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Covfefe

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AI to be sold off within a few months but this is likely to happen before any sort of agreement is in place for NETRA MK.2, has this been accounted for?

I do hope this isn’t a case of one ministry not knowing what the other ministry is doing and missing out again by moving too slowly

this could be the death of the NETRA MK.2 project before it has even commenced
Making Air India an excessive asset-heavy airline in a low-margin business with a high cost of capital is what got the company into this place- loss making, debt ridden. Don't think that any investor would mind if the IAF pays the pro-rata price of the aircraft, even if they had included it in the deal.

Reference- 111 aircraft purchase worth 10.8 Billion USD in 2005.
 

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Despite it's larger size, the top array in a blister will have FOV problems, wonder if they do indeed go with it, will they need two flank and one ventral array to enable 360 degree coverage. Even a electronic scanning beam from the top array has its limits in terms of azimuth
The frontal radar is just for frontal coverage. It is not meant for 360. So one array. The kitkat for remaining sides
 

Aditya Ballal

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NETRA 1 had around 240 degree coverage, NETRA 2 will have >300 degree coverage. The remaining blind spot being directly at the rear
How does the SAAB Erieye manage a 270* coverage with its radar despite the configuration being very similar to the Netra Mk1?
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PAF Erieye based on SAAB 2000.
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Brazilian Air Force Erieye based on ERJ-R99.
 

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Netra mk 2 will have A 321 airframe for sure for larger radar can be placed on these platforms for better longer detection range approx 400 km
 

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