately went to strikes now because they would have thought that india is under war time situations (with Pakistan sortie rate and operations are all time high) and this would increase the pressure on the government and government will give them higher packages /will fulfill there demands quickly?

Isn't obvious ? The unions are ruled by communists.

 

[Assassin 2.0]

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[Assassin 2.0]

India, US join hands for making warfighting gear: drone swarms, virtual reality training aids, ultralight small arms

By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 25th Oct 19

Seeking to galvanize the US-India defence partnership, the two countries on Thursday signed a “Joint Statement of Intent” (SoI) that formalised their intention to co-develop a range of cutting-edge warfighting technologies and systems for their militaries.

US Under Secretary of Defense Ellen Lord said the technologies being discussed include “things such as virtual augmented reality (VAR), air-launched unmanned airborne systems (UAS), networked operations, brand-new weapon and light-weight ammo (ammunition) designs.”

Lord is in Delhi for the 9thmeeting of the India-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), which she co-chairs with India’s Secretary for Defence Protection, Subhash Chandra. The DTTI was set up in 2015 to fast-track defence ties.

During Thursday’s DTTI meeting, both nations agreed to co-develop three specific projects in the near-term, two in the mid-term and two long-term projects. Lord clarified that “near-term” meant about six months.

The first of three “near-term” projects is an “air-launched, small UAS”, which is a drone swarm that is launched from an aircraft to overwhelm enemy defences.

“There are some small, very innovative companies here in India that have technology that could be applied to air-dropped UAS and swarming. There is a high level of interest on both sides,” stated Lord.



The second “near-term” project is the “lightweight small arms technology” project. This involves building rifles, carbines and machine guns from lightweight polymer cast material. Even the ammunition is cast from plastic, to reduce weight. US firm, Textron, is already working on this technology. It would partner an Indian firm to develop and build small arms for India.

The third “near-term” project is in the field of “intelligence, surveillance, targeting and reconnaissance (ISTAR),” which is command and control software that enables coherent battlefield command.

Of the mid-term project, the first, which relates to “maritime domain awareness”, is termed “Sea Link Advanced Analysis”. Its software analyses shipping passing through an area, such as the Indian Ocean, and differentiates innocent commercial shipping from hostile warships. This uses artificial intelligence (AI), for which skilled Indian software engineers would co-develop the algorithms.

The second mid-term project is called “Virtual Augmented Mixed Reality for Aircraft Maintenance (VAMRAM).” This is a teaching aid for technicians learning how to maintain a combat aircraft. It involves wearing a VAR headset to walk through the maintenance experience. Several Indian start ups already have the capability to build and customise VAR.

Amongst the long-term projects, the co-development of “terrain shaping obstacles” involves slowing enemy manoeuvre forces by increasing the lethality of traditional obstacles like mines and barbed wire.

Finally, the second long-term co-development project is called the “Counter UAS rocket artillery and mortar” or CU-RAM. This involves developing highly accurate weapons systems to physically neutralise enemy drones or drone swarms.

“This is an area that the US is focusing on and it is interesting to Indians so we believe there are a lot of technologies that could be exchanged there,” said Lord.

Lord explained there is far more US-India cooperation than the seven projects specified in the Joint Statement of Intent. “Aircraft carrier technology cooperation (ACTC) is one of the key areas that we are looking at. It is not on the Statement of Intent, but all projects are not mentioned there”, she said.

Navy sources say ACTC is less about incorporating US systems and platforms into India’s next indigenous aircraft carrier, and more about learning from the world’s premier aircraft carrier operator – the US Navy. They say ACTC is about learning carrier design and operating processes, maintenance cycles and the organisation of combat operations on board the aircraft carrier.

Lord admitted that the DTTI has faced criticism in the past. This was due to lack of progress on four high-profile pilot projects that were identified for co-development during President Barack Obama’s visit to India in January 2015.

These included the co-development of Raven micro-UAS; mission-specific interiors for C-130J Super Hercules aircraft; a mobile electric-hybrid power source, and protective clothing for soldiers in a nuclear contaminated battlefield. None of these have seen the light of day.

Lord also revealed that a joint working group set up to collaborate on developing high-performance, aerospace jet engines has now been scrapped.

“We could not come to an understanding of what exportable (engine) technology would be useful to the Indians. And we did run into a challenge in terms of the US export control,” she admitted.

( @Wisemarko looks like still some projects are working under DITTI. New 6.8 ammo created by US aslo have high chances to come into DITTI talks)

 

[ezsasa]

India, US join hands for making warfighting gear: drone swarms, virtual reality training aids, ultralight small arms

By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 25th Oct 19

Seeking to galvanize the US-India defence partnership, the two countries on Thursday signed a “Joint Statement of Intent” (SoI) that formalised their intention to co-develop a range of cutting-edge warfighting technologies and systems for their militaries.

US Under Secretary of Defense Ellen Lord said the technologies being discussed include “things such as virtual augmented reality (VAR), air-launched unmanned airborne systems (UAS), networked operations, brand-new weapon and light-weight ammo (ammunition) designs.”

Lord is in Delhi for the 9thmeeting of the India-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), which she co-chairs with India’s Secretary for Defence Protection, Subhash Chandra. The DTTI was set up in 2015 to fast-track defence ties.

During Thursday’s DTTI meeting, both nations agreed to co-develop three specific projects in the near-term, two in the mid-term and two long-term projects. Lord clarified that “near-term” meant about six months.

The first of three “near-term” projects is an “air-launched, small UAS”, which is a drone swarm that is launched from an aircraft to overwhelm enemy defences.

“There are some small, very innovative companies here in India that have technology that could be applied to air-dropped UAS and swarming. There is a high level of interest on both sides,” stated Lord.



The second “near-term” project is the “lightweight small arms technology” project. This involves building rifles, carbines and machine guns from lightweight polymer cast material. Even the ammunition is cast from plastic, to reduce weight. US firm, Textron, is already working on this technology. It would partner an Indian firm to develop and build small arms for India.

The third “near-term” project is in the field of “intelligence, surveillance, targeting and reconnaissance (ISTAR),” which is command and control software that enables coherent battlefield command.

Of the mid-term project, the first, which relates to “maritime domain awareness”, is termed “Sea Link Advanced Analysis”. Its software analyses shipping passing through an area, such as the Indian Ocean, and differentiates innocent commercial shipping from hostile warships. This uses artificial intelligence (AI), for which skilled Indian software engineers would co-develop the algorithms.

The second mid-term project is called “Virtual Augmented Mixed Reality for Aircraft Maintenance (VAMRAM).” This is a teaching aid for technicians learning how to maintain a combat aircraft. It involves wearing a VAR headset to walk through the maintenance experience. Several Indian start ups already have the capability to build and customise VAR.

Amongst the long-term projects, the co-development of “terrain shaping obstacles” involves slowing enemy manoeuvre forces by increasing the lethality of traditional obstacles like mines and barbed wire.

Finally, the second long-term co-development project is called the “Counter UAS rocket artillery and mortar” or CU-RAM. This involves developing highly accurate weapons systems to physically neutralise enemy drones or drone swarms.

“This is an area that the US is focusing on and it is interesting to Indians so we believe there are a lot of technologies that could be exchanged there,” said Lord.

Lord explained there is far more US-India cooperation than the seven projects specified in the Joint Statement of Intent. “Aircraft carrier technology cooperation (ACTC) is one of the key areas that we are looking at. It is not on the Statement of Intent, but all projects are not mentioned there”, she said.

Navy sources say ACTC is less about incorporating US systems and platforms into India’s next indigenous aircraft carrier, and more about learning from the world’s premier aircraft carrier operator – the US Navy. They say ACTC is about learning carrier design and operating processes, maintenance cycles and the organisation of combat operations on board the aircraft carrier.

Lord admitted that the DTTI has faced criticism in the past. This was due to lack of progress on four high-profile pilot projects that were identified for co-development during President Barack Obama’s visit to India in January 2015.

These included the co-development of Raven micro-UAS; mission-specific interiors for C-130J Super Hercules aircraft; a mobile electric-hybrid power source, and protective clothing for soldiers in a nuclear contaminated battlefield. None of these have seen the light of day.

Lord also revealed that a joint working group set up to collaborate on developing high-performance, aerospace jet engines has now been scrapped.

“We could not come to an understanding of what exportable (engine) technology would be useful to the Indians. And we did run into a challenge in terms of the US export control,” she admitted.

( @Wisemarko looks like still some projects are working under DITTI. New 6.8 ammo created by US aslo have high chances to come into DITTI talks)

Chandigarh Dalals have a new snake oil to sell..

there is a fundamental flaw in how DTTI is designed, it does not take into account what India needs. Last time too the pattern was more like Americans saying these are the list of things we are willing to sell, take it or leave it.

And since there is hardly any research by Americans on what India needs, there is always bound to be a mismatch in expectations and reality.

 

[Assassin 2.0]

Chandigarh Dalals have a new snake oil to sell..

there is a fundamental flaw in how DTTI is designed, it does not take into account what India needs. Last time too the pattern was more like Americans saying these are the list of things we are willing to sell, take it or leave it.

And since there is hardly any research by Americans on what India needs, there is always bound to be a mismatch in expectations and reality.

Till the time india doesn't surrender it's strategic autonomy to Americans they will never give india key technology And the things which we seek.
that's why we have multiple partners.

 

[Narasimh]

They are six F 16 fighter aircraft of Singapore Air force made emergency landing at Port Blair airport today 30/10/2019at around 10 AM after running low on fuel and are parked in IAF Apron

ANC has hosted Jaguars Su 30s and Mig 29Ks before.. Now F-16s!

 

[Aashk]

Is this a Russian site? The article is written while on booze??
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/a...air-superiority-fighter-no-one-wants-to-fight

 

[vampyrbladez]

They are six F 16 fighter aircraft of Singapore Air force made emergency landing at Port Blair airport today 30/10/2019at around 10 AM after running low on fuel and are parked in IAF Apron

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ANC has hosted Jaguars Su 30s and Mig 29Ks before.. Now F-16s!

Booze and grub is on us flyboys! Enjoy your stay RSAF!

 

[Narasimh]

They are six F 16 fighter aircraft of Singapore Air force made emergency landing at Port Blair airport today 30/10/2019at around 10 AM after running low on fuel and are parked in IAF Apron

ANC has hosted Jaguars Su 30s and Mig 29Ks before.. Now F-16s!

Correction: Apparently this was a stop over before they go to Kalaikunda for exercise.

 

[Bhurki]

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/mig-27-kargil-war-last-flight-jodhpur-1614526-2019-10-31
Mig 27 jets which played crucial role in Kargil war to bid farewell in December

 

[WolfPack86]

'We won IAF's tanker contest twice with A330 MRTT. And we are expecting to win a 3rd time,' says
@AirbusDefence
Mil Aircraft Head Alberto Gutierrez (Related Livefist piece on IAF's Tanker War 3.0 that pits the MRTT vs
@BoeingDefense
's Pegasus:

 

[bhramos]

We all have a lot of admiration, love and respect for our Armed Forces. Came across this wonderful video from the Jagadhatri Pooja procession at Chandannagar, West Bengal on Vijaya Dashami. A tribute to the
@IAF_MCC
!

 

[sorcerer]

India Equips All its Aircraft with Underwater Beacon After Failed Attempt to Locate AN-32

New Delhi (Sputnik): The underwater locator beacon provides an electronic signal at a particular frequency for up to a month. This locator feature was not equipped in the AN-32 transport aircraft that went missing over the Bay of Bengal in 2016.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has equipped all of its aircraft and helicopters with basic search equipment to better trace missing aircraft.

https://sputniknews.com/military/20...-beacon-after-failed-attempt-to-locate-an-32/

 

[rone]

m2k upgraded cockpit

30 char rule sucks

 

[sorcerer]

Assam: IAF’s UAV crashed in Sonitpur, yet to be traced
One Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Saturday evening at Bokajan under Salonibari police station in Assam’s Sonitpur district at around 6:30 pm.

The Sonitpur deputy superintendent of police (headquarters), Dr. Rashmi Rekha Sharma said, “Till 8:30 pm, the UAV could not be traced. The area has been cordoned off by the security personnel and district police.”

https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-iafs-uav-crashed-in-sonitpur-yet-to-be-traced.html

 

[ezsasa]

Another googly...
my first impression is that the initial contract signed itself is the root cause.. contract seems to have been signed pre-2012/13

question people should be asking is whether the framework for new Akash squadrons contract same or different?
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'Akash missile system can't be trusted during war': Degraded by govt defence agencies

 

[aarav]

Another googly...
my first impression is that the initial contract signed itself is the root cause.. contract seems to have been signed pre-2012/13

question people should be asking is whether the framework for new Akash squadrons contract same or different?
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'Akash missile system can't be trusted during war': Degraded by govt defence agencies

Hitjob of the highest order after army large order , doesn't mention Surya Lanka exercise results and IAF official source rather than a so called investigation of Firspost reporter ,another hitjob after DRDO ATGM one

 

[ezsasa]

Hitjob of the highest order after army large order , doesn't mention Surya Lanka exercise results and IAF official source rather than a so called investigation of Firspost reporter ,another hitjob after DRDO ATGM one

What about Surya lanka exercise & IAF official source? Do tell..

I’m trying to understand it a bit more..