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MMRCA Flight Evaluation Report This Week
Jul 26, 2010
By Anantha Krishnan M.
Bengaluru
The flight evaluation report of the much-awaited multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) will be ready by the end of July.
Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik told selected reporters in Bengaluru recently during the Defense Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) Raising Day celebrations that the $11 billion final contract for 126 aircraft would be signed within a year. “Our selection will be based on technical evaluation and we submit the decision on that basis,” Naik said. The IAF will submit its report to the Defense Ministry, which will then start the price-bid evaluation process.
He said the feedback from IAF pilots, who have test-flown the various contenders (the F/A-18 Super Hornet, F-16 Falcon, Gripen, Rafale, MiG-35 and Eurofighter Typhoon) has been satisfactory, although he declined to provide more details about any particular aircraft.
On another matter - the expected arrival of Russians for the Su-30 MKI upgradation - the air chief told AVIATION WEEK that “everything is in place and as planned.”
Concerning the Defense Research and Development Organization, Naik said that scientists must marry technology with the needs of changing times, and he wanted them to be one step ahead to give IAF cutting-edge capabilities. “You should be telling us what you can give us. You should be setting the technology agenda for us,” he said.
DARE has designed and developed complete avionics for MiG 27 aircraft that has been accepted by the IAF. The lab has also developed the Tarang radar warning receiver system on various airborne platforms, in addition to a missile approach warning system and multi-sensor warning system on Avro aircraft, as well as the Cheetah helicopter. The lab has also contributed extensively to the Su-30 MKI avionics suits.
Jul 26, 2010
By Anantha Krishnan M.
Bengaluru
The flight evaluation report of the much-awaited multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) will be ready by the end of July.
Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik told selected reporters in Bengaluru recently during the Defense Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) Raising Day celebrations that the $11 billion final contract for 126 aircraft would be signed within a year. “Our selection will be based on technical evaluation and we submit the decision on that basis,” Naik said. The IAF will submit its report to the Defense Ministry, which will then start the price-bid evaluation process.
He said the feedback from IAF pilots, who have test-flown the various contenders (the F/A-18 Super Hornet, F-16 Falcon, Gripen, Rafale, MiG-35 and Eurofighter Typhoon) has been satisfactory, although he declined to provide more details about any particular aircraft.
On another matter - the expected arrival of Russians for the Su-30 MKI upgradation - the air chief told AVIATION WEEK that “everything is in place and as planned.”
Concerning the Defense Research and Development Organization, Naik said that scientists must marry technology with the needs of changing times, and he wanted them to be one step ahead to give IAF cutting-edge capabilities. “You should be telling us what you can give us. You should be setting the technology agenda for us,” he said.
DARE has designed and developed complete avionics for MiG 27 aircraft that has been accepted by the IAF. The lab has also developed the Tarang radar warning receiver system on various airborne platforms, in addition to a missile approach warning system and multi-sensor warning system on Avro aircraft, as well as the Cheetah helicopter. The lab has also contributed extensively to the Su-30 MKI avionics suits.
