Those modifications dont seem to be accurate. For example, I am pretty sure they will not be adding in a FBW system to the Jaguar.
Everything except the fbw has been confirmed by one news source or the other. This image was first published in the daily fail, so I doubt if they will be willing to dig up Jaguar ACT program.
About auto pilot, from the release on press information bureau:
Auto Pilot System for Jaguar Aircraft (03-Sep-2012:03:25:32)
Integration of autopilot on Jaguar aircraft of the Indian Air Force is being undertaken in two phases. Procurement of autopilot for 55 Jaguar aircraft has been completed and commercial discussions for repeat procurement of additional 95 autopilots are under progress.
This information was given by Minister of Defence Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri BN Prasad Mahatoin Lok Sabha today.
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Release Id :87203
About avionics upgrade and IDAS:-
http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=253&Itemid=47
The so-called ‘D-3 Jaguar IS’ are featuring the same HUD as on LCA ‘Tejas’, along with three MFD-55 AMLCDs supplied by THALES-Samtel Display Systems and full HOTAS controls, all utilising a MIL-STD-1553B digital databus. The core avionics computer – reportedly the same as in the MiG-27UPG upgrade at HAL-Nasik – is the OSAMC (Open Systems Architecture Mission Computer) originally developed by DARE and now produced by an India-US joint venture involving HAL, ‘Edge Tech India’ and US-based ‘Edgewood Ventures LLC’. An integrated defensive aids suite (IDAS) is coming from DRDO and Cassidian, including the D-3’s to be equipped with RAFAEL Litening-3SU laser designation pods for all-weather standoff-attacks using precision-guided munitions. Undecided in DARIN-III are the EW escort-jammers/towed-decoy systems, with offers from Raytheon (ALQ-184(V)9), BAE-Systems (ALE-55), IAI/ELTA (EL/L-8251) and RAFAEL (‘Sky Shield’ escort-jammer / ‘X-Guard’). The fibre-optic towed-*decoy is to produce a full range of noise- and deception-signals be*tween 4.5GHz and 18GHz.
About new weapons, courtesy a new munition control unit from raytheon:-
http://investor.raytheon.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=84193&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1678058&highlight=
Raytheon Begins Procuring Parts for India’s Munitions Control Unit
MCU will enable Indian Air Force Jaguar aircraft to employ modern precision weapons
NEW DELHI, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has started procuring components required to build the Munitions Control Units for 126 of the Indian Air Force’s Jaguar Darin II attack aircraft.
The MCU enables integration of modern weapons on legacy aircraft with minimal to no modifications to aircraft wiring and the flight or stores management software. The MCU’s compact size enables it to be located in a weapons pylon or avionics bay of a legacy aircraft. From there, it interfaces between “smart” weapons and the existing software of a legacy aircraft.
“Providing the IAF the capability to enhance their Jaguar fleet is the latest chapter in Raytheon’s six-decade history of trusted partnership in India,” said Harry Schulte, Raytheon Missile Systems’ vice president of Air Warfare Systems. “MCU will give the Jaguar the capability to employ ‘smart’ or ‘advanced’ weapons like the Joint Standoff Weapon, Maverick missile, Paveway™ precision-guided munition and AIM-9M Sidewinder air-to-air missile.”
Raytheon was awarded a contract to build the MCU in 2011, and funding was authorized for the system in 2012. In anticipation of the contract, Raytheon began preliminary work to integrate MCU on Jaguar in 2008.
About the Munitions Control Unit
Dimensions: approximately 13 by 6 by 3 inches and weighs roughly 6 pounds.
Enables integration of modern weapons on legacy aircraft.
Requires minimal modifications to aircraft wiring and no changes to the flight or stores management software.
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