DRDO Phalcon style AWACS

[laughingbuddha]

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What system likely to be installed?

 

[Sea Eagle]

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What system likely to be installed?

A new radar and associated equipments, early warning systems etc ...

Btw I am expecting the aircraft from Airbus based on the A330

 

[Soumya1989]

India To Augment Awacs Fleet

In a bid to boost its aerial surveillance, India will buy six aircraft that can be used for supporting its indigenous Airborne Warning and Control System (Awacs).

"A tender has been floated to global vendors for the supply of suitable aircraft with necessary structural modifications, power and endurance adaptations and equipment installation or installation provisions for the Awacs," says an official at the defense ministry.

Though the type of aircraft hasn't been specified, India is looking at acquiring a platform that can support an Awacs antenna dome, which is about 10 meters in diameter. The aircraft also should have provisions for the installation of all external and internal elements of the mission systems, the official adds.

Only original aircraft manufacturers are qualified to submit the bids. Also, "the vendors should be willing to support the product for a period not less than 30 years from the date of acceptance of the aircraft," he says.

The vendor is also expected to support the Indian air force (IAF) in the installation of the mission systems.

In March 2013, Defense Minister A.K. Antony said the indigenous development of Awacs was envisioned to be completed in 84 months. The program started in late 2013 and is expected to be completed by around 2020, assuming there are no delays.

IAF currently operates three Awacs platforms: Ilyushin IL-76s upgraded with Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Phalcon Awacs radar and mission control systems, with a platform designation of A-50EI. The modified IL-76s already serves in Russia as the A-50 Awacs.

India has already activated a follow-on order for two additional A-50EIs from IAI.

According to the defense ministry official, the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), which is developing the radars and sensors, is looking at either the Boeing-767 or Airbus A330 as the new platform. However, vendors such as Ilyushin, Antonov, Sukhoi, Bombardier and Saab could also be in the running.

India is also developing an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system aircraft, based on the Embraer ERJ 145. "We have already developed one and two more are at their final stages," an official of the Center for Airborne Systems (CABS) tells Aviation Week.

India purchased three EMB-145 to be converted into AEW&C platforms by the Bangalore-based CABS.

"We have in principle approval to develop five more of such systems," he adds.

The flight test for the second AEW&C is underway and expected to be ready for induction in the next six to eight months. "And within three months we will deliver the third one," the CABS official adds.

The EMB 145 AEW&C features inflight refueling capability, a significant increase in electric and cooling capacity and a comprehensive set of structural changes that have allowed the installation of the advanced mission systems developed by CABS along with the work centers of DRDO.

India's foray into developing an Awacs platform in the 1980s, called Guardian/Airawat, ended in disaster in 1999 when its HS-748 turboprop Awacs testbed aircraft crashed, killing several engineers and scientists critical to the project.

India's aim is to possess around 15 aerial surveillance and command aircraft, with varying levels of endurance and capability.

India To Augment Awacs Fleet

 

[Sea Eagle]

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A thread already exists on the same... Mods please merge them

 

[SajeevJino]

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A thread already exists on the same... Mods please merge them

Use the report Button ..It's easy for Mods

 

[rugved]

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What happened to the DRDO AWACS?

 

[laughingbuddha]

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Crashed. Many moons ago.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

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Cant you people read the article ..

It is DRDO AWACS but AESA in random ..

Crashed. Many moons ago.

What happened to the DRDO AWACS?

 

[p2prada]

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What happened to the DRDO AWACS?

First project crashed. Second one is ongoing.

Hope we pick A-330.

 

[SajeevJino]

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First Project An 32 based radar Dome -- Crashed --Project Cancelled

Second project LRSAT Radar Based on ERJ 145 --Testing ---Ongoing

Now IAF need another set of AWACS like A 50

 

[Kunal Biswas]

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AVRO based Radar Dome - Crashed with all crews including its developers ..

First Project An 32 based radar Dome -- Crashed --Project Cancelled

 

[sayareakd]

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AVRO based Radar Dome - Crashed with all crews including its developers ..

Project Airavat of DRDO.

 

[laughingbuddha]

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When it was first revealed to the public there were reports that the radome squeaked.

 

[Virendra]

Army is the largest organization in India under Gov, As far as i know its a sin even to think what you saying

ISRO is also same so does HAL and DRDO, I am not very well aware of OFB though but i am sure they too are same as other above ..

OFB factories have serious quality and standard issues. Also, they're overburdened in supplying to Services as well as civilian demands. This has led to months of backlog.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

I was not talking about anything OFB`s preform ace but work culture which is in Gov Organizations, Which i am aware of ..

My reply to this post >

If you have ever worked with any government agency, you will find yourself in an office stuck with lethargy, a place where officers come to work at 11:00 and leave at 14:00, a place of work where everything except work takes place.

Blaming the politicians for all the problems that plague us is useless. We need to sort out the bureaucracy first; the bureaucracy where it takes 10s of days to get a pencil sanctioned from the government budget.

I am not clear why you mention preform-ace of OFB ..

AWACS reserch is under CABS and Manufacturing under HAL ..

OFB factories have serious quality and standard issues. Also, they're overburdened in supplying to Services as well as civilian demands. This has led to months of backlog.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

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C-130J can be a good options, IAF operate these in numbers and spare should not be a concern ..

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She was a beauty, If not crashed India today had dozens of them and would not have issues that today we are facing ..

Project Airavat of DRDO.

 

[jackprince]

If you have ever worked with any government agency, you will find yourself in an office stuck with lethargy, a place where officers come to work at 11:00 and leave at 14:00, a place of work where everything except work takes place.

Blaming the politicians for all the problems that plague us is useless. We need to sort out the bureaucracy first; the bureaucracy where it takes 10s of days to get a pencil sanctioned from the government budget.

Please don't mind. I have to say when what you are talking MAY be true for a few Govt. offices, it is hardly a norm - at least not any more. Granted, you would find that most offices fill up by about 11 o'clock, however NO Govt. officer leaves at 2 pm - rather I have known many offices where people have to work till 7pm and in weekends too just to catch up with pending work as most offices in central govt and state govt. runs terribly understrength.

 

[sayareakd]

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C-130J can be a good options, IAF operate these in numbers and spare should not be a concern ..

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She was a beauty, If not crashed India today had dozens of them and would not have issues that today we are facing ..

sir these are better design options for us

 

[p2prada]

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sir these are better design options for us

None of these are. They are all small, puny designs.

The AWACS-India project requires a large wide body aircraft. Basically a jumbo jet.

 

[Sea Eagle]

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C-130J can be a good options, IAF operate these in numbers and spare should not be a concern ..

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She was a beauty, If not crashed India today had dozens of them and would not have issues that today we are facing ..

Can it land on unprepared strips or short runways like the regular C-130 ? Just in case..