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[flanker99]

twin engine lag raha hai bhomdiwalo.

 

[Bleh]

 

[Vamsi]

CATS unmanned wingman will be Twin engined

 

[Arihant Roy]

Here's all the members of the Cats family .

There is the loyal wingman, Warrior ; the multifunction cruise missile plus mother drone Hunter and the drones themselves Alfa.

 

[Arihant Roy]

Abe haramkhor o, kuch pics mere liye bhi chor do. Sab akela post karoge kya ?

 

[Steven Rogers]

twin engine lag raha hai bhomdiwalo.

2*PTAE7:-10kN of thrust....

 

[abingdonboy]

IAC-1 is almost ready . Will start her sea trials soon.

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Waiting for that day when she will be commissioned and the Indian naval ensign will fly from her mast .

Waiting for the day that TEDBF touches down on her, what a freaking sight that will be

We will get a preview with N-NLCA NPs spending a few days with her (I imagine in the next 2 years)

India has absolutely outclassed China here- imagine what India will/could do with the $$$ of China

 

[Trololo]

Waiting for the day that TEDBF touches down on her, what a freaking sight that will be

We will get a preview with N-NLCA NPs spending a few days with her (I imagine in the next 2 years)

India has absolutely outclassed China here- imagine what India will/could do with the $$$ of China

Lets not get over-excited by models and concepts. Timely delivery, large orders, mass production, and top notch quality are important here. Lets hope to get the low hanging fruits in our inventory quickly: LCA Mk1 and Mk1A series, Astra Mk1 and Mk2 series, operationalise Rudram-1 and SAAW, fleet wide installation of BNET SDR, etc.

 

[abingdonboy]

Lets not get over-excited by models and concepts. Timely delivery, large orders, mass production, and top notch quality are important here. Lets hope to get the low hanging fruits in our inventory quickly: LCA Mk1 and Mk1A series, Astra Mk1 and Mk2 series, operationalise Rudram-1 and SAAW, fleet wide installation of BNET SDR, etc.

Do as you wish, I think Indian aviation has turned the corner and like we saw once Agni was up and running there’s a LOT of projects that will follow smoothly in the wake. LCA was the pathbreaker.

TEDBF has all the foundations in place thanks to LCA and N-LCA, being twin engined is the only real new part but that won’t be a huge issue and will just require a bit of extra validation efforts. The capacity is all there now.


All we can do is wait and see anyway but I’m highly optimistic as long as the services support the efforts with $$$ and clearances. The LCH order fiasco is deeply disturbing from that point of view

 

[Trololo]

Do as you wish, I think Indian aviation has turned the corner and like we saw once Agni was up and running there’s a LOT of projects that will follow smoothly in the wake. LCA was the pathbreaker.

TEDBF has all the foundations in place thanks to LCA and N-LCA, being twin engined is the only real new part but that won’t be a huge issue and will just require a bit of extra validation efforts. The capacity is all there now.


All we can do is wait and see anyway but I’m highly optimistic as long as the services support the efforts with $$$ and clearances. The LCH order fiasco is deeply disturbing from that point of view

Yes it has turned around the corner. But a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Let the design work continue on future projects, but at the same time we must quickly roll out what we have now.

 

[Rohan Naik]

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OFB.

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Rafale and Tejas.

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Compare the side stealth features with Junck 20

I think in the 1st pic it is Rafael and Mirage, not Tejas...

 

[Karthi]

B1 landed in Bangalore.

Tejas

Cats warrior.

Combat Air Teaming System, described as "a composite amalgamation of manned and unmanned platforms which work together to penetrate heavily defended enemy airspace."

Warrior drone is being designed to operate with an Indian-made Tejas combat aircraft flown by an Indian Air Force pilot, which it will defend and fight with as they go into combat together.

The first Warrior prototypes are expected to fly within three to five years and is being funded by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).


Multiple Warriors will be commanded by a single Tejas. The idea is to maximise the effectiveness of every mission while reducing the potential of losing the lives of precious pilots since they would be accompanied by the drones which would protect them.

The Warrior is being armed with air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles," which would be used to hit targets on the ground or in the air.

The Warrior, while not an out-and-out stealth platform, which would allow it to evade being picked up by radar, is classified 'low observable', which makes its detection challenging for contemporary systems.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, which has been working on drone warfare concepts for more than five years, is working towards the design, development and integration of key subsystems of Warrior. The Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy, the eventual users of the platform, will need to re-shape their operational philosophies around the concept of 'combat-teaming' to effectively integrate the use of a manned and unmanned platform.

The Hunter drone is a part of a series of new designs which are in the process of being designed and developed. This includes the Hunter cruise missile, designed to hit targets more than 200 kilometres away and a swarm drone system called ALFA-S designed to home in on multiple targets which it identifies through artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology which allows the weapon to discriminate between possible targets.

Being designed with HAL by Newspace Research and Technologies, a Bengaluru-based start-up, the ALFA-S may not have any parallel around the world. The drones are housed on a unique carrier, mounted on a Jaguar fighter bomber. The carrier separates from the Jaguar, glides for approximately 100-plus kilometers before releasing the propeller-powered swarm drones which engage their targets. "The ALFA-S drones are programmed with algorithms to seek and destroy enemy surface to air missiles, aircraft on the ground and other ground targets. The unique nature of the platform gives it an export potential for friendly nations,".

 

[Arihant Roy]

Here is XQ-58 Valkyrie from Kratos.

And this is our own Warrior loyal wingman cumlow cost expendable drone .

 

[Bleh]

@porky_kicker @Chinmoy @Karthi

Here is XQ-58 Valkyrie from Kratos.

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And this is our own Warrior loyal wingman cumlow cost expendable drone .

Won't the topside air intakes cause the engines to suffocate in case of high-Alpha?

 

[Arihant Roy]

NAL has spearheaded the effort of service life extension of MiG-21Bison from 2400 to 3200 hrs through laboratory testing and analysis.

Similarly life of landing gears of MiG-29 had been extended from 2700 to 3000 hrs .

 

[Arihant Roy]

@porky_kicker @Chinmoy @Karthi

Won't the topside air intakes cause the engines to suffocate in case of high-Alpha?

Yep it would but such a situation wherein such high alpha maneuvers need to be executed wouldn't ever arise.

The XQ-58A will have a pretty benign flight envelope compared to high end turn and burn fighter jets .

 

[Arihant Roy]

@porky_kicker @Chinmoy @Karthi

Won't the topside air intakes cause the engines to suffocate in case of high-Alpha?

Not only this, it will also suffer from ingestion of low speed almist stagnant boundary layer into the engines besides severe distortion of airflow in case of sudden high G turns .

But it's great for low observability and makes matters simple . No need for curved s shaped intakes and ample application of ram coatings be it ferrites , dielectrics or of the Jaumann type.

Since the intakes and the engine face is shielded from all radars on the ground .

Tradeoffs .

 

[fire starter]

 

[Okabe Rintarou]

@porky_kicker @Chinmoy @Karthi

Won't the topside air intakes cause the engines to suffocate in case of high-Alpha?

LOL. Was just thinking that myself.

Yep it would but such a situation wherein such high alpha maneuvers need to be executed wouldn't ever arise.

The XQ-58A will have a pretty benign flight envelope compared to high end turn and burn fighter jets .

Its meant to be "as maneuverable as a jet fighter". The need for high alpha maneuvers will definitely arise, especially if these drones are meant to absorb missile hits directed at the fighter.

But since this is a drone, they could mitigate it by rolling upside down first, and then executing a high-alpha maneuver. Lack of pilot does have its perks I guess. No -3G tolerance limit.

 

[Arihant Roy]

AMCA looks cool . Oozing too much sex appeal.

Thats a Storm Shadow class cruise missile on the inner most wing hardpoint.