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  1. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    You will not find this information in open source. You need to be associated with the scheme of things.
  2. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    DASH HMD are integrated with Night Vision Sights. I believe we procured HMD and NVS as a combo.
  3. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    We use DASH HMD for HAL Tejas, Su-30MKI, Mig-29, Mirage-2000, Jaguar and Mig-21.
  4. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    I misinterpreted/misread as Airborne Electronic Attack (Warfare) (AEA) . My apologizes.
  5. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    AWACS come under battle space management. You need different completely skills for that. AEW is combat supports and works under direction of battle space management. ELINT is a different ball game all together. It mainly comes under intelligence domain. Weapon systems branch is more related...
  6. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    What about them? I believe they have specialized crew for to operate them.
  7. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Weapon systems branch approved for IAF for first time: Air Chief Marshal The Centre on Saturday approved the creation of a weapon systems branch for the Indian Air Force (IAF) officers for the first time since Independence...
  8. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    IAF gets a new Weapon System Branch- All you want to know According to an official statement issued by the Ministry of Defence this will help in the unification of all weapon system operators under one entity which will be dedicated to the operational employment of all ground-based and also...
  9. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Their are three main reasons Tejas is not BVR proven. BVR tactics fro Tejas have still not be been matured. IAF was completely exhaust the airframe life of Mig-29 before retiring them Personal on ground are yet not acclimatized with Tejas's operation
  10. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    IAF isn't interested in ORCA, AF equivalent of TEBDF. IAF will fulfill its need of indigenous 4.5th generation fighter from Tejas Mk. 2. Currently ORCA doesn't fall in IAF procurement plan due to acquisition of Tejas Mk. 2.
  11. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Let Uttam Mk1 be certified for operation on Tejas. Not all modes are operational. Even upscaled Uttam Mk1 will be okay. Uttam Mk2 will take a lot of time as we will be moving from GaAs process to GaN process.
  12. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    No one in who matters in defense echelons ever considered Tu-160. Not even for SFC. It was defense entertainment channels, arm-chair analyst and journalist on pay for import lobby harping on the wet dram of Tu-160. The entire Tu-160 saga was for some people a means to increase their social media...
  13. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Our armed forces mindset is reactive. We need to be proactive if we want to take on PRC. I have not seen much innovation or creativity in our armed forces.
  14. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Nowadays everyone thinks they are defence analyst after watching a video on YouTube.
  15. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    Once GaN AESA based SPJs will also proliferate the effectiveness of as AESA seekers will reduce till then AESA seekers will be the dominant threat. Second problem is GaN AESA based SPJs are expensive to produce and operate. Its is a difficult technology to master. Not all jets will have...
  16. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    True but such ultrawideband AESA seeker are still in research phase. Most current generation of AESA seeker confine to single band.
  17. Dark Sorrow

    Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

    AESA seeker are very good with frequency hopping and tuning out frequency that the guidance computer has detected jamming signal to be present on. AESA seeker can keep the jammer busy on a particular frequency and operate on multiple different frequency simultaneously. X-band seeker is also very...
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