Indian All-Clear For $2.5b Deals For Apaches & Chinooks

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Indian All-Clear For $2.5b Deals For Apaches & Chinooks

It's effectively all-clear from India for two key deals with Boeing Defense for 22 AH-64D Apache Block III and Block III Longbow attack helicopters and 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy lift transport helicopters for the Indian Air Force. The Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by defence minister Arun Jaitley, approved necessary offsets clearances to allow the deal forward; both deals now have a cursory stop at the apex Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) before they're up for signing. Indications are that the deals could be signed before Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the U.S. next month or shortly after.

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Let's talk transfer of technology , India tells US
Published August 30, 2014 | By admin
SOURCE: THE HINDU





Let's talk transfer of technology , India tells US | idrw.org

Abstracts from the above mentioned link!!

It is good that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley have made it clear to the U.S. Defence Minister, Chuck Hagel, who was in India earlier this month, that the pure sale of defence hardware by the U.S. to India is far from enough.

The way we should go with the Americans has to be on the lines of the co-development and co-production of the state-of-the-art Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) with the Russians.

However, India, which agreed to buy 39 AH-64D Apache helicopters for the Army in addition to the 22 now under negotiation, is in talks again for purchase by the Indian Air Force (IAF) from the U.S. manufacturer, Boeing. This is being done without transfer of technology (TOT) to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the local manufacture of all these 61 helicopters, which is bad for the country. Such a number of helicopters, senior managers and engineers of HAL's Helicopter Division (idrw.org) argue forcefully, is large enough for substantial local content-based production. Neither the IAF nor the Army contracts with Boeing has gone so far as to make TOT result in techno-commercially viable production here feasible and viable. The Ministry of Defence should act immediately to tie-up such TOT-based production by HAL instead of proceeding with mere import of the finished product.

 

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Indian Air Force Chinooks

 

[asianobserve]

This Is Our First Look At A CH-47 Chinook With Super Powerful T408 Engines

The new engines are larger and are encased in square nacelles. The extra power could allow the Chinook to better compete with Sikorsky's CH-53K.

A CH-47F with T408s had the potential to be significantly more capable than the helicopter in its existing configuration, which already has very good speed, payload, and hot-and-high performance. The General Electric engines each produce 7,500 shaft horsepower (SHP), around 2,500 SHP more than the T55-GA-714As on standard F models. Boeing has said that the Block II CH-47Fs will already have increased performance compared to the original F variants even without the new engines.

A T408-equipped CH-47F still won't have the same lifting power and maximum payload capacity of Sikorsky's CH-53K, but it is possible that the new engines could close that gap and make the upgraded Chinooks much more attractive when compared to the extremely expensive and troubled King Stallion. This has already raised questions in Congress about whether the Marines should consider the CH-47F as an alternative to the CH-53K.

Boeing could easily pitch Chinooks with new engines to future operators and offer refits to countries that already have CH-47 fleets.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...h-47-chinook-with-super-powerful-t408-engines

 

[asianobserve]

U.S. Army successful complete test of AH-64E Apache modernized radar


According to a recent Northrop Grumman news release, during the FOT&E, the modernized LONGBOW FCR successfully demonstrated many new operational modes and capabilities, including maritime, single target track, and 360-degree surveillance mode, as well as extended detection range capability against land, air and sea targets. The detection range has doubled and improved detection of unmanned aerial vehicles.

“Our open systems architecture approach allowed us to unlock phenomenal performance without any hardware changes,” said Susan Bruce, LONGBOW LLC vice president and vice president at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. “Version six is a major update to LONGBOW’s capabilities providing significant situational awareness and targeting capabilities to the warfighter.”
https://defence-blog.com/army/u-s-a...e-test-of-ah-64e-apache-modernized-radar.html

This is the beauty of modern American weapons. Their systems can be improved by software fixes and due to American's continued wars and experiences using their weapons, plus their budget, they're able to constantly update their weapons to exceed current and projected threats.

 

[asianobserve]

U.S. Army awards contract to BAE Systems for advanced radar jamming technology


As part of the contract, BAE Systems FAST Labs research and development team will design technology to integrate adaptive radio frequency jamming and sensing capabilities into one system. Whereas today’s electronic countermeasure systems are too bulky and heavy for most rotary-wing and UAS platforms, BAE Systems technology will combine multiple, software-programmable antennas into a digital phased array that will enable simultaneous functions, exceeding existing capabilities while reducing the size, weight, and power (SWaP) of current systems. The technology will enable these platforms to safely fly closer to threats and within contested areas while remaining protected.

“With the continuously evolving threat landscape, it’s critical to provide the next-generation of digital phased array technology to better defend our armed forces in electronic warfare,” said Chris Rappa, product line director for Radio Frequency, Electronic Warfare, and Advanced Electronics at BAE Systems FAST Labs. “Our technology will give the Army’s rotary-wing aircraft and UAS a new, low SWaP system to securely and drastically increase their range of movements in future missions.”

https://defence-blog.com/army/u-s-a...ms-for-advanced-radar-jamming-technology.html

 

[asianobserve]

Check Out This Shot Of A U.S. Army AH-64 Pilot Wearing an MPU-6(V)/P Chemical-Biological Protective Mask

https://theaviationist.com/2019/11/...pu-6av-p-chemical-biological-protective-mask/