I don’t know the reports said GE F414 IN. May not be EPE.

Ain’t the MK2 design freezed won’t the EPE need bigger intakes than vanilla 414 ?

GE says EPE is the exact same size as a normal 414, and Gripen NG design team says Gripen inlets need minimum redesign (some sources claimed that width of the inlet need to be increased by only 1 inch). In my opinion, atleast the naval STOBAR version should be fitted with EPE to take up as much load as possible. 414 EPE offers almost 50% more thrust than 404. (although it will make the task of Kaveri Snecma team to please the IAF top brass more difficult)

A bulk of confusion is happening because the DRDO project has the same name “Arudhra”

IAF to induct medium-power radars

The Electronics and Radar Development Establishment of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) too is developing an indigenous medium-power radar with the same name.

So yet again Isreali route was required for aa AESA radar. Its rather disturbing to see that even after getting the Greenpine years ago, India have not yet progressed on radar tech. Anyway Gujarat badly needed a good radar coverage and hope they will be installing enough of these in the region. The Armed forces biggest headache was & will be to protect the refineries in the event of hostilities.

can anyone provide the current status of the AESA t/r module development & the progress?

India got the Greenpine barely in 2005, developed its own (allegedly) more powerful version “Swordfish” by 2010, and is now in the process of scaling the technology. Its ok to buy proven stuff till your homegrown systems mature.

you never realize how huge a flanker is till you see this

Look at the tiny people on the tail 😛

Das for Pak-Fa ?

I can’t understand the translation. Can this system be retrofitted to legacy flankers ? Is it gonna be there on Su-35 and Su-27 BM ?

really einstein ? 😀 I wonder why are they calling it arudhra when it is (as you claim) the EL/M-2084 ? :rolleyes:

this looks same as the arudhra to you ?

rayrubik, it’s our old BSmaster prasun sengupta saying it’s israeli, we know what his credibility is. arudhra is a separate program from the radars ordered from israel.

If Prasun Sengupta says its Israeli, then its definitely Indian :p

A DRDO developed AESA radar Arudhra inducted in IAF

Can anyone take a shot at the power output of the radar by looking at the cooling array on the right side of the picture ?

Like R-40, Astra is a BVR IR guided missile.

Unlike R-40, Astra does not possess a huge warhead for killing supersonic B-70 bombers or huge, archaic 1960s vintage guidance electronics package.

Instead, Astra’s small warhead appears to be sized to defeat tactical airplanes and modern electronics shrink the size of the guidance package allowing use of a smaller aerodynamically efficient missile airframe and motor.

But the article contains inadequate information on missile speed, trajectory shaping (or not), midcourse corrections, sensor focal plane array size, and other stuff we like to see in an aviation enthusiasts’ forum.

Astra vs Mica IR anyone? Challenge, challenge…Hello Bueller?…anyone out there?

Indian motor with R-77 seeker, till indian seeker comes online.

EF is already obsolescent and short of funds, Rafale already has a new version in the pipe (2012 entry into service) and the French DGA is looking past 2020 :

Sir,
If Rafale and Typhoon cleared IAF evals… that means

Mig-35, F-16, Gripen, SH are definitely obsolete as Typhoon is,

Rafale is the only decent non fifth gen in the market… RAFALE STRONGGG !!! FTW !!

PS : No offence to what rafale is capable of, its a nice bird, but the fans would go to all limits to write off EF