Things have changed a lot Zare.

In fact Sukhoi is trying to drag the Russian Federation MO to fund the Su-35, while in fact most of the items are private-founding (per example, last year it was reached accords to fund the N-035E for three years by joint accord by OAO Sukhoi, Ryazan GRPZ, NIIP and the Izd 117S by OAO Sukhoi, UMPO and NPO Saturn).

They’re trying to made the government see that Su-35 would not interfere with I-21 project, so to buy some of them in the meanwhile.

At the same time they proposed the project as Su-27SM2 as a continuation to Su-27SM, off course introducing most of those items developed for Su-35. Any way, seems not to be working, MO decided to get Salut Al-31FM1 modification for both, Su-32 (series post 2010) and Su-27SM (a prototype was tested for validation, last year)…no idea if they will fund money for it this year.

Pero was discarded from any Russian modification program, and I don’t think they have exported it to anybody. Would have made sense if the program (Phase II of Panda Program, phase I was N-001VEP) was ready earlier in time for initial Su-30MK2 deliveries to China 3 years ago. Now it’s late, users trying to upgrade their Su-30MK2 (or Su-30MKK) would go to Su-35-alike program. Sukhoi proposed a similar program to China, last year.

In other news, here you have the first pics of Su-27SM’s cockpit. From aircraft of 23 IAP that take part on Krylo-2007 maneuvers.

Nice work Scorpion.

There is just one doubt I have…no, it’s not really a doubt.

I don’t believe the Typhoon claim that the millimetric wave MAWS could acquire a missile at 100 km.

MMW-radars suffer a lot from atmospheric absorption due to the wavelenght used. This is why you see these things in short range application, mostly on air-to-groud uses.

I don’t see by any chance there is enough space on the airframe to put MMW aerials big enough to get those numbers, and the atmospheric absoportion would translate on transmission losses at those ranges that could not be understimate.

I think this is the main reason why EVERYBODY is using passive infrared/UV for the MAWS role…

Think about, what made you believe those tiny aerials on the MMW radar MAWS could detect an AAM up to 100 Km (we’re talking about pretty little targets, whose RCS should not be higher than 0.1 Sqm) and compare it with the publicised radar range (ECR-90 Captor-C) figures known…if that tiny thing could detect an AAM at 100 km, I’m sure the Captor could do it at 1000 km.

For me, it sounds as propaganda, but let’s some radar expert with good english grammar to explain my point better 😀 😮

If I had to choose between Su 35 and MKI, I’d pick MKI anyday, fleet commonality is more important, the MKI MK3 version has gone through weight reduction as well by using composites.

I would get the Su-35, made it a MKI-zation with wathever India felts they need or could contribute, made those nice MFD works with heavy attention to the MMI (big contribution by IAF people), let acquire 20 of them new, and then build the darn thing along the Su-30MKI, let try to get some comodities to introduce most of the changes of Su-35 to Su-30MKI production line (more fuel, lighter weight, and so) and be happy as hell :p :p :p

Just fun, I hope the little MiG-35 get the contract, :p

It is sold with A2A cueing

Cueing is not surveillance Elp, think about a BIG telescope, which you use to see the sky…

Now think IRST is just a radar that works on IR…one is used for cueing (or clasification), but you need a vector source, something where to look…radar, your mind…wathever.

IRST is a suerveillance sensor, some of them indeed have cueing capabilities (working as an Imaging Infrared sensor, like AN/AAS-42), and some others (like this **** on Bug) no.

Let’s say: Thanks PiBu 😀

Summeet, the source is:
Vzlet journal, November 2005 edition, page 21.

That’s it.:D

😀 I will answer you the next month, after the maneuvers were finished 😀

Any portuguese official would be there??…maybe??

Van Nes is slatted for deployment to the Caribbean Sea, for maneuvers along the Venezuelan Navy and the KW NA&A of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba…

Maybe last deployment with the Royal Netherland Navy?

martinez, aren’t the Izd-470-1UTM and Izd-470-3UTM the training blocks for R-27R/T that are used on training missile R-27UT?.

That’s the info I have, could be wrong?