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Not that I know of, the part about HBJ is plain inference (considering being able to jam X-band is one of primary requirements of onboard jammers on fighters). The bit about VHBJ is also inference given the size of the supposed transmitter. A lower frequency/higher-power transmitter would have...

Perhaps cuz they are the lead integrator of SPECTRA and all these things have to work with it?

Nah, that's the same pic they have for French Rafales as well - The 3 yellow parts near the nozzles are these: High-power jammer: Chaff dispenser: Flare dispenser: So far I haven't found any official literature on what this new bit on Indian Rafales is.

Sorry I misspoke. The jammer is question is most likely VHBJ (i.e. above 10 ghz) designed to jam Ka/Ku-band missile seekers. HBJ is what you need to jam likes of X-band FCRs, Rafale always had them at the canard roots in front: Besides, the big high-power jammer, while its frequency is...

For those still confused - French Rafale: Indian:

I don't think you & I are talking about the same bit. The part in question is circled in red in the pic I posted above. This is a close-up of French Rafale: You cannot find that bit anywhere on non-Indian Rafales, not even on the Qatari ones. Look for close-ups, lot of people are looking at...

Possible High/Very-High Band Jammer system - only found on Indian Rafales: Strange...I don't remember a HBJ being part of ISEs, did hear about an LBJ but that would be a very big transmitter (can only fit in external pod). Anybody got a list of ISEs on hand? Maybe I misremembered.

The unfortunate fact though, is that India simply does not have the funds to buy 114 jets of the ilk that are competing here (Rafale, Typhoon, US planes...ignore Russians). With the required licensed production, the cost to manufacture will undoubtedly be considerably higher than off the shelf...

USN just ordered 78 new Block-3 SH. https://navaltoday.com/2019/03/21/us-navy-orders-additional-78-super-hornets-under-4b-contract/ Rafale is a better option in most if not all criteria.

SH Block-2 is product of mid-2000s. Rafale touchscreens were operable in 90s.

That's right - however, the range of frequencies it can operate within is limited. If the processing power on the Rafale is high enough, it can keep up. Especially if there is a threat library of the enemy radar in question.

I will quote something here: "Electrons in a conductor travel very fast, but they do not travel at the speed of light. Thus, the electronic processing is not instantaneous. And thus you cannot use a full real time approach to achieve full cancellation (you would always be reacting to events...

The L band antenna you keep harping about is an IFF transponder antenna, not radar. Those dipoles sticking out of the array: All fighter jets in the world have IFF antenna that transmit in long wavelength bands so as to reach all aircraft in vicinity. The BARS complex is not unique in that...

They did not engage because ROE prevented them from doing so.

The problem is transmitting that on an antenna form factor designed for X band (2.5 to 3.7 cm).

Only one with mental problems are those who believe the N011M can generate both X and L band waveforms. That someone should probably go and remind Tikhomirov about this...the poor fools there are wasting their time installing L band antennas on long wing leading edges. Someone should remind...

Sure go and do Fire control with L band/S band AEW radars. Use hand held radios to transmit L bands. And use N011M to transmit VLF and communicate with INS Arihant. I can't argue with that logic. :pound:

Yeah...do fire control with AEW radar. By the time you get the target location update in the 2nd ping, it would be hopelessly out of reach of any BVR missile's NEZ. Why do you think X band was developed in first place? If long-wavelength radars like Chain Home can do fire control all on their...

Tell them to find out what crashed the spanking new F-35 in Japan...let's see if it wasn't OBOGS. https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Comment/F-35-crash-shows-problems-still-lurk-behind-stealth-fighter

And actually, Rafale had touchscreen MFDs and Direct Voice Input (DVI) technology in its cockpit operational by the time F-35 was still doing first flight.