IAF sets up aerospace control base

[nitesh]

some more info:

http://deccanherald.com/Content/Dec3...ion=updatenews

India will not join any military alliance: Antony
New Delhi, IANS:
''India has conducted joint military exercises with many countries, including China and Russia. But, India is not a member of any military alliance and will not be a member," Antony said

India will not be a member of any military alliance even though it is engaged in military cooperation with many nations, Defence Minister A.K. Antony declared here Monday.

"India has military co-operation with many nations. India has conducted joint military exercises with many countries, including China and Russia. But, India is not a member of any military alliance and India will not be a member," Antony said at a select media briefing.

He was responding to a question whether India will review its military and other ties with Israel after its multiple air strikes on Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed over 200 people.

The Israeli military industry has emerged as India's second largest weapons provider after Russia in the decade-and-a-half after the two countries established diplomatic ties.

The two sides stepped up cooperation in creating a missile defense shield for India after an increase in tensions with Pakistan in the wake of the Dec 2001 parliament attack. The proposed shield is meant to protect major Indian cities and strategic and commercial assets from Pakistani long-range missiles.

India has acquired a powerful Green Pine early warning radar system from Israel and signed a multi-million deal for purchasing an unspecified number of Aerostat long-range radars to bolster air defenses along its borders.

New Delhi has received "large numbers" of the Aerostat radars - comprising sophisticated sensors mounted on blimp-like balloons tethered to the ground by cables - officials say.

Military experts describe the Aerostat as a cheap alternative to airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) like the Phalcon, three of which are being mounted in Israel on IL-78 platforms. {This is IL 76 not 78}

Antony also said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would inaugurate the Ezhimala Naval Academy - one of the largest in Asia - in Kerala's Kannur district on Jan 8. This will bring together the various training units of the navy at one place.

Antony also announced that a unit of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), a Bangalore-based defence public sector company, would be set up at Kanchikode in Palakkad district.

The central government will allocate Rs.255 crore (Rs 2.55 billion) for the first phase of the factory, which would be built on 400 acres of land provided by the state government on lease, the defence minister said.

The state government has also agreed in principle to provide another 600 acres of land for the next phase, he said.

Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan would inaugurate the construction work of the factory on Jan 18.

[nitesh]

DNA - India - IAF plans missile base near Pakistan border

IAF plans missile base near Pakistan border
Harish Chandra Singh
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 05:01 IST


The defence ministry will establish a huge Air Force base close to the international border in Rajasthan, moving aggressively to secure the country’s western frontiers. The 300-km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos will be stored at this base, defence ministry sources said.

The ministry is acquiring land in Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar districts, where the Indian Air Force will store some of its most sophisticated long-range missiles. The base will be the IAF’s biggest practice station.

Defence Estate Officer KJS Chauhan confirmed the acquisition process of 29,562 acres at Hanumangarh, around 120-125 km from the border with Pakistan. The IAF has a station in Jodhpur, about 350 km from the border.

According to defence ministry sources, IAF has two projects proposed for the land: Project Richard and Project Thukrana.

Project Richard involves setting up a missile base. The BrahMos missiles will not only be stationed but also stocked there.

Under Project Thukrana, the defence ministry will set up an air force practice station, the biggest close to an international border in the country, ministry sources said.
Mugdha Sinha, who was collector of Hanumangarh till last week, said, “Hurdles for the acquisition have been almost sorted out with farmers.”

The defence ministry will spend more than Rs220 crore towards compensation and rehabilitation of the residents of Moter, Dhandhusur, Bannasur, Bangasur and Dheerdeshur villages.

[nitesh]

Upgrade of MiG-27 fighter aircraft completed

New Delhi: The upgrade of the 120 Soviet-origin MiG-27 fighter bomber aircraft, which began in 2002, has been successfully completed indigenously, giving the aircraft better navigational technology and a pilot friendly cockpit, a senior official said Tuesday.

The project was initiated in the year 2002 through a tripartite memorandum of understanding between Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) under the aegis of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Nasik and the Indian Air Force.

"The upgraded MiG-27 aircraft is equipped with Inertial Navigation and Global Positioning System (INGPS) providing accurate navigation. Advanced avionics on the aircraft has been interfaced on MIL-STD-1553B Dual Redundant Bus," a senior DRDO official said.

"To enable weapon aiming, accurate ranging sensors such as Laser Designator Pod (LDP) and Laser Ranger and Marked Target Seeker (LRMTS) are integrated. A digital map generator has been integrated to improve situational awareness. The digital video recording system provides mission analysis and debrief support," he said.

The avionics system is built around a modular mission computer termed Core Avionics Computer (CAC), developed by DARE. The CAC built on open system principles and houses functional modules using contemporary processors and devices. These functional modules are powering the mission computers on Jaguar and Su-30 MKI aircraft as well.

DARE developed algorithms for navigation and ranging including a weapon delivery algorithm, which was developed along with Software Development Institute of IAF enabling precision weapon delivery.

"The upgraded aircraft has a pilot friendly cockpit with state-of-art multi function display and head up display (HUD). The pilot flies "Head Up" with all the necessary navigation and attack guidance symbology presented on the HUD and superimposed on the outside world-view.

The integrated flight and weapon control system of the upgraded aircraft enables hands free (auto pilot) route flying and auto-weapon delivery," the official said.

HAL-Nasik was instrumental in the design and modification of prototype aircraft for installation of new cockpit and avionics equipment as well as related looming changes.

[nitesh]

this is good one will help armed forces in a long way:

Meltdown drives IITians to fly with IAF -India-The Times of India

CHENNAI: Even if your imagination ran really wild, you would never have conjured up the image of an IITian wearing a defence uniform. But this is no longer in the realm of fiction as the global economic meltdown is now driving IITians to fly with the Indian Air Force!

With financial majors and global consulting firms staying away from campus placements this year, over three dozen final year students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Madras) have opted for a career with the IAF.

"More than 40 students applied for the IAF's technical graduate entry scheme this year. In contrast, last year, not a single student responded when the IAF had come to the campus for placements," Jayakumar, deputy registrar (training and placement), IIT-M, told TOI. "I don't think such a thing has happened in recent years. We have only heard that sometime in the 1960s, there were IITians in the defence services," he added.

From among the 40-odd aspirants, the IAF services selection board (SSB) has short-listed 17. "How many of them will eventually clear the SSB is a million dollar question. The SSB has a testing process, which includes a psychology test, group task and personal interview, spread over a period of five days," Jayakumar said.

If selected, these students will undergo strenuous physical training like other IAF officers, but their jobs will be confined to the technical wing.

Amit Garg, students secretary (academic affairs), admitted that the move was a fallout of the global meltdown. "Recruitments have been slow with just 50% of the 1,000-odd students who had registered for the campus placements being selected. For the first time, we have found that students responded positively to a career with the defence services and even non-governmental organisations," he said.

The slowdown has forced the authorities to extend campus placement till April; it usually ends by February. "We decided to extend the season since many companies informed us that they were waiting for the current financial year to end before finalising their manpower requirement," Garg said.

Sensing that the companies that have been lined up may not pick all aspirants, the placement authorities utilised the recent PanIIT meet to network with alumni and also entrepreneurs running start-ups to ease the situation. Also, informally professors in some departments have advised students to enrol for the B.Tech dual degree programme so that they can complete their master's degree by spending an additional year, by when the placement scene is expected to improve.

[nitesh]

this is good one will help armed forces in a long way:

Meltdown drives IITians to fly with IAF -India-The Times of India

CHENNAI: Even if your imagination ran really wild, you would never have conjured up the image of an IITian wearing a defence uniform. But this is no longer in the realm of fiction as the global economic meltdown is now driving IITians to fly with the Indian Air Force!

With financial majors and global consulting firms staying away from campus placements this year, over three dozen final year students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Madras) have opted for a career with the IAF.

"More than 40 students applied for the IAF's technical graduate entry scheme this year. In contrast, last year, not a single student responded when the IAF had come to the campus for placements," Jayakumar, deputy registrar (training and placement), IIT-M, told TOI. "I don't think such a thing has happened in recent years. We have only heard that sometime in the 1960s, there were IITians in the defence services," he added.

From among the 40-odd aspirants, the IAF services selection board (SSB) has short-listed 17. "How many of them will eventually clear the SSB is a million dollar question. The SSB has a testing process, which includes a psychology test, group task and personal interview, spread over a period of five days," Jayakumar said.

If selected, these students will undergo strenuous physical training like other IAF officers, but their jobs will be confined to the technical wing.

Amit Garg, students secretary (academic affairs), admitted that the move was a fallout of the global meltdown. "Recruitments have been slow with just 50% of the 1,000-odd students who had registered for the campus placements being selected. For the first time, we have found that students responded positively to a career with the defence services and even non-governmental organisations," he said.

The slowdown has forced the authorities to extend campus placement till April; it usually ends by February. "We decided to extend the season since many companies informed us that they were waiting for the current financial year to end before finalising their manpower requirement," Garg said.

Sensing that the companies that have been lined up may not pick all aspirants, the placement authorities utilised the recent PanIIT meet to network with alumni and also entrepreneurs running start-ups to ease the situation. Also, informally professors in some departments have advised students to enrol for the B.Tech dual degree programme so that they can complete their master's degree by spending an additional year, by when the placement scene is expected to improve.

[Nihat]

http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index ... 8&Itemid=1
The Indian Air Force's newest force-multiplier, the first of three 'Phalcon' Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW) aircraft landed quietly in New Delhi on Sunday.

Confirming this, senior IAF officials said that the aircraft was at Delhi's Palam technical area airport on a stopover from Israel. It was inspected by senior air force brass, including Air Chief Marshal Fali Major before heading out to Agra. The aircraft are to be based in Agra and form part of a new AEW squadron.

Finally !!!

[nitesh]

Gr8 news finally it arrives

so all three will be here by this year

India has signed a $ 1.1 billion deal for three Phalcons with Israel in 2004. The first aircraft were to be delivered last year but delayed by a few months. All deliveries are to be completed by next year.

[ahmeddsid]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Indicom]

At last!good news.

[linkinpark]

Phalcon inducted 'quietly' in IAF




Sandeep Unnithan
New Delhi, January 13, 2009

The Indian Air Force's newest force-multiplier, the first of three 'Phalcon' Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW) aircraft landed quietly in New Delhi on Sunday.

Confirming this, senior IAF officials said that the aircraft was at Delhi's Palam technical area airport on a stopover from Israel. It was inspected by senior air force brass, including Air Chief Marshal Fali Major before heading out to Agra. The aircraft are to be based in Agra and form part of a new AEW squadron.

The induction of the Phalcon comes as a tremendous force multiplier in the present standoff between India and Pakistan. "It can help monitor the military build-up, troop and aircraft movements nearly 200 km inside Pakistan while flying nearly 100 km inside your own territory," says Air Marshal A.K. Goel (retd)

The only platforms offering such a capability, albeit a limited one, are the spy planes of the R&AW's Aviation Research Centre and the IAF's fleet of Israeli-built Heron and Searcher-II drones.

The aircraft can do this using its Israeli-built AEW mission suite called the Phalcon, mounted on a Russian-built IL-76 transport aircraft. The system is used for tactical surveillance of airborne and surface targets and intelligence gathering to a radius of over 400 km. The solid-state phased array Elta EL/M-2075 radar is mounted on a radome above the fuselage. The electronically steered beam provides a 360 degree coverage around the aircraft and it carries air force personnel on board to analyse the data and steer fighter aircraft.

"AEWs have a three-fold advantage of flexibility-they can be deployed anywhere, provide much better coverage because they are mounted on an elevated platform and carry control systems and datalinks, which can be used to vector your own fighter aircraft," says Air Marshal V.K. Bhatia, former western air commander.

India has signed a $ 1.1 billion deal for three Phalcons with Israel in 2004. The first aircraft were to be delivered last year but delayed by a few months. All deliveries are to be completed by next year.

The IAF is keen on acquiring three more Phalcons and with negotiations said to be in an advanced stage, the deal is likely to be signed sometime this year.

[linkinpark]

A game changer has arrived in IAF.

[el nino]

http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp...-1-2009_pg7_50

Sunday 10th January 2009 IAF has received and inducted the first of 3 Phalcon AWACS.

The plane arrived without fanfare which was highly unusually because this will be a huge force multipler for IAF..

IAF personal have been training on the AWACS in Israel now for several months.

With tension stil high in South Asia the AWACS induction will give IAF montoring capability land & Air upto 500km. Has many as 64 targets can be tracked at One time.

The Phased Array radar ELTA radar is very similar to the the GROUND BASED Green pine and aerostat radars recently supplIed to india.

[RedBaron]

Great news! This is really exciting stuff...

I guess the next step is the Phalcons/Elbit/GreenPine hook-up to create a true AWACS grid? Any analysis available on this in public domain that describes possible landscape scenarios with range/capabilities? I read somewhere on this forum that a couple of Bisons/Flankers had been data-linked with the Phalcon simulator...any links from outside sources would be great!

[Indicom]

The pics are here...

[nitesh]

Originally Posted by RedBaron

Great news! This is really exciting stuff...

I guess the next step is the Phalcons/Elbit/GreenPine hook-up to create a true AWACS grid? Any analysis available on this in public domain that describes possible landscape scenarios with range/capabilities? I read somewhere on this forum that a couple of Bisons/Flankers had been data-linked with the Phalcon simulator...any links from outside sources would be great!

please Check post no 97 in the same thread