There is a ground based variant of the AEW&C radar, its the demo – its called the LSTAR.

Its a full scale demonstrator.

Astra Microwave has already delivered 3 such arrays. Also, the X-band T/r modules for Tejas AESA are already under testing.

(check pg 8)
http://www.astramwp.com/adminpanel/products/1340011618_180612_IER_InitiationReport.pdf

Seems like offset deals from ELTA to manufacture T/r modules have been won by Astra microwave.

Mairtri was suppose to be based on the VL Mica, right? …..and VL MICA is already in solid form, so will it not be better to go for VL MICA initially and then carry forward the Mariti program…? It will shorten the lengthy process of tender and evaluating all the system and then coming to a preferred one.

More like VL-MICA missiles in Trishul system.

Somebody already did some measuring on other forums..

^^ why should Maitri be stopped at being a TD? …if it is being seriously pursued, pursue it to the conclusion as the QR missiles for land/naval use. Developing it just for technology demonstration is waste of time and money.

IMO, out of all systems, Maitri is the only one still stuck at drawing board and the chances of securing orders seem kinda low. Should MBDA and DRDO get their act together and dish up a reasonably OK system, it can be accommodated in the next purchase cycle should it not win the tender.

India Begins $2.2-billion QR-SAM Procurement Effort

MBDA will be pitching the in-development Indo-French joint short-range surface to air missile (SR-SAM) or Maitri for the competition, in the hope that “enhanced synergies” will see a concept weapon get its big break even before its fully operational. It is not clear if MBDA will field any other product. I hear that MBDA has competition from the Rafael-IAI SpyDer, an upgraded version of Raytheon’s MIM-23 Hawk or modified SLAMRAAM and the Russian TOR M1 9M330.

It would be nice to see Maitri being pushed to at least a tech demonstrator status. If it achieves the performance parameters, sooner or later it should receive a few orders, being a semi domestic product.

Another one.

Hence the comment, after all this time, and remember that the first dumb bomb was dropped many years ago, the LCA is still droping dumb bombs and does not seem to have progressed onto anything more complex.

How do you know that the complexity of dives to deliver munition has not increased ? Does it ever occur to you that Tejas might be delivering multiple munitions in a single pass or the IAF might be fine tuning the standard operating procedures for delivering air to ground munitions ?

it was a comment also taking into consideration that the IAF have aircraft purposefully design to drop dumb bombs and does not need the LCA to do it.

…and you would be the first to unleash the rant “XX decades into development, billions of rupees into drains and it can’t even deliver dumb bombs which a 50 year old MiG-21 can. Lets fire these sarkari babus and bring in ze [insert a random business conglomerate] who will pump in zeir gazillions and produce all kinds of djinn technology in less time than what takes to heat a bagel in ze microwave”

Are they really still just dropping dumb bombs?

Missed the pictures from February trials when they were dropping Griffin LGBs ?