…but seriously, TsAGI’s chief did state around 2007 that they were ‘consultants’ for 2 Chinese fighters.

Expect the great firewall of China to expand a little the day those designs are made public 😉

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Those explosions look rigged. Pyrotechnics ?

From the previous page:

Gripen NG will detect the emissions from form the SU-35 radar a looooong way away… and with triangulation a group of Gripen can even produce a track, without emitting anything 😉

Taking cues from radar and fusing the information with HADF antennas isn’t something unique and limited to Gripen NG, or is it 🙂 ?

While i dont follow Indian defence publications i can imediatly think of Shiv Aroor and Vishnu Som has dam good journos. If a Portuguese can think of some good Indian defence journalists it cant be all that bad, can it? :confused:

Vishnu Som, yes, Shiv Aroor, no. Vishnu’s graduated from field to studio now.

This is very on-topic.

It looked OK from top.
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Bangalore. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking at 10 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control Systems Aircraft) on western platforms.

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne told India Strategic that right now, IAF is negotiating for two IL 76-based AWACS with Israel, in addition to the three already acquired. But the future platforms would be western, either the Boeing 767 or Airbus A330. The Air Chief also released the Aero India editions of India Strategic and the Show Daily.
Significantly, he said, the radar systems would be provided by DRDO, either indigenously or through collaboration. The idea is to develop indigenous capability, something the IAF and the other Services, Army and Navy also support.
DRDO is already working on smaller airborne intelligence systems on Brazilian Embraer 145 aircraft. But to fix a radome on a big aircraft would pose two challenges: One, the development of the system and two, its integration on big aircraft like the Boeing 767 or Airbus A 330.

Air Chief Marshal Browne pointed out that the Air Headquarters was working on the AWACS requirement in consultations with DRDO, and that an RfP (Request for Proposals) for the new platforms should be issued in 2014.
It may be noted that the IL 76 aircraft were made by the Soviet Union with factories in its constituent states. Russia is likely to unveil its own version of IL 76 in 2014 but by the time it comes to the market for exports, it would be a while.

http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories1910_IAF_to_go_in_for_10_more_AWACS_Rafale_deal.htm

Smaller version of BrahMos missile being developed for IAF
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 20:11

New Delhi: A smaller variant of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is being developed for arming IAF’s fighter aircraft.

A new version of the missile is to be fitted on the frontline aircraft of Air Force including Su-30MKI, Mirage 2000 and the future inductions such as the 126 multirole combat aircraft, BrahMos officials said on Tuesday.

For the first time, the Indo-Russian joint venture showcased the model of the new missile at the 15th anniversary celebrations of the tie-up between the two countries.

“Dr AS Pillai (of the venture) has assured us that BrahMos will be developing a miniaturised version of the missile for our other aircraft and the future inductions,” IAF chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne said.

BrahMos officials said the range of the missile would be 290-kms and it would be smaller by around three metres as compared to the present missile.

At the moment, IAF and BrahMos are working on a Rs 6,000 crore project for integrating an air-launched BrahMos on the SU-30 MKI aircraft to allow the warplane to carry one missile under its belly.

After the new missile is developed, the SU-30MKI would be able to carry three missiles while other combat jets of the IAF would be able to carry one each, they said.

BrahMos Aerospace is also planning to carry out the underwater testfiring of the missile in near future which is expected to pave way for its induction into the Indian submarine arm.

PTI

Smaller version of BrahMos missile being developed for IAF
A hindi newspaper has reported its length as 5.4 meters.

Super Hornet with a large delta wing and naval Tejas like Levcons.