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All AESA radars are scalable as they are ultimate made of multiple individual T/R modules instead of a monolithic antenna. Only the back end processing and software have to be updated to match the difference The smaller dish exists only in theory and has to be prototyped and validated. 2090 is...

It will be a much smaller radome on the C295...around 1/3 the size of that on the IL-76 platform. Only "advantage" over the Netra would be 360deg coverage. However, the much lower cruise altitude and speed of the C295 and relatively short endurance would be a negative. Standardization of...

Final decision has always been political. However in times of peace the Govt had always followed seniority principal without any intervention to avoid ruffling feathers until people forgot that it isn't an enshrined doctrine.

I know lots of people who were rooting for AVM Nambiar. Hope they avoid the airing of dirty laundry in darbaari press like the unseemly mess witnessed recently for CNS appt.

You call me juvenile while introducing a theater level area defense SAM system into an air-to-air fight scenario conversation to deflect the argument? Or are you suggesting that your vaunted F-16 Block 70's SABR has a detection range comparable to the 92N6E? Lol

We are talking of future scenarios here. Even today, your vaunted F-35 is being sold on the basis of its radar stealth and EW suite. A Gripen has an EW suite that already makes it near impossible to lock on to at BVR ranges (this has been confirmed in DACT exercises). Heck even our 40+ year old...

BVR range is important when you are able to successfully de-conflict and conduct a IFF scan without interference and get a confirmed firing solution on incoming bandits. In the history of BVR air combat, such situations have rarely if ever actually come to light. With the proliferation of...

All out range is not the be all and end all of air combat. BVR engagement, especially at extreme ranges is a complicated and dangerous business. And extreme range shots have a pathetic success rate...just ask the PAF Even the USAF has recognized that putting 4-6 AIM-120D's onto a single...

The French themselves have no plans to integrate Meteor on the M2000 as the platform is not able to exploit the missile's full capabilities. The Meteor for eg has a longer engagement range than the RDY radar, this was same limitation that was holding back the Rafale F1 and F2 models. In terms...

It's not the munition that has to be downsized...its the radar and targeting system that has to be sensitized to detect and engage smaller targets while being able to declutter background biological hits. Not so easy. Why C-RAM not common? Its far more expensive to acquire than a comparable...

You want to talk about expensive...those Phalanx C-RAM rounds are US $12 EACH (cause they have a smart fuse)...the thing fires off its entire 2000rd drum in seconds...that's a lot of money!!

I'm not suggesting we should come with an Iron Dome equivalent. Just pointing out that to label Akash as an equivalent capability was disingenuous. Then again, not all PGM's are the size of a SPICE 2000...the Porks for sure don't have anything on that level. For a proper counter PGM system (if...

While its a good capability to have, hardly qualifies under counter munitions. Spice 2000 is a big beast...same sort of size as a decent UAV. To talk about a true counter munition capability like Iron Dome you need to able to target something as small as a 60mm mortar shell.

Jag is unsurpassed at low level penetration. It has a specific role in the IAF which will not be filled by LCA as its a different type of beast. Payload capacity wise it might be on low end, but it has attributes which make it ideal for CAS and precision strike. Its current problem is lack of a...

12. No more will be done for reasons unrelated to the engines. Rest all will remain at Darin II stage

There's only so much one can do to hide a large number of manmade structures in plain sight, especially in areas with flat geography and sparse vegetation.

Please don't quote that sold off charlatan. Nothing he writes has any basis in reality. Anyway, you will see a pattern of articles being written in press over the next few weeks by usual suspects (started with Pubby man last week) concerning various issues that HAL and other aerospace PSU are...

The issue is quite a bit more complicated than just Honeywell's engine pricing. The engines cost ard US$5M each + rolled in R&D cost lumpsum for 120 engines (for 60 Jags). The F125IN doesn't exist, it is a paper engine upgrade of the existing F124/125 family that Honeywell proposed as a...

This whole program has been doomed from the start. Even Darin III itself is stalled due to integration issues of the Elta radar and 2 sqds worth of planes are sitting in HAL with no solution in sight but no mention of that...instead blame Honeywell and play on public perception to hide their own...

At least they have officially admitted finally something which has been suspected for a while....Kanpur only completed 15 airframes after so many years...rest of fleet (ard 45 air frames remaining) won't be completed until at least mid-2020s if ever...it might make more sense to get the C-295...