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[torque456]

Yes...
Nirbhay, Brahmos, LFRJ and DSCM.

What is Dscm? Do we have any ashm and asm in development apart from nirbhay?

 

[NeXoft007]

What is Dscm? Do we have any ashm and asm in development apart from nirbhay?

Dual Speed Cruise Missile... Turbofan during cruising, ramjet during terminal stage.

 

[ash2win]

Yes...
Nirbhay, Brahmos, LFRJ and DSCM.

There is also a SLCM project.

Both Akash-NG and Akash-1S will have same seeker tech. Seems DRDO wants to test Akash-NG first for simultaneous validation of propulsion and seeker performance.

Difference between both? Why do you need Akash-NG when we already have QRSAM?

 

[Steven Rogers]

There is also a SLCM project.


Difference between both? Why do you need Akash-NG when we already have QRSAM?

Akash NG is not a moving Sam missile like qrsam, it will be guarding command stations won't complement moving convoy....

 

[NeXoft007]

There is also a SLCM project.


Difference between both? Why do you need Akash-NG when we already have QRSAM?

Because Akash-NG have greater range and altitude than QR-SAM.

 

[Chinmoy]

Difference between both? Why do you need Akash-NG when we already have QRSAM?

Akash -1S is basically Akash with seeker. Akash-NG is Akash-1S with longer range.

Now why we need that when we have QR-SAM? Because QR-SAM is basically for point defence role, where as Akash is for area or theatre defence role.

 

[ash2win]

Because Akash-NG have greater range and altitude than QR-SAM.

Not really, QRSAM already have 30km range. Add a booster like CAMM you can easily reach 50+km. Same goes for flight altitude.

Akash 1S makes sense as a product improvement but NG does not.

 

[kurup]

Nirbhay Missile test by end of the month using indigenous turbofan engine for the first time.
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Kurup please keep an eye on NAVAREA or NOTAM alert.

None till now ........ If it's by month end , then most probably warning will be issued next week .

 

[kurup]

I had read somewhere that they are working on multiple cruise missile programs simultaneously. Can anyone confirm?

Brahmos line

Nirbhay line

And a new cruise missile with a supersonic terminal stage is what I know.

Yes...
Nirbhay, Brahmos, LFRJ and DSCM.

In addition to this , IAF also has two CM projects .

 

[kurup]

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[AnantS]

^ So who oversees the above project?I doubt the two above projects will ever see light of the day.... The person whose brainchild was above project has retired in 2015 itself. DRDO has its own SAAW plans as well as has its own cruise missiles prog headache.

 

[ash2win]

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There is no IAF projects. These are 'concepts'

 

[Rushil51]

https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170830/jsp/calcutta/story_169867.jsp

Kolkata Police with OFB Sniper Rifles

 

[spikey360]

Ma'am DefMin,
Please consider using substandard (as opined by the IAF) Tejas as opposed to high-standard (again, as opined by the IAF) F-16.
Think of this as a beti-bachao beti-padhao scenario. If your own family would not have supported you, and would have given priority to some other male child in your family, where would you have been now?
Unless and until you are ready to support your own people, you will gather no respect from foreign enemies. The Tejas is the brain-child of Indian hard-work and genius. Respect that and support it, no matter what.
It is more important to die heroically than to live a life of shame. Always remember this.
If Tejas fails, it means that the intelligence, the skill of Indian scientists are not up to the mark. But that is always more acceptable than buying an outdated, expensive piece of weaponry which are being phased out from their country of origin.
I rest my cause.

 

[rohit b3]

Isn't there an urgent need for both projects going simultaneously?
85 Mig-27 & 250 Mig-21 & need to increase the number of Squadrons?

The "85 Mig 27 and 250 Mig 21" numbers you got from Wikipedia are not very reliable.

Many of the older Mig 21 and Mig 27 have been retired in the last few years , replaced by an equal number of Su-30MKIs.
The IAF keeps complaining that it has 33 squadrons as of now. If each squadron has roughly 20 fighters, it means that the IAF currently has 660 fighters.

Some of these numbers are sure
220 Su-30MKIs
66 Mig 29
49 Mirage2000
145 Jaguars
Total = 480 fighters

That leaves the IAF with around 180 Mig 21 and Mig 27 needing replacement, totaling to 660 fighters(33 squadrons)

With 123 Tejas + 50 more Su-30MKIs(ongoing deliveries) + 36 Rafales = 209 fighters, The IAF can replace all the 180 Mig 21 and Mig 27 and also add to the count, totaling around 689 Fighters or almost 35 Squadrons.

The remaining 7 squadron , required by the IAF to get the required 42 squadrons can be completed by roughly 140 Tejas mk2 between 2025-2032(even if i assume that 16 Tejas mk2 are delivered every year and not 24)

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...trength-by-2032-air-chief-117100501022_1.html

PS - 1.I have assumed 20 fighters per squadron. However IAF squadrons have anywhere between 16 -21 fighters. For instance the 2 Rafale squadron will have 18 fighters each .

2. I have assumed the production rate of Tejas mk2 to be 16/ year. It could well be more, upto 24 , but the initial couple of years, some of them will also be supplied to the Navy through the same manufacturing lines.

 

[Mikesingh]

But that is always more acceptable than buying an outdated, expensive piece of weaponry which are being phased out from their country of origin.
I rest my cause.

So the F-16 blk 70/72 is outdated, expensive piece of weaponry? Really?

The F-16 Block 70 Super Viper combines capability upgrades, most notably the advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar with a new avionics architecture, a new Center Pedestal Display (CPD), which provides critical tactical imagery to pilots on a high-resolution 6”x 8” screen. The high-resolution display allows pilots to take full advantage of AESA and targeting pod data. The new CPD enables color moving maps, larger and easier to manage air-to-air Situation Displays, zoom functionality with the ability to switch information among displays, and a digital display of Flight Instrument Data. The CPD is also compatible with the Night Vision Imaging System that allows for total situational awareness, and structural upgrades to extend the structural life of the aircraft by more than 50 percent beyond that of previous production F-16 aircraft.

F-16 Block 70 software takes advantage of technologies not available when earlier Block F-16s were developed and produced. Operational capabilities are enhanced through an advanced data-link, targeting pod and weapons; precision GPS navigation and the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS), IRTS etc.

Lockheed Martin has certified more than 3,300 carriage and release configurations for greater that 180 weapon and store types. The F-16 blk 70/72 is one of the most versatile and potent multirole fighters ever. (and no, I ain't a sales rep of Lockheed Martin!)

It's not a question of selecting the Tejas over the F-16 blk 70/72. We can have both.

The latter should be oriented more towards export. This would also have a huge advantage as we would have the infrastructure up and running for repair, overhaul, maintenance and mid-life upgradation for the 4500 F-16s operating around the world. There's no doubt that this will not only bring India much needed influx of business opportunities to Indian Defence partners who will be associated with Lockheed Martin in India but also make India their designated spares supply hub for existing F-16 operators.

That would not only be a financial bonanza but an employment generator too - both direct as well as indirect.

In the process we could add a couple of squadrons of this 4++ gen fighter to the IAF fighter fleet too if required, in addition to the Tejas Mk1A and Mk2.

 

[S.Balaji]

Nuclear Biological Chemical Permeable Suit Mark 4 by DRDO

 

[sthf]

@sbm Something that might interest you.

 

[tharun]

The "85 Mig 27 and 250 Mig 21" numbers you got from Wikipedia are not very reliable.

Many of the older Mig 21 and Mig 27 have been retired in the last few years , replaced by an equal number of Su-30MKIs.
The IAF keeps complaining that it has 33 squadrons as of now. If each squadron has roughly 20 fighters, it means that the IAF currently has 660 fighters.

Some of these numbers are sure
220 Su-30MKIs
66 Mig 29
49 Mirage2000
145 Jaguars
Total = 480 fighters

That leaves the IAF with around 180 Mig 21 and Mig 27 needing replacement, totaling to 660 fighters(33 squadrons)

With 123 Tejas + 50 more Su-30MKIs(ongoing deliveries) + 36 Rafales = 209 fighters, The IAF can replace all the 180 Mig 21 and Mig 27 and also add to the count, totaling around 689 Fighters or almost 35 Squadrons.

The remaining 7 squadron , required by the IAF to get the required 42 squadrons can be completed by roughly 140 Tejas mk2 between 2025-2032(even if i assume that 16 Tejas mk2 are delivered every year and not 24)

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...trength-by-2032-air-chief-117100501022_1.html

PS - 1.I have assumed 20 fighters per squadron. However IAF squadrons have anywhere between 16 -21 fighters. For instance the 2 Rafale squadron will have 18 fighters each .

2. I have assumed the production rate of Tejas mk2 to be 16/ year. It could well be more, upto 24 , but the initial couple of years, some of them will also be supplied to the Navy through the same manufacturing lines.

Well buddy each squadron has 16-18 planes so do the math again.

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[porky_kicker]

Advanced Light Towed Array Sonar (ALTAS) on Naval Platforms.

The Wet End System consists of Transmitter and Receiver Arrays and Tow Cable assembly. The Transmitter Array is housed in a Vertically stabilised body and is hooked on to the seamless Tow Cable with linear receiver Array. The Launch/Recovery unit consists of a Heavy Duty Winch for Deployment, Retrieval and Stowage of tow cable assembly and Receiver Array and a hydraulically operated robotic handling gears for the launch/recovery of the Vertically stabilised body. The receiver array is linked to the on-board electronics through fibre optic telemetry.

The Tow Cable Assy Receiver Array Transmitter Array Launch/Recovery Unit On-board Electronics on-board electronics consists of transmit waveform generators including power amplifiers for generating the acoustic pulse and specific hardware modules for signal processing and display. The system software which resides on the on-board hardware modules implements advanced signal processing algorithms for target detection and localisation and presents the results in innovative display formats.